Art Tips, Tricks, and More...3
You
never know when you might hear an art tip about something that is just
the suggestion that will solve an issue for you or help you and your
work in some way. This will hopefully be an ongoing series of tips and I
would LOVE to have your suggestions as well!
Art Tips, Advice, Suggestions
On with our batch of 12 art tips...
- Need speckles, splatters, splotches or spots? Use an old toothbrush and flick paint onto the canvas
- Paint leftover on the palette? Start the background or a base layer of another painting with it.
- Get outside for inspiration! Take pictures of interesting things and play with the images on your computer to zoom in and find the interesting angles or highlight a section of the photo to get onto your canvas.
- Take your photos BEFORE using the isolation coat or varnishing to avoid the light reflections that are harder to deal with. Gloss and semi gloss finishes will affect the later photos.
- Protect your artwork! I have seen artists pile up their canvases one on top of another and seen very pricey works with their edges beat all to heck. Wrap your work in towels, pillowcases, felt "sleeves" - find what works for you and your budget. Still other artists have more professional wrapping and boxing transportation setups.
- Tired of ruining your good clothes when you paint? Go to the thrift store and buy big shirts or something cheap for your "Paint Clothes". I have a couple of very large men's shirts to wear, just roll up the sleeves.
- Baby wipes are great to use for hands for easy, quick cleanup.
- Follow great art blogs like this PWAS Artistry Spin blog or the others listed in our side navigation where you can find TONS of info, see the section "Blogs to Follow: Most Recent Update" in the lower right navigation.
- You can use hair spray to "fix" your charcoal or acrylic drawings - perhaps NOT on your fine art pieces, as they could yellow over time but on test or journal pieces - if you are out of a good quality fixative.
- Cornstarch can be used to thicken runny acrylic paint or to add texture to watercolor paintings.
- Use your freezer to store your oil paint palette after covering it with parchment paper, wax paper, or plastic wrap to prevent any drying.
- Collect small jars (with lids) and wash well to use for pouring Liquin, linseed oil, mixing paint, etc.
See the Art Tips Series on this page for more tidbits of advice: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/p/art.html
Send me YOUR art tips too or drop them in the comments below. AND let me know if you find an art tip here that you LOVE!
Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA and Artistry Spin Blog Admin, specializing in acrylic
painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects.
Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, Donna's Etsy site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.
Local Art: Visit us at any of our local art shows and our monthly meetings.
The
Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in
PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern
Virginia.
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
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