An Essential Guide To Art Mediums

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Acrylic Paints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Watercolour Paints . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Oil Paints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Adobe Fresco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Procreate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Adobe Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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But what’s so great about pigment of the paint. the paint, too many

it? Are there any down Cheaper versions are layers may cause it

Acrylic Paint
sides? usually nontoxic and to become thick,

The great thing about have to be built up textured, and rubbery

acrylic is that it’s over many layers. and can have an

easily accessible and Professional acrylic effect on your final

can be found almost contains toxic heavy project.

anywhere. However, metals in exchange

where its purchased for beautiful pigment

Why
from may affect in one coat. Because

the quality or the of the thickness of

Acrylic? Try This Out!

but still leaves
Acrylic is one of the
enough time for
most commonly used
blending.
art supply. Of course Wet on wet wash stipple masking
It can be used on its
theres a reason for
own or can be mixed Here are some super simple techniques to add some texture into
this, as it is a great
with blending mediums your work.
option for begin-
to achieve a desired Wet on wet Wash Masking
ners and is very user
effect. Acrylic can Wet your surface Mix the paint Place masking tape
friendly. It can be
be used on paper, before applying with water before or masking fluid on
found in tubes both
canvas, wood, glass, paint. Great for applying for a your work surface
big and small and it
plastic, and so much layering colour and translucent tint and paint over it.
comes in every colour
more. Its great for adding depth. Stipple Peel it off and
of the rainbow. It
both children and Tap the brush reveal your design.
dries down fast,
professionals! repeatedly to create

a fuzzy texture.
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Watercolouring is
Watercolour is a
great for fine details
type of paint you
and is preferred by
often see in schools.
many artists. Since
It can come as cakes
the paint has to be
on a paint palette or
mixed with water, you
in liquid form. It
have a great level of
can be very cheap and
control of thickness
less often contain
and opacity. Since
heavy metals.
the paint can be

refreshed with water

Watercolour
at anytime, you can

re-wet paint on your

palette until its

finished!

Any- Of course there is! but works amazingly

Even though it is easy with markers and

thing to find, you need very pencil crayons. To

specific materials. get white, you either

else I Since so much water have to use mask-

should
is involved, you need ing fluid or gouache

thick paper that can which may have a bit

know? handle it. There is of a learning curve.

less of a colour range

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Oil Paint
O Where
find and more expen-
il paint is
sive. Your solvent of

do I
one of the
choice may be toxic
most well known art
or have strong fumes,

start?
supplies. It was very
so be sure to use in
commonly used during
a well ventilated
the renaissance era. Since the paint has
area. The pigments
The majority of old an oil base, it takes
are often made using
popular paintings a very long time to
heavy metals, which
were made using this dry. This gives plenty
can make it dangerous
medium, including the of time for blending
for young children
Mona Lisa. and much less paint
and must be used
waste. Because of its
responsibly. Since
thickness, you must
the paint takes so
use a solvent such as
long to dry, a paint-
turpentine or linseed
ing may need up to
oil to thin out the
a year before it is
paint, similarly to
ready to hang, sell,
watercolours. Oil
or varnish to avoid
is normally seen as
smearing your work.
a more professional

medium, which can make

it a bit harder to

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You Are
Now
Entering

The
Digital
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Adobe Fresco
Created using Adobe Fresco

Fr
Adobe Fresco is a

program available of Fresco is to create

through the Adobe a fresh paint look

pencils, markers, and
Creative Cloud for without using real
some fun 3D stamps.
digital drawing. paints. There is a
Everything saves to
It is available on large array of water-
your Creative Cloud
Windows and IpadOS. colour and oil paint
to be accessed across
It has all the basic brushes with options
your devices. While
tools and makes use of live colour mixing
downloading the Ipad
of layers. The focus and movement. There is
app is free, it does
also plenty of regular
require a subscrip-
brushes such as pens,
tion to access all of

its features.

“Create a fresh
paint look with-
out using real
paint!”
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Adobe
Illustrator
Unlike many drawing are able to control

programs, Procreate the background,

allows you to work lighting colour and

in 3D. There are some intensity, shadows,

Adobe Illustrator is
demo models to test and image reflec- Similarly to Fresco,
a bit different than
out, or you can load tions. Some textures Illustrator also
Fresco and Procreate,
in your own custom 3D are only supported in requires a subscrip-

model from another app the 3D mode, such as

and thats because it’s

strong point is logo

tion. All of your “No
and paint away. You shiny metallics.
design and vectors.
work gets saved to

the Creative Cloud to

matter
While it is possible

to create a paint-
be accessed through- your
What’s the difference? ing-like masterpiece,
out your devices.

The best part about

device,
it has far less selec-

tion of brushes to do
Illustrator is that you’re
Procreate is a very every style you can colour

common program that think of. It is great stamps, and brushes.

palettes,
so. A special feature
it is available for

download on Mac,
ready to
is only available on to use for land- Procreate has a one
with Illustrator is

the use of artificial

Windows, and IpadOS. go”
IpadOS with a pocket scapes because of the time payment to down- No matter your device,
intelligence. This
version available for large range of natu- load and its ready you’re ready to go.
allows you to select
your phone. Instead ral textured brushes to use permanently.
parts of your design
of aiming for a fresh available. If you There are onion skin
and type in a prompt
paint look like find yourself need- and notebook options
to change or add some-
fresco, it has a huge ing more, its super that allow for super
thing to your piece.
range of brushes for easy to download easy 2D animation.

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