VIDEO: Layering Acrylics Like Watercolors

Bright abstract floral in pink, yellow and teal mixed media art by Kim Dellow

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
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint ((Nickel Titan. Yellow, Turquoise Green, Primary Magenta, Permanent Blue Violet))
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Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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Daler-Rowney System 3 Brushes (Flat 3/4, 1/4)
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Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Signal Black 1mm)
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Liquitex Paint marker 2-4 mm (Bright Aqua Green)
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Paint Speckler Brush Tool, for spattering paint
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Heat tool

Ballpoint pen (black)

Palette

 

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close-up view of bright abstract floral in pink, yellow and teal mixed media art by Kim Dellow

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  

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Kim Dellow

Kim Dellow is an artist living the creative life in London, UK. She's helps others to find their creative selves in a monthly art club on Patreon. Licenses designs for products. And designs creative exercises for various collaborative mixed media workshops.

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