Secrets of Painting with Acrylic Paint

Oil paint and acrylic paint are one of the favorite mediums of Artists. Both are different from each other due to their drying time and texture. Oil paint is oil based and acrylic paint is water based. Another major difference is their drying time. Acrylic paint dries faster as compared to oil paint. As an Artist, painter and art lover  you can understand the difference between Acrylic  and oil paint very easily, but sometimes you can see people comment like” what a beautiful work in oil paint” even that work is done in Acrylic paint. If we try to discern actually what it is about acrylic that people think it may be oil paints. Here may be the exact reason behind this:

 This is just because of painting technique of a painter. Acrylic paints have a plastic look at the first scene, but with practice and patience you can improve your work and can create Work in Acrylic paint that looks same as an oil paint. Here are 2 tidbits of advice that would be helpful for you.

1.       The different paint brands; even  newer  and thicker brands of acrylic are available these days. Acrylic paint cannot hold a candle of oils. You can use thickeners  with your acrylics, these are additives that can dilute the pigments, but still they do not hold up flow as nicely as oils. So try to use more and more paint to emulate the oil painting texture.  

2.       No matters, in which medium you are working, just treat them the same and do not change your movements or strokes. The only difference is working dark to light or light to dark. Strokes will remain the same.

These  are some tips and tricks to create tremendous work in acrylic that look like as oil paint, but If you are a good painter, you need not to do this because your technique alone will serve you well.

Home Lessons of Watercolor Painting for Kids

Parents always want to give the best education to their kids and they always try to explore their kid’s creative talent at an early age. For the proper growth it is necessary to allow kids to express their creative thinking while having fun during playtime. You can use different ideas for children of different age groups. Finger painting or watercolor paintings are best or enjoyable options to explore artistic skills of younger kids. Here are some watercolor paint ideas to instruct kids at home.

Step 1: -First of all purchase painting supplies for your home watercolor painting lessons and provide a work area for your kids. Mix small amount of watercolor paint with water and put your brushes, paint, sponge and other painting supplies on the table.

Step 2: - Once you have all your necessary material on the table, and then lay out pieces of art paper.

Step 3:- Next step is to prepare your child for paint project. Give your child some ideas on what to paint and how to paint etc.

Step 4: - Teach your kid how to dip the brush into paint and how to use it on paper. If required assist him by holding his hand. Kids often like this kind of painting methods.

Step 5: - Educate your child how to use other supplies such as sponge etc. When kids learn something new they try it at different places so protect your furniture, walls etc. And buy washable watercolor paints.

These kinds of lessons are great to enhance kid’s creative skills. So don’t forget to engage your kid in a watercolor painting class today.

Tips to Remove Watercolor paint set stains

Watercolor painting is creativity especially for children’s. But when performed on walls, furniture, and other fixtures it’s really very challenge able by removing aspect. It needs to be removed by common methods of cleaning. The cleaning methods are depending on the surface to which watercolor is applied. Here are different methods of cleaning watercolor paint set stains for different surfaces.

Walls: - Walls are the most common surface for watercolor painting for children. Removing the watercolorpaint set stains on walls is more demanding because rinsing the wall surface with clear water must be done extensively and it may take off much paint. Rub the surface in circular motion with damp sponge soaked in a mild cleaner. Then rinse well with clean water and let it dry. You can also apply nail polish with cotton balls over the stains. Rinse with water and let it dry.

Wooden Furnishings: - A mixture of water and detergent is very effective to remove stains on wooden surfaces. Mix the solution and dip cloth in it and apply it over the paint marks. Then clean the affected area with clean water. The watercolor paint set stain will be vanished.

Tiles and Floors: - Wipe out watercolor paint with wet cloth. Then cover the paint mark with a pad soaked in alcohol and leave it for some time. Rinse the spot with cloth soaked in warm water. Again rinse it with clean water and leave it to dry.

Watercolor painting for children must be encouraged for their better leaning experience. And to avoid the problems of cleaning paint marks, use washable watercolor paint set. Some watercolor paints have dangerous chemicals so choose the paint sets that kids can really play with.