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You may have already discovered, acrylics are different from any other type of paint. This becomes more apparent as we explore the various ways in which acrylics can mimic the many other painting mediums. You can use techniques that are only compatible with acrylics or use them in many other styles. Here are examples of other techniques you can use with acrylics.

(1) Transparent watercolor techniques with acrylic on paper.

(2) Opaque watercolor techniques~wet-in-wet; wet-on-dry; combination.

(3) Gouache

(3) Egg tempera techniques.

(4) Collage

(5) Oil painting techniques~from textural and almost structural to thin and luminously transparent.

I painted “Serenity in the Keys” using acrylics mostly in a smooth blended style creating clean, hard edges and graduated values. As I recall, I painted the sky three different ties before I was satisfied with it.