by Lachri | Feb 2, 2016 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Q & A
Doug Writes: I’m an amateur artist/painter working in acrylic paints. Can you tell me how I can learn to put color/paint down smoothly? When I paint larger areas the paint is very textured from the brush, and the tone/depth uneven. Just trying to paint skies or...
by Lachri | Jan 19, 2016 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Colored Pencil, Digital paintings, Oil Painting
This seems like it should be obvious right? If something is white…just paint it white! Unfortunately, it’s not quite that easy. White objects, flowers, birds, anything…is not usually going to be straight white. As in almost never. Today I’m...
by Lachri | Jan 12, 2016 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Oil Painting
Are you having trouble getting super fine detail in your oil or acrylic paintings? The type of brush, or how you’re using it could be the issue! Today I’m going to show you the type of liner brush that you want to look for and how to mix the paint with...
by Lachri | Dec 29, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Oil Painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Today I’m showing you how to paint this barn owl in oil over acrylic paints. You can paint this all in acrylics if you prefer. I’m even going to show you how to use a spray bottle, a hair dryer, and Liquitex basics acrylic paints to create this very unique...
by Lachri | Dec 18, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Art product review, Art tips, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials, Vlogs
This month’s box was a lot of fun for me, I got to try a different type of acrylic paint! This paint one was much better than I had expected for one that isn’t marketed for professionals. It blended quite well for the loose style I was going for in my...
by Lachri | Dec 16, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
In today’s tutorial, I’m showing you how you can paint quick and easy, yet totally customized gifts for your family and friends. This is perfect because it lets you give something that they can’t get anywhere else, plus it allows you to practice...
