What materials do I need to get started with acrylic painting?
There are really only a few basic things you need to start your first acrylic painting:
- a painting support (canvas, linen or gessoed board)
- 1 small, 1 medium, 1 large brush and one rigger
- acrylic paints (you only need three colors to start with, cadmium yellow (or an equivalent warm yellow), alizarin crimson (or an equivalent cool red), and ultramarine blue (or an equivalent warm blue). You will also need white and black.
- palette
There are some optional extras, but you can get these later once you are comfortable with your painting skills:
- medium to change the drying time and consistency of your acrylic paints
- an easel to support your painting
- palette knives to clean your palette, or apply the paint to your painting to give it more texture