Watercolor and acrylic mixed media

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Do you ink before or after watercolour? The answer is that both ways work! Combining pen and ink with watercolour produces lovely mixed media artwork when done correctly. So, read through this pen and ink watercolour tutorial to learn how to use watercolour and ink for beginners. You’ll learn about watercolour painting techniques as well as which pen and ink art supplies to use. So pin this for later!

You can easily use acrylic paint like watercolor paint to make some beautiful art. I'm demoing how I made an abstract painting using the acrylic paint like watercolor technique and you can watch how I did it in my video.

The EttaVee brand was born out of a need for vibrancy and color in my life. So I started painting with the vibrant colors that my soul was missing in those dreary months. After plenty of experimentation, I’ve found my favorite color combinations for mixing vibrant colors with acrylic paint. In this post I’ll share my favorite color combinations and walk through how you can create a rich and vibrant rainbow with just six paint colors.

Learning how to layer watercolors is a crucial technique that every beginner must learn to improve their painting skills.