Acrylic Paint Art Journal

Acrylic painting idea using a palette knife.

Acrylic paint art journal.

I think this is my favorite tool to apply acrylic paint with a stencil. Today i thought i would share some of my tips for working with acrylic paint to help you use it in your art journals. My art journal supplies when i first started was mostly acrylic paint. In this example i used my own diy human figure stencil template that i can use for different projects in my art journals.

For the wash pours it won t work well because the colors are quite thin. Watch me create three acrylic paint background pages. In today s art journal thursday episode i m going to show you how to paint an acrylic painting inspired by the impressionist claude monet. You can find them almost anywhere.

Art journal page backgrounds are a lot of fun to create so today i have a video of three different acrylic paint art backgrounds and a free printable of the backgrounds for you. What you can experiment with is the amount of paint you use at once or the type of brush strokes you make. It s a pretty simple technique we all tried at least once when we were in school. Windsor newton galeria acrylic paints these are a good medium grade acrylic paint.

The journal i am using in the video is one of the dylusions 5 x 8 journals. Craft acrylic paint is super affordable. These paints inspire loose playful pages. All can be used for art journaling.

They come in hundreds o colors. Artist s loft watercolor pan set so cheap and yet so fun on art journal pages. The monthly box provides the supplies you ll need to start creating and every project is also supported by a free video tu. Acrylic paint is inexpensive readily available even my grocery store sells it and probably one of my favorite mediums to use in my art journals because of its texture and the bright vivid colors.

There are various brands and types of acrylic paint. Strathmore watercolor journal this art journal has nice hefty pages. It is a very fun acrylic pouring technique for beginners. You basically apply acrylic paint with a paintbrush.

Whether you re a total beginner or you ve mastered the arts the supplies and tutorials in this monthly art box are designed to encourage support and enhance your experience with art journaling. Make sure the paint is not too thin because the paint will mix inside the cup providing muddy results. All you need to do is to place all of your paints in 1 cup prior to being poured across the surface.