| Maybe you have just started out in art or you have | | | | are also very popular if you are looking to sell your art. |
| been painting or drawing in one particular medium and | | | | Acrylic Painting |
| are either slightly hesitant to start in another as you | | | | Painting with acrylics can be fun and can produce |
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| painting with oils and you actually bypassed the | | | | Acrylics dry really quickly so maybe you can have a |
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| go back to the drawing stage. You can draw in many | | | | can create. |
| mediums as well as pencil, including charcoal, pastels or | | | | Oil Painting |
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| move to a different area of drawing if you have | | | | to learn the essentials or take a couple of lessons and |
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| caricatures? | | | | There are also other painting and drawing mediums |
| Watercolor | | | | that you can choose including encaustic, airbrushing |
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| should definitely give it a try. Learn to create beautiful | | | | can and see which one suits you best. It may be more |
| washes and subtle colors. Try painting a landscape of | | | | than one medium. For me I started in watercolor, |
| an area near your home. There is a lot of tuition | | | | dabbled in pastels and charcoal, but my first love is oils. |
| available for painting with watercolors and it is very | | | | I now paint a lot in acrylics though and make the most |
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| outdoors and find a spot to do a nice study, and it can | | | | what I am painting. |
| be very effective. Watercolor paintings of local scenes | | | | |