Post #300636 by Big Hodad-dy Reid on Fri, Apr 20, 2007 9:32 AM

KEWL! You're doing better than my first stab at acrylics. I felt like drawing it first was "cheating", then I realized it was better to know where I was going, you know?

You gotta use it's transparency to your advantage. Like someone said, start with mid-tones and then go shadow and highlights. Working thin can help and building up layers for shadows. Feathering into the midtone is worth trying. Mixing a little mid-tone and shadow color can help. Same with highlights.

Keeping it wet can be an issue, but, as has been said, there are ways around that. I become somewhat of a madman when I'm painting and have found myself a bit of a distance from my water source and used my own spit to keep it going. Weird, but effective.

Along with additives to keep it "wet" there are things to make it more opaque or transparent. Lots to choose from and no right or wrong way.

Keep on keepin' on!