How Do You Paint An Acrylic Abstract?
Acrylic paints have two big advantages over oil paints for beginning abstract artists. The first advantage is ease of cleanup. While oil paints require paint thinner to clean up, acrylic paint comes out of brushes with soap and water, and many spills clean up with a damp rag. The second main advantage to acrylic paint is that it dries quickly. Many beginners do not want to spend days or even weeks working on a painting. An artist can paint an acrylic abstract in a single day and have it ready for framing or hanging the next day. Choose the basic color palette you want to work with. If you want colors to blend at the edges you will need to have all your paints ready, so you can work quickly while each layer is still wet to create a blended or swirled effect. You may want to use a spare canvas or even a sheet of white paper to test how the colors work together. Paint your entire canvas in a neutral color. Don’t forget to paint the edges. Even if you intend to paint a very vibrant abstrac
