How to Paint with Acrylic Paint : How to Prepare your Canvas to Paint with Acrylics

[ItchMyFoot]

Thanks but I couldnt catch the name of the product. you used, and you had the bottle turned so I couldn't see it. Please be clear what you say, spell it even, or let us see the name of the product.

[CuteandCreepy123]

I was wondering how to avoid the little dips in the canvas. I heard you can use smooth wood as a canvas so you don't have to worry about the little dips in the cloth canvases. Nice tutorial, but does anybody have experience with using smooth wood canvases?

[ValleyMermaid]

Aren't most canvases you buy at Michael's and other crafts stores, already prepped with Gesso?

[halspal271]

hello  :)

[NguyenTran92]

hi is it advisable to apply gesso by hand ?

[MinecraftCrazer]

I have been looking for someone on youtube to help me learn to paint with acrylics and I just found that person.

[Icecream0monster]

Ur supposed to prep canvases??????!!!!!

[THEESiCkPuPpY]

@Icecream0monster im thinkin the same thing? I have done all my canvas paintings without preping them...fml no wonder they havent sold

[forouzandeh1]

can not hear what you are saying .

[simp1eone]

Thank you maam - i am starting to learn (on my own) how to do canvas painting via all these tube videos - so am very grateful, hope to learn more from you. Thanks a lot

[SammiCakesAdventures]

uhh arent you supose to apply gesso with a brush so its even?...

[FlameFreak48]

@SammiCakesAdventures It doesn't really matter, but yeah its better to do it with a brush.

[SuperHairyGooch]

ive got a 5 hour art exam in 10 mins, i havnt prepared my canvas with anything like this...but im doing a rough painting. im probably fucking screwed

[lewishillbeast]

hey its prepare not praypair

[bozz034]

I likes teckstures in my paint, here's a trick i been using fer years to gets my canvas teckstured. Frist ya take some borax an mix it with white glue... Emmers werks bestest. Than I glop it on with a mason's trow. when it's good and sticky, I walk across it wit my huntin boots. Makes good deep teckstures. If'n its to deep ya can douse the back with a mixture of lighter fluid and corn erl. :+))))))

[BraintreeRobinson]

I went to a cafeteria once. AND I seen a bear.

[bozz034]

erm... eye been watchin these paintin movies and theys grate hep fer all us. I love how brave you an mickel thomlinson are in yer paintin. Wishin eye could be, but sometimes I jus get two skeered, Say is it awright to use linseed erl wit crylic paint? :-)

[BraintreeRobinson]

You should know what the hell you're talking about before you start making instruction videos. Please stop passing off this gobbledy gook as instruction.

[dede8147]

what do you put on your canvas what is that white bottle called?

[10urquhart]

Thanks a lot of great tips

[forouzandeh1]

good tip , but text is not necessary.

[Givicencio]

Fuck how I hate expertvillage videos.. How can I stop getting these in the search results?

[lisaratz]

the subtitles got in the way of seeing what was being done. that's a real shame. otherwise it is informative.

[7AuSrUBoY7]

@lisaratz you can turn the subtitles off... IDIOT

[ramseybugs]

Cool

[Yusrararts]

gesso ..... i never tried it , but now i must ....... and yes i have a bent / bowed canavas , i have painted it long back , i never heard about spraying water , i might try it out but iam afraid for my painting from getting damaged ........ THANK U for the informations ..... good one

[mxikna]

So clear and nice tip about spraying and use sand paper, I ask to some people and anyone told me XD it's like a big secret :p thank you so much!

[Mikethegunman]

Okay, but, I wouldn't use your fingers. They may absorb the acrylics. Just get a cheap housepainting brush from the dollar store to quickly paint your canvases with gesso.

[MrHappyfood]

thanks!!

[gokuswife]

very useful information didn't know about the spraying water on the back to shrink canvas!!!

[TheLastMolecule]

uno

[eleven38]

great tip about spraying water on the back!!! thank u for that!!!

:) :) :)

[benjibandido]

my speakers are screwed and whoever was in charge of audio on this video was a complete spanner.

[julesinspiration]

good tip abput spraying water on the back of the canvas to tighten it back up if it bowed...at least for a total beginner, i thought it was helpful. I agree with the comments about getting the sound right, since it's a sponsored video, you'd think they'd have that aspect covered.

[RainDeepshoXX]

....nothing more ann0ying than people who cant record at the correct s0und level.

[TieneShattuck]

I want to do a portrait of a newborn for my friend who just had her first baby. What would be the best thing to do that on? And what paint should I use? Or should I use pastels??? I love working with pastels but I've never done a portrait on silk or canvas before with it..... ???

[Wbeliever7]

I think a canvas is excellent with acrylic paints

[aman4peace]

Canvas is really not that expensive if you go to dollar stores like dollar import or Dollar rama I assume other dollars stores have canvas they only cost a dollar 25 for a 9by12 canvas or some bigger 2 dollars depending , and u can get some good brushes there to . also canvases come in all sizes. hope that be a good one to go on

[bryan350z]

dollars stores sell canvases?

[disney07]

what did she say her website was? sandra shed? shea? sheets? . com I tried all of those and it came up with nothing...help

[sheepfarminginbarnet]

sandra scheetz

[disney07]

thanks!

[bobitsuki]

very informative!!!

[redjacketkid1408]

What is that white paste again?

What if I'll paint on a master board. Will I add that too? Is it available in all craft stores?

[YourGreatness]

I painted on a canvas without doing this. Is it bad??

[katsgrrl]

Nope. An unprimed canvas is just rougher and harder to blend on. When I paint with acrylics and palette knives I don't prime my canvases at all. If you want a smoother surface, then go with the gesso. But there's no harm in painting directly on canvas.

Sara

[Wbeliever7]

true depends how you want it

[Chordwayze]

You can paint acrylics on masonite if you prime it. On cardboard carton too, on watercolour paper, on heavy wall paper, on metal, on glass. Virtually on any firm support. You just ahev to prime it, and let it dry.

[pauchen58]

Great tip, but why not just purchase a smooth canvas to begin with. Seems like a lot of work just for a beginner to create the right texture on a canvas.  Thank you.

[WodieMouse]

love the tip on how to shrink your canvas!

[sweettalk72]

can u use acrylic paint on regular paper

[Chordwayze]

I would dare to say that with acrylic you can paint on anything but fresh air. Papers and card need to be primed first, so use a heavy watercolour paper. This will have a 'size' on its surface, put there during in manufacture. If you ever painted ith watercolour you can smell the 'pasty' smell, when you wet the paper.

Good Luck

John

[elikiwi123]

i was wodering,if i paint on paper, doesnt it crincle? becasue i want to practice using acrilic paint, but always buying canvases are expencive ( i think). is there anything els i can use? other then a canvas?

[sauteangel]

I am practicing painting on foam core poster board. Not as expensive as canvas but stands up well to the paint, doesn't crinkle. It does bend and get ridges so you have to be gentle with it.

[arttxcentrix]

i had never seen the "finger painting" technique so i tried it. I don't care much for it because it has left too much texture under my painting. even with the sanding there was enough texture that I think i'll stick with brush application. thanks for the experiment tho.

[atziri86]

it really sucks . The worst thing that you can do is to mix oil and acrylic. This tip wont help anybody

[osean2]

Can you tell me if I should sand between layers of Gesso? Thanks for your tips.

[mashmorgan]

Fantastic.. lovely.. thanks for all the help as a newbie ;-)

[alimay101]

...good tips...