Here are some simple and easy acrylic painting tips thus helps to stimulate your child’s imagination. and increases their confidence levels in painting

1. Simple Acrylic Painting Tips For Beginners
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2. Dry brush effect
Simply apply the acrylic paint straight onto the surface of choice with
a dry brush. Especially when you want a highly pigmented thick stroke
of colour with rough, scratchy unrefined edges. This gives a more
natural look to landscapes in elements such as grass, trees, and even
clouds.

3. Creating a wash
If you like working with watercolours, you’ll most probably come to
love working with acrylic washes. The big difference to remember is
the acrylic paint will set quickly and permanently.
Get started by taking a generous scoop of acrylic paint onto your
palette. Dip your brush in water and dribble the brush into the paint.
Stir. Apply this scoop of paint onto the canvas, covering the whole
surface if you are doing a background. You will end up with a light,
nearly-transparent layer of colour.

4. Stippling with a toothbrush
For intricate painting styles, stippling is a popular technique. It is
essentially forming an abstract image without using long, smooth
brush strokes, but by a collection of small dots and circles. You can
use a paintbrush with stiff bristles or a discarded toothbrush to try
this out. This painting technique is energetic, unpredictable and a
whole lot of fun.
When using a stiff paintbrush, apply paint on the paper surface or
canvas with a repetitive dabbing motion to create the effect. Or use a
toothbrush dipped in paint and send a stream of droplets by gently
sliding your thumb across the bristles of the brush over the painting
surface. The stream of tiny droplets creates shapes that prompt
several interpretations and is more abstract..

5. Pouring a perfect abstract
A pouring medium is what makes the magic happen, without it you
cannot get the paint to flow. Basically, the pouring medium is an
additive that you add to your acrylic paint to increase its fluidity. It
also keeps the colours vibrant and helps you create intricate patterns.
You can get the pouring acrylic paint ready-made or DIY.
To get started, premix the acrylic colour in individual cups with the
pouring medium. Pour each colour separately onto the canvas making
lines or circles, taking any direction and going to places you’d like to
go. Then tilt the canvas and enjoy the pattern that emerges. And it is
done!

6. Splattering is freedom to express
Splattering is a great way to experiment with less precise acrylic
painting techniques. It is fun because there are no lines to restrict
your creativity! This technique is about freedom, a play with colours,
and want to express the chaotic nature of life.
The technique is achieved by wetting your brush in water, before
dipping it into an acrylic paint of your choice before flicking the
soaked brush to splash colour onto the canvas. Creating a real
abstract piece of spontaneous art, as well as roughing up an already
created precise artwork.

7. Layering for contrast & tonal values
Among the most effective acrylic painting techniques is the one called
layering which has resulted in some of the most well-known and
desirable works of art in the world. Layering colours on top of one
another creates an illusion of depth. Building contrast and tonal
values.
This makes you look through one or more colours to see the layers
below. This technique tricks the eye into seeing different depths
between each layer, creating an impression that one shape is in front
of, or behind another.

8. Conclusion
This is the kind of Process Art learning experience that inspires
children to think different, be innovative, and devise ways that teach
interesting things found in the real world. Changing the way they
discover and imagine. Igniting their minds to think, play and learn like
never before.
If you like to enrol your child in our children’s art classes or participate
in cognitive learning activities, give Abrakadoodle a call. Or better still,
make an appointment with the head of a centre near you.

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