HOW TO PAINT WITH ACRYLIC-For Beginners

NOTE: The Art Piece is one of my Paintings.

How to Paint With Acrylics;

To start an acrylic painting you need basically two things:
- Painting supplies
- Ideas for what to paint

Acrylic painting for beginners- all you need to know to get started- The content of this article is copyrighted

by Robie Benve | Source

Acrylic Painting Supplies

Gather your painting supplies in a well-lit area.

You’ll need:

Acrylic Paint: Get the best quality paint you can afford. Aim for artist quality, not student quality. The student quality hues have more fillers, and respond less efficiently to color and media mixing.

You don’t need many colors; a limited palette of basic colors is great for starters. To begin with a very limited palette, you can buy single tubes and make your own primary color combination.If you want a pre-made set, the Liquitex 4 Color Mixing set It has a good choice of tubes: Quinacridone Crimson, Yellow Medium Azo, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), and Titanium White. - more details below. Black can always be obtained by mixing the three primary colors together.
Brushes of different shapes and sizes. The rule of thumb for brushes is to use big brushes for big areas and loose painting style, and use small brushes for small areas and details.

Painting support : canvas, paper, board, etc. Acrylic paint works on many kinds of surfaces. If you buy pre-primed canvas, make sure it’s primed with acrylic gesso.

A canvas primed for oil painting is not suitable. Acrylics don’t stick on oily surfaces, and would peel off with time.
Water. Get a big jug of water to rinse the brushes when you switch from one color to another. Better yet, you should have two containers of water: one to rinse brushes from the paint, and one with clean water to use to dilute paint and moisten brushes when needed.
Cloth rag or paper towel. To dab brushes after rinsing, correct mistakes, etc.

Easel: It’s beneficial to keep your support at an angle that is quite perpendicular to your vision. This helps a lot with perspective and proportions. To keep your canvas or board inclined, you can use a stand up easel or a table top one. Easels come in different shapes and prices