How to Apply Acrylic Paint
- 1). Squeeze the amount of acrylic paint you want to use into a small plastic cup. Dip any kind of paintbrush into the cup and brush the paint onto the surface of your prepared canvas or paper. This paint would be full strength and as thick as oil paint.
- 2). Dip your brush into your paint and place on a palette. Dip your brush into a cup of water and add it to the paint on your palette. Apply this diluted paint to your canvas for a watercolor effect.
- 3). Scoop a small amount of paint with a palette knife and scrape it across your canvas. You cannot use diluted paint with a palette knife, only paint straight from the tube. You can scrape any paint that is already on your canvas.
- 4). Squeeze paint or pour liquid acrylic paint into a pan. Roll the paint with a paint roller and then roll onto your canvas. Roll it any way you wish.
