Watercolour or Acrylic to Start With
Both are water-based and that is where the similarity ends. They reward opposite habits. Watercolour Transparent and worked light to dark, with the paper p
Fabric Painting: Heat-Set Mediums Explained
Acrylic on fabric goes stiff and cracks unless something changes how it behaves. That is what a fabric medium is for. What it does It makes the dried paint
Thinning for an Airbrush Without Losing Colour
An airbrush needs paint far thinner than a brush does, and how you get there decides whether colour survives. Why a dedicated thinner Thinning with water a
Pouring Mediums: Consistency Is Almost Everything
Pouring looks like a technique about colour. In practice it is a technique about viscosity. Aim for a consistent flow Every colour in a pour should flow at
What a Medium Does That Water Cannot
Thinning acrylic with water and thinning it with a medium look similar in the pot and behave differently on the surface. Water dilutes the binder Acrylic p