So far I have been presenting paintings with a painted canvas edge but would like to now frame a few. Thank you! Thanks again for making this site and the youtube channel, they are a real help. 99 Michaels and the Michaels logo and other trademarks and logos used on this site are owned or licensed by Michaels Stores, Inc. All rights reserved. Jeanne. So my query is as i’d like to thicken it out with extra primer of some sort, making it stronger yet quiet malleable to roll. ... $15 off a $100 MICHAELS CRAFTS gift card code to use at EGIFTER. Regards Martha. Waves.now I’m using acrylic and I was told that gesso will help prevent white spots, probably a primer? Glad this had been of help to your paintings. In the early predawn even the sand is silvery grey and my first thought was to use a pale warm golden yellow to give an underlying warmth to the painting overall. Am an aspiring artist and this helps so much. I say “own” because I have done several kit-based, copy-from-masters type of paintings that turned out pretty good, so I was emboldened to try something more original. I was nervous because when I touched the sides, it got dirty despite having clean hands. Beautiful yet simple jewelry to make with and for your friends. From kids who are fans of folding paper airplanes to adults who wish they can turn their piles of paperwork into entertainment, The Classic Art of Origami Kit awaits! The fundamentals can be so important when you are first starting. NO sign up. Hi Anne, if you are working over an existing painting I would apply gesso first and then the tonal ground. Your tutorials were really a blessing :). In terms of using the medium with the acrylics, it’s a matter of preference and dependent on the actual brand and consistency of the acrylic paints you’re using. Hi Diane, so pleased to hear you’ve been inspired with your art again and you have been finding the website helpful. Block also gives us 30 practice lessons from beginning level to advanced that build upon the techniques she presents"-- You’ve taught me a lot and I look forward to learning more. First one I have clicked on, and good to know that others have searched and found a good one in yours. I HATE video tutorials & this was actually pretty easy to follow & not annoying. You are a top bloke. Thanks for the comment, really pleased to hear that the tutorials are helping your paintings. Thank you Charina. Shop now all diamond art kit, we have the largest collection of high-quality diamond art kits. I found your videos on YouTube when was looking for a beginners introduction to acrylic paint. If the yellow ochre seems a bit ‘raw’ just add in a touch of titanium white to make a colour closer to a naples yellow. I have a huge urge to start painting but just can’t seem to get going. Many thanks. Kind regards, John. Thanks! If you are mixing the colour with white then use a fast drying alkyd white rather than a standard white, as titanium white is a slow drying oil paint. But still nervous I will make a mess of it all. For example, if you paint a light grey onto your white canvas it will look black.
:-) I wonder if you can weigh in on this. Watch out for drips on the side of the canvas and if your too enthusiastic watch out for spray from the brush. Below are the comments from another student who was having the same issues with his student quality yellow and these were his results after using an artist quality paint. As a beginner, this can be disconcerting. Hi I’ve just joined and I have leard so much by watch such few videos. âJust One Lookâ by Julia Michaels.
Elizabeth Moshkevich, Contributing Writer. If I draw on a ground and want to adjust pencil lines, I find my pencil slips around and I smudge things and it ends up in a mess. Can anything be salvaged from this first canvas/can I use it at all? At this point my lines are a little too precise. Will. I am a beginner and found your site to be helpful in providing basics to start painting on canvas. When you say to use yellow orche for the coloured ground, do you let that dry before painting over the top?
Aside from a prepared canvas, ready primed and stretched, there are Canvas Boards, Canvas pads (like the Fredrix real canvas pad),Canvas Paper and paper pads . Hello Will First I want to thank you for the wealth of useful information that you have shared on your website. I always get diverted for whatever reason. Each art tutorial inside is designed to teach you to seek your own inspiration and incorporate fresh ideas in your work. With Artful Adventures in Mixed Media, you will paint, layer and collage your way to beautiful, meaningful art! You confirmed my newbie suspicions that these store-bought white canvasses are not really good to paint straight out the wrapper! Please reply because I am afraid of messing up. Cheers, Will. The Big Book of Unique Shapes: Plastic Canvas
Michaels Arts & Crafts supply store Location at 5012 N May Ave, Oklahoma City, OKLAHOMA. Thanks again for the inspiration you give to us all Chris. After googling Fredrix real canvas pad, I ordered some from Amazon. Cheers, Will, Hi Will, thank you for a brilliant teaching site, excellent. Art paper, a canvas, and resin mix make for easy art, like the supersize succulent featured in this wall gallery. Pro Tip: If using Acrylic ground for oil paint make sure you add water to the acrylic. Hi Sarah, yes you can still use this technique for white objects, if you used an opaque white such as titanium white you will be able to completely cover the colours underneath. Thanks for your suggestions. Both designs use Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss (or DMC 310, 744, 320, 347, 3022, 3032, 500, 3810, 610, 935, 221, 422, white). It not that the top colour is transparent so much as that it won’t stick to the coloured ground very well. Hi Dianna, if you have artist quality paint you will be able to cover over pretty much any paint underneath, with student grade paint (especially in the yellows) it can take a lot of layers to achieve the same level of opacity.
They have been extremely helpful in my work. Coupon by SUCHaDEAL. Hi Christoph, nice to hear from you. It can be a bit of a shift coming to acrylics, but there are many similarities, hope the website has been helpful. Here is an article on varnishing an acrylic painting. Hope you find them helpful. Years ago I painted in oils using Bob Ross techniques and I learned a lot. "Try and choose a pumpkin with the smoothest surface possible, and plan your design keeping the pumpkin's natural ridges in mind." Watercolour is based on diluting, Acrylic is based on adding.
150 grit sandpaper is fine, if you’ve started your painting onto a white canvas nothing bad will happen to, it will just make it harder for you to judge colours and tones if you’re trying to create a realistic painting. One of the most challenging yet effective ways to accomplish this is to paint outside. I must admit it was on my mind on and off too since I saw the comment ages ago – does the canvas implode if left wrapped?… Or perhaps it gets posessed by bad art demon?
Creating Liquid Soaps That Soothe! Finally, a book on making liquid soaps at home! Let expert soapmaker Catherine Failor introduce you to the luxurious world of all-natural liquid soaps -- the easy way. 9 Nov, 10:35 pm. I was reading your post on applying colored ground on white canvas, can I use Oil base for applying the ground color or it is better to have the acrylic as a base, the painting will be oil. Cheers, Will. Hi Kathy, yes you can paint over them, aslong as the mediums match, so acrylic over acrylics and oils over oils. Think paper crafts and templates, decoupage and appliqués, painting or stenciling. Jane. Thank you for making it so easy and fun for me to get started with acrylics. The number one mistake all beginners make is buying a pre-stretched canvas or canvas board from a discount bookstore and not unwrapping the cellophane from it.. You can check out my article about gesso here, Dear Will, It has taken me some weeks to get up the courage to actually purchase materials to get started in acrylics.
To answer your question on coloured ground: There is a fine line between having your ground too thick or thin.
hi im doing an art assignment and i have to create an Andy Warhol inspired artwork. What do you think about that ?? I’m an engineer by training and have now discovered how much I love to create art. For example, a warm brown for an Autumnal tree scene. What surface would you recommend a beginner to use? Hi, This site is brilliant, I love drawing and would really love to expand my knowledge into painting I have started one already, but recently I saw a video of a man using spray paint, another thing I would love to learn, what kind of surface would you recommend and any tips would be good. I always appreciate the information/gems you kindly share. My question today is what would be the best colour to tone my canvas for a predawn beach/water scene where all the colours will be cool. Thanks navneet.
I use the same technique Will….but I’m doubtful whether it goes with every painting.
All abstraction is based on reality, so find a landscape scene you like and then remove elements from it one at a time until it is abstracted. Thanks for hints!! Thanks! Thank you so much for you kind help and wonderful site. “The number one mistake all beginners make is buying a pre-stretched canvas or canvas board from a discount book store and not unwrapping it.”. Brigitte. I am a bit good in drawing but fail to make my painting look quite real which i would love to. Great job!! Several years back I purchased an acrylic painting that looked very “evenly” matte. I am only practising so it doesn’t really matter.
Thanks Maria, really pleased you enjoyed the article. Hope this helps Jeanne, Thank you Will!! What colour would i use for the toned ground?
I am about to do a garden, flowery painting so I thought light blue of green would work well. Hi Michelle, Painting really is a personal preference, it’s great that you have experimented with other mediums, it really is the only way to try and find your own style. Her viral TikTok video (which has 211K likes and more than 9,000 shares) walks readers through the project she's been working on since January: A large embroidery project with a small stitched design for every day of the year. I’m planning to make quite a large painting on a large square of free canvas rolled out on the ground. Her viral TikTok video (which has 211K likes and more than 9,000 shares) walks readers through the project she's been working on since January: A large embroidery project with a small stitched design for every day of the year. It seems counter-intuitive but it will give you the best results. In terms of a round brush any synthetic will be fine. Your browser's Javascript functionality is turned off. Painting by number Kits up to 50% Off Plus Free Shipping.
In your tutorial video you are priming quite a small canvas, but when you are putting a ground on a 48″x48″ (or larger) canvas, that will take a lot of paint and would cost me too much. Above all thanks also for explaining the use of grounds from the start – it’s so important! I wondered if you could give any advise the process of about varnishing and framing. Thanks Swati. If the subject of my painting is going to consist of a range of light browns (going from, say, between raw sienna to yellow ochre to titanium white), would you suggest starting out with a ground color from the opposite side of the color wheel, like something in the blue/blue-violet range? Pick it up here. This can be very handy for those first layers of paint just to give a grab to the next layers ontop. Hope this helps. Try to image you can peel back layers of the image/scene you’re looking at until you find a colour that ties it all in together and then go for that and hopefully that confidence in the perfect ground colour will come through in your painting! Bob Ross: Happy Little Puzzles hello will, You’re ARTicle helped me a lot.I am a visual artist teacher here in the philippines and I learned so much from your tips. Will this truly work as a ground for any painting? I had my first art show it went great. Hi Coralie, it depends on the feeling you’re after with the painting, having a subtle glow of warmth through either a muted pink or warm golden yellow would work well. 1 of my painting principles. hi .. thanks for the great advice i had a query though..my painting has different elements in it..major one being fire..with lot of orange and yellow and red.
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You have selected the topics that really make a positive difference to painting and go on to demonstrate them in a very easy to understand and entertaining way. Thanks in advance! Any advice? Hi Will, your site and your teaching is sensational, love it.
Absolutely LOVE your site!!!! Yes you could mix it in with the acrylic gesso and use it as a ground, but you’ll find sometimes you lose the ‘glow’ of the yellow. Thanks for the suggestion for an article about artists finding their artistic style, I’ll put it on the list.
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Crayola: Create It Yourself includes fifty-two of the most popular and fun craft projects, organized by the four seasons: fall, winter, spring, and summer. Would you please help me? This article has information for new artists or crafters interested in selling art at smaller local art shows, art festivals or craft shows. Hi Fred, it’s hard to give a definitive timeframe as all artists have different working practices, but many of these free painting tutorials on the site can be completed in a couple of hours.
I love the conciseness of the knowledge you are giving here. Hi Will I am currently writing a novel using a painter as my main character. I happen to crash into your online class and I find it really really helpful. Hi Will ! Reeves paints are okay, but they haven’t got the best ‘pigment load’.
Is it possible to block in different colored grounds, knowing what layers will go on next? I really need a grey color on a canvas. perfect timing to have found your tutorials ….
For example, if you are painting a blue seascape the warm undertone of the yellow can balance perfectly to the cool blues in the scene, adding the feeling of the sun hitting parts of your painting.
With acrylics make sure you dilute the paint slightly so the ground colour isn’t too thick. Try a couple of small swatches, one mixed in with the gesso, one without and see which tone you prefer. Thirty-one illustrations combine the elegant beauty of flowers and the peaceful quality of mandalas. Thank you. My brush just doesn’t seem to be picking up the paint.
Great to hear from you and pleased to hear you’ve found the confidence to give colour a go.
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I predominantly use Golden paints as I find the colour saturation really good and the Titanium White has some amazing opacity. Chibi! the Official Mark Crilley How-To-Draw Guide It sounds like you want to ‘free up’ your painting style with a much more gestural, impressionistic approach. Just used your free videos to paint my first ever acrylic! We are doing the topic ‘landscape’ at school and it is due 6 weeks from now. Michaels is known for her effortless soprano vocals and laid-back pop songs, such as âIssuesâ and âIf the World Was Ending,â her duet with JP Saxe. What colour etc. I bought mine from a brand called Reeves. Paint around the edges first, trying not to get too much overflow onto the front of the canvas. What I find a bit odd is that for a novice…the “novice” paint was/is harder to work with….you’d kind of think it should be the other way around. Does preparing ground, work for oils too and if so, should we use oil or acrylic, as the ground medium? However, for this stage of the painting this doesn’t matter, as we’re painting directly onto the canvas.
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truly amazing…really really helpful.
Thanks Laurie, I’m not currently on Instagram, I’m #oldschool! However, I’ve found as a teaching method for transforming a beginners learning curve to painting, the coloured ground technique is hard to beat. Thank You for all your info that I am researching at present. "Try and choose a pumpkin with the smoothest surface possible, and plan your design keeping the pumpkin's natural ridges in mind." I have learnt mostly from mistakes along the way, ha ha, as reading most art books or tutorials is painful. I have read everything on your website about glazes, gels, mediums, varnish etc, but wondered what you did for this particular one.
I am picking up a paintbrush again for the first time in 18 years and I am learning so much from you, thank you! Hi Marty, pleased you’ve been enjoying the approach with acrylics, you might find this series of videos helpful on Acrylic Gels & Mediums. While some sections are written from a fine art photographer's point of view, most of the topics will relate to other art mediums and also to more experienced artists. The first step in designing a painted pumpkin is looking carefully at its shape. Will. I have always loved to draw and paint since childhood, and now retired have the time to indulge. I don’t have a specific ‘start up list’ as I usually have a list for each specific course or workshop. I would prepare the wooden panel with a couple of coats of artist acrylic gesso and then paint the colour ground on top. If I am more interested in doing abstract art at the moment (really playing around with texture and color for the moment), is it still essential that I ground my painting with a base color? Hi Chris, it depends on the blue you’re after, if you’re working with a Phthalo blue, turquoise colour having a soft glow of yellow underneath can really help to bring life into the scene. Her painting looks almost “powdery-flat-matte” but has a VERY pretty, consistent look. My ambition is to paint a river. You have to keep working backwards and forward to smooth out the indiscretions. Hi Amy, have a look through the free video tutorials. If you love Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting, and mindful pastimes, this mini activity kit is for you! Set includes: 2 distinct 300-piece mini puzzles (one of a landscape painting and one of Bob Ross himself at work). Thanks again, Glenda. I ultimately want to paint chunky abstract pieces. The center of the flower is tighter and appears more creamy-almost yellow.
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You have a gift of making it all sound so simple and fun! A coloured ground is always best if it’s a mid tone, so not too dark or not too light. I’ve already done a study of what I want in pencil to map out shading and contours, as well as various blends of color and brush stroke combinations to get a feel for painting her fur… was about to start out on a stark white canvas until I came across your page here and I must say I’m glad I did — it seems like quite a valuable piece of information.
Thank you for the great tips and information, I hope to use it soon. Look out for sets for sale as these can be really good value. Enjoy the articles. Unfortunately, our college doesn’t see art as an important part of their curriculum, so I welcome you into my home via the internet. Hi Robert, yes you can paint oil over acrylic, just not acrylic over oil. The most empowering book of its kind, Making the Magic Happen demystifies every aspect of film directing by demonstrating what you must team about the craft before pursuing the art. Book jacket. Cheers, Will. 3/4" deep floater frames in 8 beautiful finishes!Illusions Canvas Floater Frames come with all fitting and hanging hardware, all you need is a screwdriver! I think a book should be on my New Year’s resolution list! I would have wasted lots of money of paint and would have been frustrated in the process. Using colour has always been difficult for me because i couldnt get the right colour tone at first place, so dropped the idea. Twenty nine projects with all the patterns and techniques you need to build and embellish them. Thanks again for your inspiring classes ! Your browser's Javascript functionality is turned off.
Michaels and the Michaels logo and other trademarks and logos used on this site are owned or licensed by Michaels Stores, Inc. All rights reserved. Hi, Will, Thanks again for the ground lesson. Could I use this method of toned background to start an oil? If I use a colored ground of yellow ochre or burnt umber for example, when I put a stroke of yellow over it the transparency of the paint will show the yellow ochre or burnt umber through it instead of the white of the canvas board or canvas, and will then be a lot darker because of it. I stumbled upon your site when trying to figure out what materials I need to start out. I am 65 but I have found it is never too late to start. Figured acrylics was the way to go. The trouble I’m having now is which brushes to purchase. Do you have an on-line gallery? They probably would be to a scientist, but to someone who just needs to be creative art might have been the better choice ;-). If you have the same scratchy watery paint on an opaque ground colour your painting will look rocking! Just one question about the pre-primed canavases. Take care. For a brighter pallette just use brighter colour grounds that complements the colour scheme you’re after. For later thin applications of paint (glazes) I use an Acrylic Glazing medium, but don’t at this early stage as I want to keep a nice absorbent surface for the next layers. I had been using canvases and then canvas panels which just felt blocky and obstructionist to me. If canvasses are primed with acrylic, won’t oil over acrylic also work? Hi Will Kemp Interesting site., thanks for providing it. painting art set by artist's loft™ necessities™, super value 22 piece foam brush set by artist's loft™ necessities™, 36 color watercolor paint value pack by artist's loft™ necessities™, winsor & newton™ winton oil colour™ 20 tubes set, dalmatian paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, butterfly paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, sea turtle paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, long handle gold synthetic paintbrush set by artist's loft® necessities™, van gogh starry night paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, dogs 23 piece watercolor painting kit by artist's loft™, van gogh vase paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, 24 color watercolor paint value pack by artist's loft™ necessities™, winsor & newton™ cotman watercolour™ 20 tubes set, wild animal 23 piece watercolor painting kit by artist's loft™, eiffel tower paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, kitten & flowers paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, desserts 23 piece watercolor painting kit by artist's loft™, beach 23 piece watercolor painting kit by artist's loft™, hummingbird paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™, lighthouse paint-by-number kit by artist's loft™ necessities™. So glad I discovered this site my 6 year old and I raring to go! It was used by the great Venetian artist Titian. Just found all these delicious articles and I’m making it part of my to-do list to read one completely each day as there is so much, it’s overwhelming but I just read through this one and I’m wondering why you use water to mix with your paint to prepare your colored ground as opposed to using say a gloss medium since water if too much is added tends to break down the binder of the paint and also dulls it due to the refractive quality of the water in the paint.
Cheers, Will. If you have a artist quality titanium white mixed with the yellows it will help to add to the opacity. And does that differ for acrylics and oils? I keep seeing (imagining) the surface of transparent water, or looking up at the sun from deep in clear water, with the suns rays filtering down. Knew this would get old, so I had to paint some rocks, sea bottoms, shore, et cetera.
Found your site from YouTube and soooo glad I did. ha! I have tried so many paints, both very good quality down to craft quality to try and achieve the same look.
Am I out to lunch or should I have started with breakfast first? Thanks thanks thanks!
I want to do abstract, arcylic paint on a massive canvas… however, need to do way more practise with ‘abstract’, I’m no good! With Illusions Floater Canvas Frames, creating the floating canvas effect has never been easier! Hi Dominique, you need to make sure you are working with a good quality titanium white, which is an opaque white, so will help when covering over the ground colour. You need to use an oil that is relatively fast drying so any of the umbers, raw umber, burnt umber etc are a good choice. However, for this stage of the painting this doesn’t matter, as we’re painting directly onto the canvas.
Hi Haneen, yes it can be good to use mediums when working with thinner layers of paint in the later stages of your painting so you retain a solid paint film. If you mix in too much medium at this stage it can cause a resist to the further layers of paint adhering onto them as easily. Hi Chloe, yes, you leave the background to dry first before painting on top. Thanks for a great site.
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