Acrylic Painting On Mat Board

Today s painting advice comes to you from nancy reyner s book acrylic revolution get the book for tips on selecting and priming these painting substrates and much more advice for painting with acrylic in nancy s acrylic revolution.

Acrylic painting on mat board.

So i was going to do my painting on a mat board cause that s all i have and someone mentioned that it might chip on a mat board. In this video i will show how i paint wood grain in acrylic paint on canvas board in real time. Allow the first coat to dry then apply two or more additional coats. Should one ask a museum.

Spray paint is contained inside an aerosol can and sprays a mist of paint that creates a more uniform application than brushes. If you want to frame your canvas painting you can mount it on a stretcher and fit the stretcher inside a frame. If you don t like the color of your picture mat or you have a boring mat jazz it up with some acrylic craft paint. So i have to do a project for my illustration class using acrylic paint.

And mats can help to accent colors in the framed image or draw in other colors for contrast. If you want to use watercolor gouache or acrylic paint for your painting there is no need to prepare the surface with gesso. In that case glazing is recommended to protect the mat board. He says that the water based paint fixed the warp straightening the board out perfectly he has also used an oil based polyurethane.

You can mount smaller canvas paintings with mat board. I like quick tack set up but i was scowled at and told it would rot in time now i m confused and quite a bit reluctant to paint on this surface again. Picture mats also give your photos painting or drawings a professional look even if they weren t made by a professional. Protective glazing usually isn t needed for oil or acrylic.

Hardwood panels acrylic paper watercolor paper other papers and impermanent materials. You can use this technique as a background of a painting or t. I ve never used acrylic in my life and i probably won t after this project. I also heard that i should used gesso on the board first but i don t want.

This page will focus on all the other painting surfaces for acrylics that you can use. Canvas for acrylic painting. Read through this list for eight surfaces and see the one thing you don t want to paint on below. Paint the back of the board if it s not already with an acrylic house paint.

Some of the solvents in spray paint may damage the inner polystyrene in the foam board so it should only be used on the paper exterior. The most common surface for acrylic painting is canvas so i put it on its own page which you can read here. I love painting on mat board as it sets up quickly.