My first time painting on a canvas in over a decade, and my first time using painters tape to get crisper lines. I think it came out decently lol

Acrylic paint on canvas. Sea green background with two green cut gem patterns.

  • stopforgettingit@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I like the color choices. A tip for painting with painters tape, if you paint the base color first over the tape, after that dries, paint the contrasting color on top of that, Then remove the tape.

    You will get crisper lines, because the bleed with happen with the base color on to the base color, not the contrasting one.

    Here is a video that shows how this works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGJGesuD1Vk

    • CrazM13@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      Amazing tip! The best ideas are the simple ones that make me wonder how I didn’t think of it lol