The KEY to Blending Acrylic Paint on Canvas
The key to blending acrylic paint on canvas is to water down the paint to a creamy consistency and then use multiple dry wash brushes to smooth out the brushstrokes. This acrylic paint blending tutorial demonstrates and explains the complete process in detail.
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@lauraborgmann8285
7 ай бұрын
Good tip for beginners Unless you are mixing up large cups of paint suggest to new painters to use small plastic cups
@tom-lq7dw
3 ай бұрын
Hey Greg, just wanted to tell you THANKS for the recommendation for the rechargeable airbrush sprayer. TEMU has a nice green one for 21$! I didn't even realize such a critter even existed!---No noisy air compressor nor aggravating lengthy hose to work around. A huge bonus to my work! Thanks Tons!🤠👍 (edit: Wouldn't mind seeing you do a tutorial on how you mix your non airbrush acrylic paint for different artistic effects)
@marleneblackburn6659
2 ай бұрын
.bob ross
Total newbie here...i clearly do not have enough brushes! STUNNING!
@bostonbutterfly4473
Ай бұрын
Little tip, cheap makeup brushes are Amazing for blending. The foundation ones work great.
@zeanian
Ай бұрын
Thank you for this! @@bostonbutterfly4473
@valeryalexis1568
19 күн бұрын
I was not expecting him to get to 5 brushes 😂
You treated my OCD with kindness. As I watched the video I kept thinking to myself, “Okay I still see a harsh demarcation line between the yellow and what has become orange. Blend a little more here.” And it’s as we were communicating across space and time, because there you went! Absolutely beautiful! Probably not much of a compliment coming from me as I’m not even an artist. But my eyes are happy. 😂 Thank you, thank you!
I kept wondering when you were going to stop blending already but every time you did it got better and better. Thank you for that beautiful lesson 🥰✌️
Thank you for this tutorial as I find this the hardest to do without muddying the colours.👍🏻
The music is fantastic and so is the technique! Thank you for the training!
Nice. This is a skill I've struggled with for a while now
Thank you for th tutorial. It was plain and simple to follow.
It looks so soothing...
All the hard work you put into this piece really shows🎉
So simple but so stunning what looks just like a big beautiful ball and sunshine is absolutely hypnotic!
@hestergreen2031
3 ай бұрын
You are memorizing my thoughts as I watch your video on this topic. Absolutely beautiful and inspiring. Thank you
Thank you for sharing with us🙏🏼
I have to try this tomorrow. Simply beautiful. Stunning. Thank you for sharing.
You do it so effortless thank you for sharing.
You are an amazing artist and for me a great teacher! Thank you!!!
Thanks for this great tutorial!!! ❤
Wowwww, it turned so smooth. It teaches patience ❤
Anyone ever thought of using what's called a beauty blender sponge in situations like this? I've found that they can cut the blending time way down. I am still working on the technique but it seems promising.
@cvanscho
3 ай бұрын
Yes, they work well!
Never mind about the brush dear 😅. I realise now I'd never been using enough paint and it was too dry to get that perfect effect ❤This is very very helpful, many thanks. What type of brush is that?
@GregLowmanArt
3 ай бұрын
Glad that it helped and I added the paint with a mop brush and blended it all out with dry wash brushes
Very Beautiful Paint Acrylic with Colorful, Thanks.🙏🏼🙏🏼👌👌😍😍
So easy and so beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great tutorial. This came out amazing. Can't wait to try.
Thank you for this tutorial. I really needed to learn this.
Beautiful ❤ i am going to try this. 👍 Thank you for the video 🙏
Great job ❤
Perfect
Thanks for the lesson
AMAZING, THANK YOU FROM HEART
Excellent ❤
Omg this hypnotised me. Your blending is so perfect. 💯 ✨
Wow super blending 😍
Great blending!
Beautiful..thanku
Super 👍🏽 thanks for you tuto
Wow ! It's So Good👍
Thank you. This is exactly what i have been looking for
Too good..loved it
Thank you - now I know what to do!!
Excelente técnica felicidades
Amazing 🤩
Just so beautiful and amazing to watch you. 😊
Великолепно!!! 👍
❤ magnifique !!! se fond de couleur, j'adore , merci pour cette démonstration
I need to try to do this on a significantly smaller scale.
Interesting way of doing a piece of art! I ❤it n tks for sharing with us n keep up your amazing work and god bless u with healthy n joy in your life🎉❤😊
Bravo 💖👏👏👏
great tutorial. Thank you so very much
Very nice tips Thank u
THANKS
I'm surprised by how much water is used. Word on the street is that too much water may affect the paint binding, so I have always mixed some medium plus water (I do see your opinion in the video that the amount of water you use doesn't affect the binding).
@hrr222
3 ай бұрын
Exactly. What is the problem to people to just use medium?
@afanaobeba7876
3 ай бұрын
That anti-water lie came from some KZread video some lady made. She blocked all comments so that people can’t correct her. You can literally use acrylic as a watercolor and the paint will work just fine. You can thin, glaze etc acrylics using water only and it will be JUST FINE
@cvanscho
3 ай бұрын
That's very interesting, thanks!@@afanaobeba7876
@jefferythum9445
3 ай бұрын
Too much water will affect the integrity of the paint though😢
@cvanscho
3 ай бұрын
...and so we go around in little circles...
Awesome sir
Thanks❤
Thanks 🙏!!.
Thankyou the video was very useful
VERY NICE
Beautiful. Great job.
Amazing
Beautiful but clearly I need to up my brush game😂 I’ve never seen so much water used with acrylics. I’ve always heard too much water breaks them down but ig that’s what’s needed first a good blend. Great video thanks❤
😮very nice
Minunat lucrați și aveți o muzică di fond excelentā !
It's very nice
Awesome
Very soothing 👍🏻
Blending is very tricky you make it look easy 😍 I still struggle with blending 🥲🥺
wow!! its so goood🤩😍 ... also felt like a satisfying video
Very nice
We'll like more on blue sky
Wow…..brilliant…..so…beautiful 😅
Perfect ❤❤❤❤ I subscribed to your channel
❤ merci
wonderful video! thank you so very much! but why would someone get mad because you used a towel?
Hi Mr Lowman 😊 only just seen your really good blending video , an area I struggle with being a newbie painter . Do you have a similar tutorial showing the blending technique , but using a larger canvas , say 40 x 50 cms and how to keep the paint wet on a larger canvas . It's just that it is easier for me to see on a larger canvas , but can not keep the paint wet . Thanks very much 😊
@GregLowmanArt
3 ай бұрын
hi there, this one covers blending on a large canvas: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZmXmbFuaLWznJc.htmlsi=Aq-42H-9GbEf_K_u
@alisoncreighton7300
3 ай бұрын
Brilliant 😊 thank you so much Mr Lowman 😊
This music made me start to fall asleep 💤
Something that has become very useful to me is a spray bottle that is mostly water, with a few drizzles of vegetable glycerin, and about 1/4 full of arcylic paint thinner medium. The liquid is transparently milky white. I can mist it over my palette, I spray it directly into cups, sometimes on to my brush, and rarely, I spray my whole canvas with it. This stops the "dusty" effect when I use too much water on my acrylic paint without me noticing. It keeps the pigments bound, extends the working time, is cheaper than using mediums directly, and somehow ends up working more smooth than water. I tend to do 100 glazes so overwatering arcylic could be a big problem for me. In fact, I would have made this gradient by glazing, and it would have been very frustrating and taken longer. 🤔I should buy a soft large brush, because all my really big brushes are rather stiff and meant for latex wall paint
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Beautiful ❤️ best wishes from your new subscriber
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Гипнотизирует. Спасибо.
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Good
nice
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Very nice and beautiful and well done. In my painting, the sun is about half an inch, how i blend the sun that looks better? or how i can blend a small area in a painting? Thanks.
@GregLowmanArt
2 ай бұрын
To blend small you can use a smaller brush like a round or filbert, get the bristles just wet enough to break up the paint, do circles on the color changes, and continuously wipe the bristles off when they fill w/ paint. Skip the last step and don't go over the area with a dry brush to avoid smearing/streaking. You can blend pretty much anything doing this, even smooth skin tones - kzread.info/dash/bejne/pnhnuqeAkbTdp8o.html
Excellent ❤❤❤
How do you know when you used to much water? I'm guessing the quality of the paint helps because they probably have better binding than the cheaper ones...idk. I tried painting couple years ago and my pictures kept cracking
@GregLowmanArt
2 ай бұрын
Your paint should never crack, even after many years - applying it too thick or using a cheap brand is usually what causes that. A good paint will even allow for watered-down glazes and washes without cracking/peeling. You may want to try one of the paints below and shoot for a creamy consistency like shown in the video: Liquitex - amzn.to/3UX6XVz Winsor & Newton - amzn.to/3Telf2P Golden - amzn.to/3UW5HC4
@spencerthu2956
2 ай бұрын
@@GregLowmanArt thank you for the advice I appreciate that
good 🌹
Some good info. Were the acrylics or canvas pre coated or mixed with titanium white paint? I know it can kill the vibrancy in colors but have also learned without it colors can also lose some brightness when dried
@GregLowmanArt
3 ай бұрын
No titanium white was added, just primary yellow + red
Beautiful. Do you use the same technique if you are painting a sky for example? (Ie not circular)
@GregLowmanArt
Күн бұрын
For a basic sky background I would probably do something like this with lighter blues at the bottom and a darker blues at the top: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqSiuK-PqKSZqtI.html
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❤️ My basic technical problem is the blending technical procedure If you use a little bit of linseed oil will that help instead of waty? I've just subscribed , actually I've been working with watercolors Thanks for the video ✅
@GregLowmanArt
13 күн бұрын
Water is going to be best. If your paint is drying too quickly, you can add some slow-dri amzn.to/3GhL5gc to it, but linseed oil is used with oil paints & will not help you here.
Are you starting with heavy body acrylic?
@GregLowmanArt
Ай бұрын
These were the exact paints used: Primary Red: amzn.to/45RxOoG Primary Yellow: amzn.to/3Jg8mPz
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beautiful! how is it that the wash brush does not spread the color out of shape?
@GregLowmanArt
2 күн бұрын
Thank you and it will if the bristles are too stiff. It needs to have soft bristles for this to work
@patilsapana1
Күн бұрын
@@GregLowmanArt will try 🤩
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Excellent job, but where do you get the dry wash brushes to do this dry blending work?. FIVE brushes can be very costly, right?
@GregLowmanArt
8 ай бұрын
They're ~$1-$2 each so not bad: amzn.to/45HNPhf or amzn.to/3xk1sn1
@Mostlycreativeartistry
4 ай бұрын
I get them at lowes or home depot pretty cheap. For dry blending brushes. About $3.50 a piece.