• Elise@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Do you have any tips for a beginner? I just started with acrylic and come from pencil

        • Eugenia@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Depends what type of painting you want to do. If you’re after narrative illustration or decorative art, then watercolor and gouache are better options (especially acryla gouache, that is very common now among pro illustrators). If you’re after landscapes, portraits, or otherwise more classic subjects, then oils or acrylic are best. For abstract art, acrylic is best. Of course, you can do anything with anything, but some mediums require more work than others to make something look good, depending on the genre.

          For acrylic, start with cheaper paints, and as you learn, you can move to better brands that are light fast. Consider acrylic paper in the beginning, if you find it cheaper than canvas in your area. Let me know if you have any questions.

          • Elise@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Wow thx for the help.

            Never heard of acryla gouache before. I’ve tried water color once and I love how it just does its own thing. It’s so tender too and I’d love to combine it with black ink.

            I’d also like to try more Indian ink. I have some pencils but I’m thinking of getting some pots. Any tips there? I was thinking it allows for intense colors but also you can water it down and use it more like water color.

            Oil I don’t know where to start. It sounds very involved and that I might need access to an oven and stuff?

            I’ll look into acrylic paper. I have a bunch of canvas because I found a cute little store stuffed to the brim with everything and it was very affordable. It was owned by some artist. But paper I could just tape to some wood on the easel.

            Currently I’m working on something that is rather challenging. It’s a night scene that’s partly city and partly nature and it has light. I’m not sure if I should mix gradients, say the color of what the light is on, and the light itself. Or if I should let the background dry and then use ample water so it becomes transparent? I could use some white yellow as light on top.

            • Eugenia@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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              8 months ago

              In illustration we don’t bother much with realistic lighting. We usually let it dry, and then we glaze on top of it with the light color.