We all love layering acrylics, don’t we? And I have been doing lots of layering recently with my Keep On Layering Exercises over the last couple of weeks but how about using the other thing I love to do? Using acrylic paint like it is a watercolor and layering like that?
It is definitely more challenging but just as fun and I’m sharing a project in my video today that uses that technique. But you will see that it did not completely the way I had intended when I set out to do this!
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VIDEO: Layering Acrylics Like Watercolors
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Faber-Castell Mixed Media paper 250gsm
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint ((Nickel Titan. Yellow, Turquoise Green, Primary Magenta, Permanent Blue Violet))
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
Daler-Rowney System 3 Brushes (Flat 3/4, 1/4)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Signal Black 1mm)
Liquitex Paint marker 2-4 mm (Bright Aqua Green)
Paint Speckler Brush Tool, for spattering paint
Heat tool
Ballpoint pen (black)
Palette
To watch my fear-busting keep layering exercise in action then watch this video first then this one!
I hope you have fun layering acrylics like they are watercolors and I look forward to seeing you over on for more floral mixed media techniques and tricks and for some more time lapse floral projects.
Kim
