Anybody here paint with acrylics?

[Rex_Goodheart]

I just stretched 6 fairly large canvasses to hang on the walls in my den.

I bought a bunch of $1 bottles of acrylic paint in various colors from Garden Ridge (a home crafts superstore). Since I'm not much of an artist I'll be painting some very abstract images of who knows what.

My question is this... can I use acrylic wall paint from Lowe's or Home Depot to use as backgrounds, then use the Garden Ridge artist paints to paint over that? Will the backgrounds crack, maybe? Are the paints compatible once the background dries?

[Hissyspit]

1. I would think it's fine. Acrylic will bond to acrylic.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. You may want to get some clear glaze and some floater

to thin out some of your overpainting. Adding glaze is great for mixing with the paint colors for your finishing colors, but it does dry quickly, as do acrylics. The floater mix (craft stores carry this, comes in small bottles) is great way to give you a little more time to move your paint around.

Do you have a color wheel to help you decide on the mix of colors for different tones and shades?

In painting, it's generally best to do the light colors last, especially for any highlighting. But, hey! These are your paintings, and your personal technique and touch :)

Good luck and have fun! :hi:

on edit: In using the acrylic wall paint, use a broad natural bristle wall brush, and paint it on thinly in several layers (dry in between...it will dry quickly), so you don't have too think of a base that may cause probelms in doing the overpainting of the artist acrylics you plan on using.

Hope you have a wide variety of fairly decent artist natural bristle brushes on hand. Keep water dish and damp rag at hand.

Feel free to PM if you have questions about painting or your design ideas. :hi: