If I want to get started in acrylic painting, what are the basic materials I need?

I took an acrylic canvas-painting art class and would really like to pursue it as a hobby in my own home. What are the basic materials (specific brushes/paints/ect) I need to buy? What kind of brushes or colors of paint do I need to get (this is for medium to large canvases)? Kind of like an acrylic painting starter kit?


Also, can you reccommend any inexpensive but good quality brands of brushes and paints to start out with?





Thanks!If I want to get started in acrylic painting, what are the basic materials I need?
Smooth nylon brushes are good.. they are usually white or sable colored..brights are a good type to work with but flats are okay too. Have sizes 2, 4, 8 and like 12. If you have a Dick Blick store near you, their academic brushes are nice and cheap. 8-10 dollar sets they have at Michael's, those are fine too... Basics is a good brand of acrylic paint, Windsor and Newton paints can be the best if you're not buying the academic ones but the ones in the tubes. Thicker usually means better quality because you're just going to water it down anyway so the thicker the paint the longer it will last you. However, even though I use acrylic paint a lot I personally use the cheapest stuff, Apple Barrel, and I really don't mind...


Don't forget to buy a paintbrush cleaner. Don't use anything corrosive like turpentine to clean your paint brushes.


Stain remover for your clothing is handy. A palette can be anything hard/flat with a large surface to mix on. You can cover it with tin foil so the paint doesn't build up on it...


Basic colors to get are just all the colors in their most basic shades. (From red to purple.) Buy black and white in larger bottles since you'll tend use those more than the others.If I want to get started in acrylic painting, what are the basic materials I need?
There's a lot of brushes to choose from. The thing to keep in mind is that they can't be coarse, they have to be smooth and feel like one of those soft makeup brushes. If you're using a large canvas, you need bigger, flat brushes. An angled brush is also good. I'd buy a set with assorted sizes. Smaller brushes are good to have, but i'm not sure how much they're needed for this project. Just make sure to buy acrylic paint that are in tubes, rather than bottles, because the ones in bottles tend to be a lot thinner and wouldn't look good on a canvas. I wouldn't go to michaels because i spent $70 on oil paint there before and the set wasn't even that big. I then went to staples and bought oil paint and acrylic paint for $12 each. I would suggest going to staples or walmart.
get what ever brushes look interesting to you... cheapest.


it shouldn't matter.





get what ever paint you want that's acrylic.. from my expirience exensive brushes and paint have no better quality from the cheap stuff.





dont forget something called ';medium'; it's clear.. it's something that you are really going to need.





there's going to be a time when you want to paint a straight line and its going to be difficult because the paint doesn't look so smooth.. when the pain looks edgy and unsmooth tab your brush in some medium and back into the orinianl color then paint over the harsh area..





you'll see what i'm talking about when you expiriment with it.





also when you are done with each painting you need to gloss it so it will not fade.


buy gloss.. i think there is some gloss that also has medium in it.
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