The ability of the paint to stretch can tear or loosen the layers of old oil base paint. It really can be night and day working with artist quality paints, I come across so many students that feel they just can’t achieve what they want with acrylics and it is purely down to the paint they are using. Take care Tamara. Hi Arushi, yes, you can paint over with acrylics and it won’t ruin the fabric. 3. Cheers, Will. If the mural has any dark areas on it at all, it will be important to use a substantial primer that can cover such areas. Or will it be ruined because I varnished it with acrylic emulsion? I started off well and I was really pleased until I got to the tables which I found difficult to paint without losing form and perspective. Cheers, Will. Will, Will, I have an acrylic painting that I thought was complete and added a layer of gloss medium. Hope this helps. 2) I’ve also read that one shouldn’t be using gloss or matte mediums as a final varnish on a painting, even if the product says it’s ok to do so, that it’s permanent and only specific varnish should be used. Is there anything I could put down as a ‘sealant’ over the blue shape before painting over again with the white? It can be easy to become engrossed up close to the painting when you’re creating it by everyone that sees the painting will first see if from afar. Will it help just adding more layers of white or do I need to do something else first? Can I just coat it in two layers of titanium white like a wash and then start painting again? You’ve spent out money on the canvas and want to change the picture so you reach for the white paint intending to paint out the whole thing. But, I made it so that where the sky would be, its blue, where the field would be, its a yellow color, and where the grass would be its green. Hope that helps someone. Guess I’ll be taking my work a bit more seriously. Varnishing straight away wouldn’t have made any difference. I shall check out the landscape course too. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. Will, I had a couple of other questions concerning acrylic painting I wanted to ask you about: 1) I’ve read that using too much water in acrylic painting breaks down the binding properties in the acrylic paint, which in turn poses a threat to one’s artwork eventually peeling away from the canvas. What I find a bit odd is that for a novice…the “novice” paint was/is harder to work with….you’d kind of think it should be the other way around. Monika. I do run very occasional classes in Cheshire. I’ve heard both pro (to protect the art) and con (changes the colors and/or rinses them away): your viewpoint? What about oil pastels? As the acrylic stays slightly flexible when it dries it doesn’t sand down as easily as say plaster but it is possible. Cheers, Will. Halfway into the painting I realized the boy was in the wrong position and re-drew and re-painted him. I need to completely repaint a painting I just “finished”. The trouble is, I attempted to start this landscape a while back. Is there an agent to unblock the painting? I really like the subjects in it except the darn cloth in the background. Cheers, Will. Cheers, Will. It offers a colorful protective coating for walls and quickly forms a waterproof surface. Thank you for th gesso over old painting. Thanks so much. Hi Will, This is interesting. The best way to have a surface that you’ll be able to paint on to, over your existing painting, would be to apply a couple of coats of Acrylic Gesso. Just paint over the canvas with the titanium white ( a couple of thin layers is better than 1 thick layer) and I would then be tempted to to add a muted green background (depending on your composition) to the whole of the canvas. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; This topic of ‘repainting, I have a still life. Depending on the type of paint that the artist used, covering the spot may not be easy. Cheers, Will, Hi there I am fairly new to painting. What a great story Julia, you’re so right‘Sometimes it might not end up like you planned, but it can still work.’ Looking back on abandoned pieces with fresh eyes can be an education in itself. I imagine the wet yellow paint is re-wetting the blue and hence mixing the two together. Yes, you can. Can acrylic be sanded down or stripped? Primer sealers can help paint adhere to water-damaged or smoke-damaged walls. Would appreciate any solution for gd or bad,, Thks Mae. Hello Will Kemp I have painted on a 60×50 canvas and i did not like it and i painted it with another painting after sometime i notice that the old painting is showing on the back of canvas how can i correct it. Each canvas was 6ft x 4ft, and I’d spent over 3 weeks on the paintings, they were practically finished. i don’t know if i can save it and might end up wasting time and money. Hi Brianna, you can work over the top with acrylic, generally the more expensive the acrylics (artist quality vs student grade) the more paint pigment is used in the manufacturing so these paints will cover over the painting below more easily, so it’s a balance between cost of a new canvas or cost of paint to cover it over. Cheers, Will, New to your site and acrylic painting. I am unsure if it’s ok to leave the distance part of landscape thinner and smoother with less detail. No, you need an artist quality yellow that is an opaque yellow, Cadmium yellow would be your best choice. Being a beginner, I have purchased inexpensive paints. I do thank you for the advice, but you did not answer the “how to” at all. (Novice question ;-). Hi Will, Sorry for the delay. I also tried mixing from orange to purple, as you explained in one of your colour theory videos, and I found the explanation really helpful. As I was looking at it more closely I think I could tweak it a bit in one area. The water content to acrylic can often be overstated, have a read of this article, specifically the section from Sarah Sands from Golden paints, here’s an excerpt: The cautions against thinning acrylics beyond 30% (or some similar figure) is common to run across and is something we often find ourselves having to correct, at least in regards to our own paints. Will now do this over a largish canvas that has been sitting waiting!!! Very interesting to learn that the yellow is not “re-wetting” the blue to mix and give me the green but rather it being an optical result due to my novice yellow paint. Period. Will, what about saving a canvas that has pencil marks ALL over it (thanks to my niece)? I know what you’re thinking, ‘I’ll just paint the coloured ground again‘. It is an acrylic painting and had already been painted over with several layers of good quality white. Hi Pax, sometimes if the canvas has been rubbed back the water can repel from the surface. Or if I paint the back side will the black colour show over the gesso? This scene is very powerful and very encouraging to all of us, artist and humans alike because in life just as in art, many times we put so much effort in something that is not going well yet we mourn over the efforts, time and emotions invested. Unfortunately I couldn’t finish it unable to add the main subject – a statue and background trees etc. Cheers, Will. I’ve painted a cityscape scene in acrylic. Painting while pregnant carries certain risks for your baby. It’s about 2′ x 3′. If the paint has got too thick trying to get that luminosity of skin is going to be increasingly harder. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; The only issue you’ll have is with the acrylic adhering to the varnish layer but if it is only small adjustments you should be okay, also the different in sheen of the finish of the new acrylic painted on top compared to the existing varnish layer. Hi Will, Your website is so helpful. My layers mostly consist of yellow ochre, burnt sienna and raw umber with combinations of white. That said, if the cost of the Gesso is a lot less than a new canvas then go for it! Paynes grey and Quinacridone colours are both transparent so can be quite hard to cover over dark areas. Imagine the scene, you’ve been tinkering over a still life painting for days, tweaking a bit here, a bit there and something is just is not right. Is there a way to soften the colors now that it is finished. Much appreciated. Haha, I actually tried it again before reading your response, and it worked fine. Yes, the same principles apply, you can repaint with black to start over, alternatively just repaint around the ferns as tweaking the length of the leaves is easily remedied. I think I have too many layers and I can’t get the paint to blend. Absolute Beginners Water-Mixable Oils Course, Studio Notes // 003: Art, Fear & Paint Stories, In the second lesson, we approach the painting wit, I’ve just posted two new free videos to the Will, Thanks for all your support, enthusiasm and fab cr, How a prepared canvas can drastically improve your painting, The 8 key Differences Between Artist Quality vs Student Grade Acrylic Paints, Acrylic landscape painting techniques – Lessons for an absolute beginner – Part 1 of 4 (video), How to shoot stunning still life set ups for your paintings – Part 1 of 3, video here on mixing and matching a flesh tone, colour portrait course on mixing natural skin tones with acrylics, Winsor and Newton Artist quality Acrylics, demonstration working onto a wooden panel, I respect your privacy and take protecting it very seriously -. I also read that using a gloss or matte medium on the finished artwork, doesn’t just enhance the paint and protect it, but acts as a binding agent. When you paint Yellow Ochre onto a white canvas (See: How a prepared canvas can drastically improve your painting) the trick is to paint it thick enough to form an opaque layer but thin enough to allow the white from the canvas to shine through and give the colour a glow. I spent a lot of time making a very smooth surface on Baltic Birch. For lighter colors, like pale pinks or eggshell white, a substantial amount of primer is going to be critical. Also is black and white the right colours for the sides – I am reading so many different opinions on the interest and I am just unsure. Apply white paint or gesso over the entire canvas, and start afresh with a coloured ground (bear in mind all the points in the article) b. Hi, i want to repurpose the canvas of the acrylic painting that I did during college. Will, Hi Will, I have just started acrylic painting on canvas in the last few weeks and taken on board your advise. Limitations of paint on ceramic Prep the area. Anyway, I then took a wet rag and wiped most of the gesso off so that the pencil marks are visible. Hi LeBot, yes of course, you can easily paint over any mistakes to correct the form or perspective in your paintings. I have an old wood panel which I want to paint with acrylics. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "housepainti0e-20"; I am a beginner/intermediate acrylic painter. Great news Colin, Tuscany is such a perfect subject for a balance of those colours, pleased the ‘Monet’ video helped your sky. If you’re up for the challenge, here is how to properly paint over a painted wall yourself. The yellow ochre will cover the olive green if it’s an artist quality paint if it’s a student grade it might need a couple of coats. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; I’m a beginner with Acrylics and the hardest part is knowing when it’s finished. Thanks. Hi Will, I did try what you suggested and the result is extremely satisfying. I’m having difficulty getting thin layers of acrylic wash (underpainting) to stick after removing masking fluid. Even with all my experience the pile of unfinished, slightly embarrassing paintings, is a clear reminder that sometimes when you know in your heart a painting is not right it is worth starting again. Thanks, Shirley, Hi Shirley, the Golden Titanium white is the highest opacity white acrylic I’ve come across and would be more opaque than gesso. I put down an isolation coat and then two coats of varnish. Will using these mediums really help prevent that from happening? Then this would be highly desirable and creating soft edges and a blend is the number one problem people have with acrylics, they dry too quickly so you can’t blend them together easily! “Take encouragement from the thought that you may learn from honest failure than from mild success” Solomon J Solomon – British Pre-Raphaelite painter, It’s the debate with yourself that never ends…. My question. I do tend to use my paint more on the impasto side anyway so the background will be more textural. Thanx. Many thanks, your website is brilliant by the way. I just completed an acrylic painting on watercolor paper. It would be appreciated if you can provide me with some insight. How or what do you do to start up again? Because oils get more transparent with age, this will be the reason that the blue shape is now visible. You can repaint and spray with ‘retouch varnish’ this will help the paint breath to fully dry yet unify the surface and add some protection rather than having to wait another 6 months to add a full varnish. it’s almost too much…. I’ll give it a go and see if that solves the problem. I tend to dilute the acrylic layer with water so it has an ‘open’ surface for the oil to grab onto when painted onto. The only thing to do is to paint more titanium white over the top, but I appreciate as titanium white is a slow drying pigment it might be too tight a deadline to paint for the exhibition. It will add a sheen to the surface and can lose some of the subtle colour shifts, the best way to try is to use some on a small sample piece and see how you feel about the change in aesthetic. oh dear, we’ve all been here with a ‘tweak’ to a commission, but 10 years does seem quite a stretch. Cheers, Will. Would another coat of thinned out solution in an opposite direction then a satin or matte varnish help or make a further mess? (burnt umber & cadmium yellow or Black & yellow + white) make sure it is a muted green so it isn’t too harsh. Thanks for your time and your comments, very helpful. Can I gesso certain areas and retone? Cheers for sharing the story Georgina, so true. Hi Linda, Nice to hear from you, and pleased you’ve been enjoying the website. I understand mixing colours, so I understand that yellow and blue will give me green, however, the blue paint was dry..so I expected to be able to paint my yellow on top…and not see it give me the yellow. I am having a problem painting (acrylic) cadmium yellow over other dried colors. Now I’ve decided I want to blurry it…put it out of focus…and paint figures on top. What are your thought? Sometimes I’ll skip the gesso process and just paint over the previous mess up painting with my first layer of paint. If you have some sandpaper to take the smooth surface off or remove the varnish will give you a better chance of a better ‘grip’ onto the surface below. I must not have used a smooth enough brush. I have read all your letters and replies and am v inpressed, at how helpful you ar. Sometimes I re-prime the area with gesso but I was wondering if I can apply some matt varnish to ‘seal it’ and then repaint? So yes, a couple more layers should do it. The success of a well painted wall starts with a good paint primer. Thanks for your help and expertize. all just by upgrading to a branded paint rather than an own brand. I have another attempt which I could experiment with, it´s been dry for longer, maybe it was a one-off. hey will how do i get depth in my portraits. This opinion comes from over fifty years of real world experience as a painting contractor. amzn_assoc_title = "Shop Related Products"; This solution also works well for covering dry erase paint. You’re welcome Linda, it would only have to be a light sand say a 240 grit, but even the slightest texture would help. Hi Colin, Great to hear you’re enjoying the site. Will, Would it be possible to gesso over a “failed” acrylic painting and then do a new one with a palette knife technique? The painting is of a german shepard with various shades of tan and brown, but my problem is that I painted the whole background red and now am not sure I like it. Now I’m trying to vary the shades of gray in the background to make it interesting. It´s not a silly question at all. What would be your opinion on that topic? Hi Val, Great to hear you’re enjoying it. To load your roller push it forward on the tray then lift it to see … I had a question, there is a cotton fabric that has something written on it with acrylic paint. We'll give you some ways to make it safer, but keep in mind that breathing in paint fumes is never without risk. I am using only artist quality paints. Sorry, for the long explanation, but I wanted you to know all properties. The ceramic tile painting costs per square foot is $4 to $10 which is 4 times or lesser than the cost of re-installation. Hope this helps, Will, Hi Will. Will. Hi Shayla, Nice to hear from you, if it’s a thin application you could paint over white a white gesso and then apply a coloured ground on top. Critical steps to take, painting over old exterior paint, making them look brand new, not seeing previous paint coats applied years before. The underlying shade is in lemon yellow , green and slightly pink and grey shades, Hi Sadhana, you’ll be able to paint over the existing colour without the need to gesso. The green you are seeing is being mixed ‘optically’ between the yellow and the blue. You do not necessarily have to send samples of the paint out for review, but you may want to evaluate the type of paint that was used and about how old it is. Shira, Hi Shira, with an opaque white (like titanium white) you should be able to cover over the magenta colour. Typical acrylic paint will not last for a long period of time due to this abuse. I just love your website! You don’t need to Gesso the area unless it’s a very large expanse and this would cut yellow paint cost down! )..also; is it necessary to use gesso on artist trading cards if i intend to use acrylic paint on them as well? incidentally at the range i was looking for paints that stated artists quality but in the galleria range could not find the word artist can you advise once again thank you. Thanks for all the great advice. So odd. Hi Suzanne, you could try using masking fluid that is usually used for watercolours, here’s an article that goes through a few things to be aware of. Walking away and coming back later helps to see it through new eyes. Hi Will. 1. It is as if it is impossible to apply it perfectly evenly as to avoid this. So I bought a selection on flower print fabrics and made abstractions on them. I want to know is whether it is ok to paint oil over the acrylic in only selected bits of the painting? I loved what I had going with the toning. To paint sections will take longer because you won’t have the coloured ground to fall back on. I´ve had a look at all the paints I´ve been using and they´re all Daler-Rowney Acrylics. Cheers, Will, Hi Will, Great site. Looking forward to getting stuck into it. Hi, Thanks much for your reply. I don’t think I can repeat what she said. Thanks! Is there any chance I could rectify this before varnishing? And for good reason, it is easy to use, you can get acrylic paint pretty much everywhere, most acrylic paint is non-toxic, and it is quite cheap too. Just discovered your site, its great, Cheers Rosemary, Hi Rosemary, if you’re using standard acrylic, once it’s dried you won’t be able to wash or scrub it off with water. 1. I know this might sound like a silly question, but are you 100% sure the paints are acrylics? Hi Micky, I wouldn’t try to make a tooth with soft gel gloss, or paint ontop of an oil with acrylics as the acrylics won’t adhere to the canvas surface. Furniture-Refinishing-Guide.com has the best information on finding, repairing and refinishing furniture! I now want to use your method of a yellow ochre background on the entire thing. Pick the right primer. The paint surface won’t feel the same – Once you’ve lost the ‘tooth’ of the canvas the paint behaves differently, it doesn’t pull off the brush in the same way. Chris, My pleasure Chris, hope it goes well. I was almost finished, when I realised the eyes were a bit weird, then the paint got sticky and awkward.. Will. I have a canvas wall art on a board that I love. Will this work? Just wondering if I can paint on wood not just canvas. Cheers, Will. I’m an art student in Edenvale High School, South Africa and I am only in grade ten so this is all very new to me. I have an old acrylic painting I did and I like it but I just want to tweak it a bit. Please advise – when I started painting a couple of years ago, I did a portrait of my daughter, without a background first. Would clear gesso do the trick or other medium? You can see a video here on mixing and matching a flesh tone. You will be able to use thicker acrylic straight onto it, but you run the risk of having poor adhesion to the sheet. Do I need to gesso that areas -or can I paint with white and then blue? Please reply. amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Stain Blocking Primer"; Thanks! Hope it goes well! Then, the most important thing when you’re painting the tree is to keep on getting really far back from the piece to see how it reads from across the room. I started to do the background sky in acrylic paint but not knowing any better have overwatered it and don’t like the initial result. If your home is very old, and the wall mural also appears to be old, you may be safer to send a small bit of the paint out for lead testing. There is no point in giving your walls a fresh coat of paint only to get paint all over the existing decoration. Nor can I afford to buy a new canvas! Acrylics are fantastic, you can paint over your mistakes easily and completely but having this level of flexibility can lead to you abusing it by never getting past the first canvas. I’ve put a bit of time into a portrait, I’m a few layers in and I’ve realised the skin tone is far too yellow. They don’t need to as the acrylics underneath would be dry, unless you wanted them to mix e.g: like blurring a clouds edge. I tried a glaze with burnt sienna and white to balance the yellow but as you suggested it has come off chalky and the yellow is still too evident. I am going to try and find the original paint I used hopefully that helps. The next time I feel like throwing a canvas across the room I shall try to practice what I preach, but the urge just to tweak a bit, just to repaint that one little passage can be hard to resist. These are convincing advantages when compared to other house paints. The most challenging part of painting over a wall mural is making sure that it is completely covered. I've got a mural roughly 5 feet long and 3 feet tall on one of my walls but am planning to repaint my room, I was wondering if it is possible to simply paint over the wall with another color of regular wall paint or if I would have to sand and/or primer the mural before hand, thanks. Yes you can. I would want to use them for collages. Can I use rubbing alcohol to take it back to the canvas in thar area and start the animal again? My art assignment is to paint my portrait but I have no idea of what to do if I have a mistake. I’m hoping to save the painting as I like the overall composition and structure of the painting. I have done a large canvas acrylic painting which has gone well with the exception of one animal on the painting which I’ve reworked over and over resulting in it being very thick and raised on the canvas and I can’t paint clean lines on it now. (Novice question ;-), You can see this painting of peonies I did with exactly that method. It’s not necessary to use gesso with acrylics, it can just give a nicer surface to paint onto. We have moved and I would like to add a little purple and red to it. I agree with your point about not to getting too attached to failures, and I see where providence takes me. I have spent much of today painting a sunset. Then just varnish over the top to even the sheens between the varnish and the paint. Thanks. Hi Carolyn, pleased the technique worked for your painting. Can I paint over the varnish to change a color of a section? If you're repainting a wall and you're using a paint and primer in one, you probably don't need to use a separate primer. (I used W N gloss varnish), Hi Jasmine, you could but it might give you a very slippery surface to paint onto due to the gloss of the varnish. I experimented with some ‘Rothko’ style colour blocks in reds and browns on a yellow ochre background using a palette knife to apply thick impasto layers. Do I need to leave the paints to set for a few days or something? Who would have though watching paint dry could be so much fun! Hi De, pleased you’ve been finding the site helpful, if your painting with acrylics it will be very simple just to paint back over those areas again so they blend in more with the existing painting, if its with oils, sometimes the difference between dry oil paint and wet oil paint will make the colours appear different, but they just need time to dry to match in together. Will the varnish do the trick? Especially important when painting an interior room. when they are built up in layers they create a hard, shiny surface. I’ve read conflicting reports. Hi Will, I wonder if you have any sage advice re the fact that I have been asked to paint a 6ft x 4ft picture of an espalier tree. But there is still bits of paper stuck to it and has glue marks too. I’m gathering this will likely create matte/gloss inconsistency over the surface but could that be resolved with some kind of varnish later? Your paints get slippy. Chris. Cheers, Will. I’ve seen your article on varnishing, thank you, and know it involves an isolation coat, though I’ve never tried removing an isolation coat. Before you attempt to paint over a wall that already has paint, you need to prime the wall. The painting is turning out very well (so far – fingers crossed). This may be an advantage if you’re painting a smaller area, but this will make painting larger areas more difficult. In your opinion when it comes to something like clouds was that a smart move? It can take longer than you think. amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; hi Will. When painting the main part of the surface, use a high-quality roller that will evenly capture and distribute the paint across the wall. Should I paint over my painting that’s not going to plan or start again on a fresh canvas? Or do I have to stick with using only house paint once I cover the original acrylic painting with house paint? Hope it will not spoil the cloth since i need to gift it. Unlimited choice of colour on tiles. It has only happened in one place even though I overpainted with white over quite a few blue parts. Hi! Cheers, Will, As a beginner I thank you! thanks for your time…. I think the movie was called Agony and Ecstasy with Charton Heston and Rex Harrison. Do not have to use a primer on first coat but can use finish product. But if you paint directly over the patched areas, the compound will suck the moisture out of the paint… I went in with glaze mixed with purple to lay in some shading and it was looking great. However, If it is only the face that has gone wrong it might be worth perservering as it would be a shame to abandon the whole piece because of it. 39 $11.99 $11.99 My friend loved it so much she asked for the original. He went to dine at the local tavern where he was served a wine that went sour. The sky really has turned out well – again following your ‘Monet’ videos. However, if you're painting a large section of wall that's never been painted, prime it first. :0). My teacher said that we cannot paint a lighter colour over a darker colour. Hi Joe, when you have a yellow over a blue it will appear green if the paint is translucent. 5. The portrait turned out very well and I’d like to put it up one day. Thanks in advance! Some advices that I mix a plaster of paris with te white latec paint to base then another layer of just white paint. I use Golden acrylics Titanium white but it takes layer upon layer to get that pure brilliant white back. 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