Article · heidi horchler
How to Use Acrylic Paint Like Watercolor (with video)
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2022
About this lesson
Explains how to get watercolor-like flow on canvas by first applying several coats of absorbent watercolor ground, then thinning acrylics with pouring medium, flow improver and high-flow medium rather than water alone so the paint film stays intact. Progress photos document a large two-panel river-rock painting.
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