A simple, easy kit for traditional acrylic painting.
The free distribution period has ended, but as thanks for the overwhelming support, I've reworked the brushes, added two more, and included an entire second color set of diverse primary hues for more interesting blending! The updated materials are of course still free for everyone who already downloaded them. Thanks so much!
Traditional, analog acrylics are fun to paint with, but they can be messy and also expensive, what with all the mixing you have to do. So I thought a small kit to practice with might be fun, and then I decided to just make it a beginner's set for anyone else who might be interested in traditional media.
This kit includes:
- FOUR Brushes, textured, one round, one flat, one fan-shaped, and one liner. These are meant to mimic very simple, basic acrylic brushstrokes. The auto-blending function only occurs when two colors overlap, just like it would with real paint. Applying more of the second color on top of the mix will eventually give you the original hue of that color instead of mixing it further.
- 1 Blender tool, also textured, for quick, precise blending
- TWO Color Sets, a basic palette with 3 traditional shades used for each of the primary colors, 3 shades of brown, and basic black and white, and a supplementary swatch of six additional shades for each primary/brown hue, as well as two pre-mixed greys. All colors are based on real paint hues, and mixing different reds, blues, and yellows will give you different secondary colors! And if you mix in a third hue... who knows?
Because this is a traditional kit, all other colors are meant to be mixed for each individual project. This creates unique, varied shades each time, but it can be a little frustrating to get the hang of at the beginning. Try adding small dots of color and blending them a little at a time, and if you still get muddled colors, maybe its time to break out a different shade of one or both colors! The Color Mixing Palette is quite useful for this, and produces nicer results than doing it by hand, even with the blender tool. Just remember to save your new colors for the works you made them for!
How to use traditional paint:
The names of traditional paint can sound intimidating, as can the prospect of mixing your own colors, but there's no need to be nervous! Those fancy names like "Cadmium" or "Titanium" refer to the elements and materials originally used to manufacture those particular hues. They've just stuck around and become the official names over time.
As for color mixing...
Black is added to colors to create shades, while white is used to create tints. You can mix black and white to make grey, which is added to colors to create tones. Just be careful not to overuse them, or your colors might end up dull or washed out!
Browns are generally great for shading in traditional media, and often more versatile than black. The best way to learn is to try it out yourself.
The different shades of the primary colors are to help mix certain colors better.
For example:
Quinacridone Red is better suited for mixing violet/purple than Cadmium Red, which is better suited for oranges.
Part of the fun of acrylics is experimenting to find what colors you can create!
I recommend reading up on Color Theory if you're interested in learning how colors mix and match. https://mymodernmet.com/basic-color-theory/
If you'd like to check out my other Traditional Basics Materials, search the tag #traditional_basics !
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12/3/23 - Fixed an error with the brush uploads, please delete and redownload. Free distrubution ended, added two new brushes and a new color set as thanks for all the downloads!
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