How can I paint an oils project in acrylics?
A. To create the sharp detail, realism and smooth blending of a realistic painting, it’s essential to use the proper brushes. The acrylic painter, like the oil painter, should use short-bristled flat brushes designed for blending in tight, controlled areas. In order to get clean, sharp detail your brushes must have sharp chisel edges that don’t split. A worn or frayed brush won’t achieve the desired results. To successfully translate oil techniques into acrylics, you must understand some basic aspects of oil painting. One method for painting an object with oils is to basecoat it with a middle or light value; then add shading, tints or highlights to create the value changes necessary to develop shape, volume and dimension. Another method is to block in an object with dark, middle and light values, then blend the values and add more shading, highlights or tints. Where two oil colors touch and are blended together, a portion of each of the colors that were blended remains visible, so you
