Types of Painting

Acrylic is one of the most common types of paint. It’s the most original paint to handle out of all three. It dries quickly, and the artist can control the thickness and thinness by adding water. Acrylic comes in many varieties: Heavy Bodies, Medium, Open acrylics, and more. Massive Bodies is the thicker paint used for pallet knives, but they dry very quickly than the other types of varieties. Medium acrylic is, well, the medium type of acrylic between the open and the massive bodies. They have the same pigmentation as solid-body acrylic but not as thick and takes a little longer to dry then a considerable collection. The Open acrylics is very thin and takes a long time to dry. Acrylic paint is the best type of paint to start out with, It’s easy to blend and make shadows and highlight or add tint or shade too. However, it is good to know that when your acrylic paint dries out, it will dry out two shades darker. I’ve mostly used acrylic paint through my painting career. I think it’s the best thing to start for a beginning painter. I was surprised that there were many different types of acrylic, and each has its own purpose. I’ve tried using substantial body such as Liquitex, but I was unhappy with how quickly it dried, so I found Winsor & Newton Galleria to be my favorite brand because it doesn’t dry as fast, and I was pleased with the color results. You can express texture and shadow in your work better than in oil and watercolor. I was surprised to learn that there are many different types of acrylic, and the branding you buy expensive or cheap does matter and can leave a massive impact on your work. Watercolor is the art of paint soaked in water and used for painting. It's own unique medium. Watercolor painting began appearing more during the renaissance age. People used watercolor to paint landscapes, wildlife, and scenery. Today artists still practice this technique controlling water and paint. It has its own distinctive aesthetic. Unlike acrylic, you need to go light colors to dark colors. The reason is, the darker color is hard to wash out once you lay it down. You must wait and paint in all of your light colors first before proceeding to the next color.

I do not have much experience with watercolor painting, but I have tried it a couple times. In this book, you will see my first attempt at painting a small self-portrait of myself using watercolor. I tried doing a couple more during my painting II class; it is a robust medium to control and understand. The reason why I enjoy painting is that it’s easy to paint over your mistakes, but you can not do that with watercolor painting. Whatever mistakes you made in your picture will show through, and if you’re really good at a watercolor painting, if it becomes an aesthetic, but for beginner, you may need a lot of luck. I’m not saying to give up but to keep practicing. For now, I will practice, but my main focus is acrylic painting. What I love about watercolor paint is, if you need it and you only have acrylic just water down the acrylic, and you have watercolor paint. It works just the same, and it’s convenient. Oil painting is a particular type of paint. Unlike acrylic, it takes a very long time to dry, so the process is slow. Oil paint also has more pigment in then acrylic, and it makes the colors brighter and vibrant, and it won’t dry two shades darker. Oil painting is something I am unsure I will ever get into. It was the first time I learned about it this semester. One of my classmates is learning to use oil paint, and my professor taught us that oil paint is highly flammable and the horrid stories of what happens when you don’t properly store your oil paints. I’ve heard that oil paint is really hard, and it takes a lot of patients to have when making a painting and waiting for the art to dry. Also, you need the proper items for oil painting, a unique set of brushes, paint thinners, and a container for everything. Oil painting is costly. You can not mix water and oil together, so you must have turpentine nearby when you need to clean your brush. Right now, I am very young and need lots of guidance if I were to learn this type of paint. I am still learning the basics of painting.