My goodness! What a tutorial! I'm new to this type of painting. I was expecting a photo realistic painting and was surprised to see this wonderful painting. Wow! Thanks a ton for showing me this classic.
Thank you, Will Kemp, for another great lesson. I have been watching your videos every night and I feel as if you are teaching me exactly what I need to know to paint in acrylics. My abilities are soaring and I am "seeing" more and more every day. Thanks!
You are such a highly skilled artist and teacher Will. It is ALWAYS a delight to watch your videos and learn from you. I am extremely grateful to you for sharing yout mastership and your teaching style is the best I found on this platform. I shall purchase some of your teaching as soon as I can get more free time.Hopefully early next yesr.
That was a wonderful demo. Thank You I had to hear it three times but I knew you were making a point I wanted to understand and that was regarding the technique of using big blocks of color and fine lines and this would offer the viewer the illusion of more detail than actually exist. That was so neat for me to learn. :-)
I try my hardest to keep up with the tips you give but keep blending onto the incredible experience of watching you paint and making all perfect sense at the end. Genius I'd say!
Thanks, very informative. Trying to teach myself acrylic painting after 50 years of watercolour, everything seems backwards, but your clear instructions have really helped.
Will, you sir are amazing. It's an absolute joy to watch you paint. I could watch you for hours. Actually, I already have. Your explanations are clear and easy to understand. Darn it, I've even cracked open an old set of acrylics I had to give some of the things you've demonstrated a try. God bless you!
+Roy Varghese Ha, ha, brilliant to hear it Roy, so pleased to hear you've been inspired to crack open your set of acrylics, really hope you enjoy putting paint to canvas! Cheers, Will
Thank you so much! This is very helpful, I'm painting for a school contest/project thing and I just got acrylics and a canvas for myself. First time painting on a canvas, wish me luck!
Hi. I finished my GCSE art exam last week and I would like to thank you. As I used your tutorials to improve my acrylic skills and eventually get the b grade that I was aiming for
Lost me half way through Will, colours were lovely . I always use oils but by the end of this tutorial I thought it was great. Understanding the colour values etc. Will have a look at using acrylic and downloading this picture. Thank you Will
So very exciting ! Heading to the store NOW ^^ Thanks a lot for making such videos, they're truly great :) Your paintings, the way the video is structured, the pace, your voice and all these useful tips ! Love it. Many thanks Will Greetings from France, Guillaume
Thank You so much. After going crazy doing it my way and still have no idea which way to go on this journey.( Sometimes trial and error is not the best.) I did major in Fine Art back in the 1980's but seemed to have lost the luster. I'm older and have more time to paint or experiment. I think it's the clean up that is the unglamorous part. lol. . But your Video trainings are just wonderful. I love your accent, your technique and the music in the background. Plus, all your knowledge. Well, thanks again. Many, many thanks. I have made a pledge this year to learn from the best. Cheers!
+Kathy Machado You're more than welcome Kathy, so pleased you've been finding the lessons helpful and been enjoying embracing your painting for 2016! Cheers, Will
Wow Will!!! This lesson has just caught my eye on the painting of the peaceful Cornish Painting, great work Will very great work, soon I got to get back to practice and practice more painting.
Thank you for this tutorial. I have learnt a great deal and now feel more confident to tackle the painting of Appledore that I’ve been planning to do for several months.
I love the way you paint and your voice is really soothing makes me feel like I am meditating ... I have done your all acrylic still life tutorial and working on portrait painting tutorial currently ... it is really amazing :)
Wow!! definitely my taste! I love how your eyes work painterly rather than photographicaly! Will now be a stalking disciple :) btw, are those heavy or medium acrylics?
Here I am at 80 years wanting to continue drawing and painting from youth and discovering in addition from 23 and Me DNA I'm English and more family discovery from Cornwall so hopefully You Tube allows this old lady to keep this lesson and perhaps more at your site and yes, the photo is 6 years ago!
Hi Will, Is the Release Flow in the water throughout the whole painting or just for that first wash laying Naples yellow and raw umber? Thank you - love your vids and will be signing up for a $$ class in December!
Hi Niharika, this tutorial just uses two complementary colours: willkempartschool.com/how-to-paint-a-warm-and-cool-still-life-painting-using-only-2-colours/ hope it helps, Will
Hey Will, I've been following your stuff, and I'm enjoying having someone to learn from and having a reference for direction and instruction. I have a question though. Your use of water to "water down" your paint seems like it would reduce the integrity of the paint. I'm not sure if this technique is safe in the long run. I have the impression my finished work will be weak. Could you please help me with this? I have begun blending and mixing more tones to substitute watering my paint down, but I'd still like to hear your knowledge on this. Thanks Will. I do like your style.
+Christian Robertson Hi Christian, pleased you've been enjoying the videos. The use of water I demonstrate with will be 100% fine in the paint film integrity due to the absorbent canvas surface and the paints I'm using. It's a common misconception with inexperienced painters using acrylics. This is from GOLDEN PAINTS Technical support: '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. We cannot, of course, comment about other manufacturers’ products, where performance can differ. So the following is really only about our brand and is not a blanket statement.The first thing to note is that our Fluids and Heavy Body acrylics can easily be thinned up to one part paint to one part water, or a 1:1 ratio, and maintain excellent adhesion onto absorbent surfaces. In fact, even when testing this on a non-absorbent material like Plexiglas, the paints still formed goodfilms with no adhesion failures after being allowed to fully cure.To add even a little more comfort beyond that, we can share that the adhesion onto Plexiglas remained solid even when thinning with one part paint to two parts water, or a 1:2 ratio.' Hope this helps,Will
I love this, id love to give it a go, although it says beginners tutorial, I've only been painting a couple of months, and can only do very basic stuff, and I have very cheap acrylic paints. I think this one may be out of my league at the moment. Thanks for the great video though, enjoyed watching it.
***** Hey Steven, I think you'd surprise yourself. If you've painted a couple of months you'd achieve some really good results. Just take each step and colour one at a time and you'd create a great painting. Cheers, Will
Great painting. That dripping watery effect is also what i want in my paintings. Is using so much water to dillute your paint not a problem with acrylics. I thought you always have to use a medium instead of just water otherwise the paint will not stick to the canvas. Am I wrong?
Hi Juan, due to the absorbent canvas ground the adhesion and paint film will be fine. This is from Golden paints Technical Services Supervisor: "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. We cannot, of course, comment about other manufacturers’ products, where performance can differ. So the following is really only about our brand and is not a blanket statement. The first thing to note is that our Fluids and Heavy Body acrylics can easily be thinned up to one part paint to one part water, or a 1:1 ratio, and maintain excellent adhesion onto absorbent surfaces. In fact, even when testing this on a non-absorbent material like Plexiglas, the paints still formed good films with no adhesion failures after being allowed to fully cure. To add even a little more comfort beyond that, we can share that the adhesion onto Plexiglas remained solid even when thinning with one part paint to two parts water, or a 1:2 ratio. Which would feel like a fairly fluid wash for most people. As you can see, the concerns around thinning with water can often be over stated, especially if using our Heavy Body or Fluid Acrylics and keeping the ratio to 1:1 or less. And even then, one can usually get away with going even further. However, because every application can be unique, one can always do an easy test to make sure there are no problems. To do this create a test piece with a similar surface that you want to test, then apply a few different colors both at full strength and then at 2:1, 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3 ratios of paint to water. Allow to fully dry. At this point we typically test for adhesion at 24 hrs, 3 days, 1 week, and 2 weeks. If the paint passes the adhesion test at, say, 3 days, there is rarely a need to continue testing out further. A simpler, more down and dirty test, can be done scoring the paint with an “X” using an X-Acto blade, then apply masking tape over the center, burnish, then lift. In both cases you are seeing if the paint comes off. If not, then you have very good adhesion and no reason to believe that adhesion will lessen over time. You can also try rubbing the film with a wet Q-Tip to see if you get color lift, which can be another sign of an underbound film. Please note: Even though our Heavy Body and Fluid Acrylics are quite robust, when it comes to thinning, there are some products where we do recommend a lower level of water, such as our Acrylic Gesso which should not be thinned with more than 20% water, or our OPEN acrylics where we recommend a limit of two parts paint to one part water, or a 2:1 ratio. And of course we cannot comment about safe levels for thinning paints from other manufacturers. Best regards, Sarah Sands Technical Services Supervisor GoldenPaints.com
My goodness! What a tutorial! I'm new to this type of painting. I was expecting a photo realistic painting and was surprised to see this wonderful painting. Wow! Thanks a ton for showing me this classic.
Thank you, Will Kemp, for another great lesson. I have been watching your videos every night and I feel as if you are teaching me exactly what I need to know to paint in acrylics. My abilities are soaring and I am "seeing" more and more every day. Thanks!
W.J. Kelly cheers W.J, really pleased you're finding the lessons helping with your painting skills.
Will
You are such a highly skilled artist and teacher Will. It is ALWAYS a delight to watch your videos and learn from you. I am extremely grateful to you for sharing yout mastership and your teaching style is the best I found on this platform. I shall purchase some of your teaching as soon as I can get more free time.Hopefully early next yesr.
Thank you very much, so kind of you to take the time to comment. Really hope they have been helpful in your painting journey.
Cheers,
Will
Great introduction of acrylic painting for those who are totally new to this. Thank you!
So beautiful. Love the looseness and feeling. Thank you,. You inspire me the most right now :)
You are an amazing instructor! I can watch you paint for hours…watching the magic happen!
Thank you so much Emily.
You make it look so easy! Thanks.
I'm going to paint this for my aunt who lives in a harbour like this. Super duper excited! Bet she'll love it.
Hope she enjoys your gift!
Cheers,
Will
No matter how many times I watch this, I always end up amazed! I love this and find lots of inspiration in it!
+Ricardo Franco Really pleased you've been enjoying it Ricardo.
Cheers,
Will
That was a wonderful demo. Thank You I had to hear it three times but I knew you were making a point I wanted to understand and that was regarding the technique of using big blocks of color and fine lines and this would offer the viewer the illusion of more detail than actually exist. That was so neat for me to learn. :-)
+TheWindGinProject Good one, really pleased you enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Will
Thank you will for giving so generously of your talent and time
I try my hardest to keep up with the tips you give but keep blending onto the incredible experience of watching you paint and making all perfect sense at the end. Genius I'd say!
Pleased you enjoyed it Arturo
Cheers,
Will
Thanks, very informative. Trying to teach myself acrylic painting after 50 years of watercolour, everything seems backwards, but your clear instructions have really helped.
+LibellulaGlass Glad you enjoyed the tutorial.
Cheers,
Will
Absolutely fantastic ! I love the way you explain things!!! I don't understand what's wrong with people who puts thumb down... ❤️❤️❤️
I love Will Kemp's paintings. This is wonderful.
This is phenomenal. Love the reflections on the water and amazing rendering of the water. Just beautiful!
Thank you very much Kay!
Will, you sir are amazing. It's an absolute joy to watch you paint. I could watch you for hours. Actually, I already have. Your explanations are clear and easy to understand. Darn it, I've even cracked open an old set of acrylics I had to give some of the things you've demonstrated a try. God bless you!
+Roy Varghese Ha, ha, brilliant to hear it Roy, so pleased to hear you've been inspired to crack open your set of acrylics, really hope you enjoy putting paint to canvas!
Cheers,
Will
Thank you so much! This is very helpful, I'm painting for a school contest/project thing and I just got acrylics and a canvas for myself. First time painting on a canvas, wish me luck!
+Bellanthea You're welcome Bella, good luck with the contest.
Cheers,
Will
wow...I learned so much from your video my first painting came out awesome you are an awesome teacher...thank you!
Good one Laura, so pleased you enjoyed the painting lesson.
Cheers,
Will
Hi. I finished my GCSE art exam last week and I would like to thank you. As I used your tutorials to improve my acrylic skills and eventually get the b grade that I was aiming for
Connor MacDonald That's fantastic news Connor, congratulations! so pleased the lessons helped.
Cheers,
Will
Beautiful colors, beautiful art.
+Rhiannon C. Thanks very much Rhiannon, pleased you enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Will
Thanks for making this free Will. So useful to watch.
+Roger Hunt My pleasure Roger, so pleased you've found it helpful in your paintings.
Cheers,
Will
Appreciate both seeing how to work loosely and it's helpful to see how to use a flat edge brush.
Lost me half way through Will, colours were lovely . I always use oils but by the end of this tutorial I thought it was great. Understanding the colour values etc. Will have a look at using acrylic and downloading this picture. Thank you Will
So very exciting ! Heading to the store NOW ^^
Thanks a lot for making such videos, they're truly great :) Your paintings, the way the video is structured, the pace, your voice and all these useful tips ! Love it.
Many thanks Will
Greetings from France, Guillaume
+Guillaume Comte You're welcome Guillaume, really hope you enjoy the tutorial.
Cheers,
Will
Thank You so much. After going crazy doing it my way and still have no idea which way to go on this journey.( Sometimes trial and error is not the best.) I did major in Fine Art back in the 1980's but seemed to have lost the luster. I'm older and have more time to paint or experiment. I think it's the clean up that is the unglamorous part. lol. . But your Video trainings are just wonderful. I love your accent, your technique and the music in the background. Plus, all your knowledge. Well, thanks again. Many, many thanks. I have made a pledge this year to learn from the best. Cheers!
+Kathy Machado You're more than welcome Kathy, so pleased you've been finding the lessons helpful and been enjoying embracing your painting for 2016!
Cheers,
Will
Wow Will!!! This lesson has just caught my eye on the painting of the peaceful Cornish Painting, great work Will very great work, soon I got to get back to practice and practice more painting.
Thank you! Please keep these videos coming! I'm learning a lot from you
Thank you for this tutorial. I have learnt a great deal and now feel more confident to tackle the painting of Appledore that I’ve been planning to do for several months.
Glad it was helpful Anne
What a wonder!!! What a pleasant demonstration! God bless you! Big hug!
Thanks so much.
Will, this is so instructive and inspiring. Thank you, so much!
So pleased you enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Will
Really inspiring! I love the way you use colour.
Thank you so much Helen, glad you enjoyed it.
Will
Awesome, so glad you are tutoring. Thank you for inspiring me.
Fantastic painting, a truly inspiring tutorial, thanks so much!
Pleased you enjoyed it Cliff.
Cheers,
Will
I enjoy your style of painting and teaching. Thank you for your videos and your website.
Kathrin Jackson Thanks Kathrin, pleased you enjoyed it.
Will
He has the best channel ever
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge - you have such a nice way of teaching. It's much appreciated!
You're more than welcome Jo, so pleased you enjoyed the seascape, hope your painting turns out well.
Will
Love these beginner videos thanks for spending the time to do thus for us
Aich Aich Pleased you've been enjoying them Aich.
Cheers,
Will
This is why I joined ArtTutor.com! Can't get enough
Great, generous teacher. I've learned a lot and I'm still 16min through.
Thanks Maria, pleased you've been enjoying the tutorials.
Cheers,
Will
Just love will kemps art tutorial's
Thank you so much for sharing your talents!! I've really enjoyed following them.... I've managed to shock myself! 😊
I love the way you paint and your voice is really soothing makes me feel like I am meditating ... I have done your all acrylic still life tutorial and working on portrait painting tutorial currently ... it is really amazing :)
Thanks Aabha, very kind of you to say so.
Will
Wow!! definitely my taste! I love how your eyes work painterly rather than photographicaly! Will now be a stalking disciple :) btw, are those heavy or medium acrylics?
+Mamark Garcia Glad you enjoyed it Mamark, they are heavy body acrylics.
Cheers,
Will
Beautiful painting and lovely tutorial, thank you so much for sharing this.
Lessytube Really pleased you enjoyed the tutorial.
Cheers,
Will
Just great leRned a lot and i love the warmth and "happy" feeling one gets from the habour thanks
That is very cleverly painted. Very impressive! There's allot going on in the painting and much of it is by way of suggestion.
So pleased you enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Will
Beautiful. I have just started painting with Acrylics, and this is a great tutorial!! Thanks
+Vishnu Raghav Thanks Vishnu, pleased you enjoyed the tutorial.
Cheers,
Will
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your techniques, and for keeping it free!
+M Hauptman (Ilya) pleased you enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Will
Thank you! that was amazing.Love the loose, suggestive approach
+Ruth Walter Pleased you enjoyed it Ruth.
Cheers,
Will
Thank you so much! I am just starting with acrylics. Your lessons definite help me for this beginning!
+Seungeun Lee Glad to hear it Seungeun.
Cheers,
Will
Beautiful painting, excellent instructor. Thank you
+Ian Sauvé Cheers Ian, thanks for your kind words, so pleased you enjoyed the painting.
Will
You are a great teacher! great teacher.
Thank you very much.
Thanks very much Roy, pleased you enjoyed the lesson.
Will
Very clear...thanks a lot for explanation...you are a great teacher..
+Ale DallaRagione Pleased you enjoyed the lesson.
Cheers,
Will
Excellent videos.......beautiful work! Many thanks.
+SuperFrasman Thanks SuperFrasman, really pleased you enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Will
Nice visit to Cornwall today. Many thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so very much....you shared a lot of information with us....loved the finished painting
+Karen Piukkula You're welcome Karen, really pleased you enjoyed the painting.
Cheers,
Will
The reference photo in top left corner would have been good. Thanks for your great instructions.
Fantastic tutorial. Am used to painting with oils, and very interesting to see the differences with a great end result. Thanks!
+Angle Bracket You're more than welcome, really pleased you enjoyed the tutorial.
Cheers,
Will
Simply beautiful!
I know
Great video Will!
Glad you enjoyed it
You have a look of Vincent about you on this video. Tutorial, as always, very enjoyable + it helps me a lot. Thank you Will
Ha, ha, good one Christa, so pleased you've been finding them helpful.
Will
Beautiful!
Thank you!
This was a wonderfully instructive video. Your hand is impressive - so free yet controlled. Glad I came across your channel Subscribed.
Thanks very much, pleased you enjoyed the lesson.
Will
Here I am at 80 years wanting to continue drawing and painting from youth and discovering in addition from 23 and Me DNA I'm English and more family discovery from Cornwall so hopefully You Tube allows this old lady to keep this lesson and perhaps more at your site and yes, the photo is 6 years ago!
Well sounds like the perfect Cornish starter for you Janice, really hope you enjoy it and find the lessons helpful!
Cheers,
Will
Lovely painting, and very instructive. Thank you.
Thanks Jess
You are a great teacher.
+Florence Nightengale Pleased you enjoyed the lesson, thanks for the kind comments.
Cheers,
Will
Hi Will, Is the Release Flow in the water throughout the whole painting or just for that first wash laying Naples yellow and raw umber? Thank you - love your vids and will be signing up for a $$ class in December!
Absolutely amazing video 😍😍 😍❤️
Excellent tutorials! Thank you so much!!
You're very welcome Filomena.
Thanku so much for sharing ur talent .. its a beautiful painting
this is lovely!! what a nice work
Awesome technique! I will definitely use it next time
Great, hope it helps
Will
So beautiful!
Great video, Will. Many thanks
John McCloskey You're welcome John.
Really enjoyed that tutorial - excellent!!
+Anne Roberts pleased you enjoyed the tutorial Anne.
Cheers,
Will
thanks for the useful detailed video. I am surprised you use so much water with your washes; doesn't it loosen the bond and deteriorate over time?
Hi Nikki, The water dilution will be find for the integrity of the paint film due to the absorbency of the ground.
Cheers,
Will
So beautiful!
8888Violetta Thanks
Thank you for this tutorial (: Im trying to start with acrylics and this helped so much!
Really enjoying this painting Will..... let you know what I think at the end
Fantastic tutorial thanks
Glad you liked it Maggie
Love this...beautiful colour pallate easy to do steps for beginners Thank
+Kranti Patil Good one Kranti, pleased you enjoyed it.
Will
Could you make a tutorial on how to use the colour wheel to add contrasting highlights and compose the painting? Your tutorials are remarkable!
Hi Niharika, this tutorial just uses two complementary colours: willkempartschool.com/how-to-paint-a-warm-and-cool-still-life-painting-using-only-2-colours/ hope it helps,
Will
thank you so much!
just found this channel. very helpful.
Love that🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Cheers Nazanin.
Will
Really enjoyed this video ...helpful as I paint very 'tight'
Really pleased you enjoyed it Susan.
Will
So relaxing
Hey Will, I've been following your stuff, and I'm enjoying having someone to learn from and having a reference for direction and instruction. I have a question though. Your use of water to "water down" your paint seems like it would reduce the integrity of the paint. I'm not sure if this technique is safe in the long run. I have the impression my finished work will be weak. Could you please help me with this? I have begun blending and mixing more tones to substitute watering my paint down, but I'd still like to hear your knowledge on this. Thanks Will. I do like your style.
+Christian Robertson Hi Christian, pleased you've been enjoying the videos.
The use of water I demonstrate with will be 100% fine in the paint film integrity due to the absorbent canvas surface and the paints I'm using. It's a common misconception with inexperienced painters using acrylics.
This is from GOLDEN PAINTS Technical support:
'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. We cannot, of course, comment about other manufacturers’ products, where performance can differ. So the following is really only about our brand and is not a blanket statement.The first thing to note is that our Fluids and Heavy Body acrylics can easily be thinned up to one part paint to one part water, or a 1:1 ratio, and maintain excellent adhesion onto absorbent surfaces. In fact, even when testing this on a non-absorbent material like Plexiglas, the paints still formed goodfilms with no adhesion failures after being allowed to fully cure.To add even a little more comfort beyond that, we can share that the adhesion onto Plexiglas remained solid even when thinning with one part paint to two parts water, or a 1:2 ratio.' Hope this helps,Will
I love this, id love to give it a go, although it says beginners tutorial, I've only been painting a couple of months, and can only do very basic stuff, and I have very cheap acrylic paints. I think this one may be out of my league at the moment. Thanks for the great video though, enjoyed watching it.
***** Hey Steven, I think you'd surprise yourself. If you've painted a couple of months you'd achieve some really good results. Just take each step and colour one at a time and you'd create a great painting.
Cheers,
Will
Thanks will, much appreciated :-)
Awesome work!! Could you tell me the 1) brand of paint you used and the , 2) blue hues you used?
If you check the description there is a link to the reference image and a full materials list.
Will
Bravo!
hey will kemp,just wanted to know what you do with the paint remaining on your palatte
so lovely.
Great painting. That dripping watery effect is also what i want in my paintings. Is using so much water to dillute your paint not a problem with acrylics. I thought you always have to use a medium instead of just water otherwise the paint will not stick to the canvas. Am I wrong?
Hi Juan, due to the absorbent canvas ground the adhesion and paint film will be fine. This is from Golden paints Technical Services Supervisor:
"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. We cannot, of course, comment about other manufacturers’ products, where performance can differ. So the following is really only about our brand and is not a blanket statement.
The first thing to note is that our Fluids and Heavy Body acrylics can easily be thinned up to one part paint to one part water, or a 1:1 ratio, and maintain excellent adhesion onto absorbent surfaces. In fact, even when testing this on a non-absorbent material like Plexiglas, the paints still formed good films with no adhesion failures after being allowed to fully cure.
To add even a little more comfort beyond that, we can share that the adhesion onto Plexiglas remained solid even when thinning with one part paint to two parts water, or a 1:2 ratio. Which would feel like a fairly fluid wash for most people.
As you can see, the concerns around thinning with water can often be over stated, especially if using our Heavy Body or Fluid Acrylics and keeping the ratio to 1:1 or less.
And even then, one can usually get away with going even further.
However, because every application can be unique, one can always do an easy test to make sure there are no problems.
To do this create a test piece with a similar surface that you want to test, then apply a few different colors both at full strength and then at 2:1, 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3 ratios of paint to water.
Allow to fully dry.
At this point we typically test for adhesion at 24 hrs, 3 days, 1 week, and 2 weeks.
If the paint passes the adhesion test at, say, 3 days, there is rarely a need to continue testing out further.
A simpler, more down and dirty test, can be done scoring the paint with an “X” using an X-Acto blade, then apply masking tape over the center, burnish, then lift. In both cases you are seeing if the paint comes off. If not, then you have very good adhesion and no reason to believe that adhesion will lessen over time.
You can also try rubbing the film with a wet Q-Tip to see if you get color lift, which can be another sign of an underbound film.
Please note: Even though our Heavy Body and Fluid Acrylics are quite robust, when it comes to thinning, there are some products where we do recommend a lower level of water, such as our Acrylic Gesso which should not be thinned with more than 20% water, or our OPEN acrylics where we recommend a limit of two parts paint to one part water, or a 2:1 ratio. And of course we cannot comment about safe levels for thinning paints from other manufacturers.
Best regards,
Sarah Sands
Technical Services Supervisor
GoldenPaints.com
I like it very much! How to paint poplar in fall? Thank you!!!
Fantastic!
If you put your photo reference above your paints we could get a better idea of what you are doing . Thanks for the demo 🎨✏️
Hi Heather, if you go to the website you can download a full-size reference image to work along from.
Cheers,
Will
Thankyou I am watching over and over to capture a information..is there a new courses for us free or a payment?
Glad you enjoyed it, there is a new floral course launching next week, I’ll be running a promo offer on launch week.
Cheers
Will
Gosh lots of detail here.. How many times have you painted this scene Will? mNY THANKS
+john webb Pleased you enjoyed it John, first time I painted this scene John.
Cheers,
Will
Fantastic! Thank you!