Keeping Your Palette Fresh

by Neadeen Masters, CDA

Keeping acrylics fresh once they are placed on the palette is key to any successful painting style. DecoArt Traditions acrylics are no exception. Every acrylic artist has his or her favorite method for doing this. (more…)

“Brush Mix”

by Neadeen Masters, CDA

This is a simple technique and one of my favorite methods for mixing and blending color: one uses the bristles of the brush to pick up two colors at the same time and blend them together on your blending palette. Think of it as mixing tiny patches of color rather than mixing one large puddle of paint with the palette knife. (more…)