Quick question for all you professional artists: What's a good smooth medium for painting on with acrylics and fluid acrylics? The grains on canvas drive me insane.
Your colors look pretty good to me. But I think you should practice making your lines smooth and continuous. After that, it might be worth taking a look at anatomy, and then to worry about polishing color technique.
I've been doing that, I've even let layers dry overnight yet it still seems to happen, it's a total nightmare.
In that case, it's almost certainly that your acrylics are too low-quality, i.e. low pigment load and high water content. Higher-quality acrylics will have more pigment per volume, meaning that you don't have to add as much water in order to thin your layers, which prevents subsequent layers from being too wet and stripping your older paint. I'm just getting started myself, though, so please take this with a grain of salt (and a second opinion).
I am no professional, but it sounds to me like you're using the wrong type of paint. The consensus seems to be that Golden liquid acrylics are the way to go. I bought some cheap acrylics and mixed them with Golden liquid matte medium, but I haven't been happy with the results. I also tried regular Golden acrylics and used the medium and wasn't too happy with that, either. The layers are just way too thick.
Thank you! Incredibly helpful. I will try adding significantly more fluid matte medium to see if this helps. If not, I'll have to suck it up and buy a set of Golden liquid mattes. Thanks again.
Hey folks, I'm new to alterations and have a few questions I was hoping someone could help to answer. Thanks ahead of time.
1) How do you paint all the way to the edge of the card without having it stick to your table/ripping the back when you pick it up?
2) What is the maximum number of layers you paint before thickness/texture become an issue?
3) The matte paints I'm using have a different finish than the glossy cards, so it's obvious which areas are painted and which are original. Does anyone have a solution to this?
4) I'm using Golden liquid matte medium and cheap acrylics rather than buying an expensive set of Golden acrylics (at least to get started). Has anyone tried both who could tell me how they compare?
Thanks again.
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Thank you much!
In that case, it's almost certainly that your acrylics are too low-quality, i.e. low pigment load and high water content. Higher-quality acrylics will have more pigment per volume, meaning that you don't have to add as much water in order to thin your layers, which prevents subsequent layers from being too wet and stripping your older paint. I'm just getting started myself, though, so please take this with a grain of salt (and a second opinion).
You may also need to let the first layer dry a little longer.
1) How do you paint all the way to the edge of the card without having it stick to your table/ripping the back when you pick it up?
2) What is the maximum number of layers you paint before thickness/texture become an issue?
3) The matte paints I'm using have a different finish than the glossy cards, so it's obvious which areas are painted and which are original. Does anyone have a solution to this?
4) I'm using Golden liquid matte medium and cheap acrylics rather than buying an expensive set of Golden acrylics (at least to get started). Has anyone tried both who could tell me how they compare?
Thanks again.