HOW TO PAINT BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS THE EASY WAY

     Like most things , there is the easy way, and there is the hard way.   Over the years I have learns some very important short cuts that make dramatic paintings quicker and easier to paint: 

  

   THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE I KNOW THAT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO PAINT INVISIBLE PAINTINGS ....  

  

      1. After you have drawn out the main things, mountains, waterfall , etc., then you paint the black shows underneath using black ACRYLIC PAINT  ---NOT  OIL PAINT.   ACRYLIC  paints dry in about 30 min. but OIL takes days and weeks to dry. In order to have a beautiful painting you have to paint in layers.  The first layer is the black shadows underneath.  This must dry before you can paint the next layer.  

     2.Next, you'll need a good set of cheap brushes.  The white tipped stiff brushes work well for me. And you'll need a cheap 1 inch paint brush from Wal-Mart  etc.    

      3. Then buy some cheap artist acrylic paints.   Buy the ones on sale.  

      4. NOW, you'll need to buy some 'FLORESCENT PAINT' only available in the craft section of Wal-Mart: a set of 5 diff. colors of TULIP fabric paint cost about $ 5.00.  Make sure it is the NEON-PAINT... and says FLUORESCENT on the tubes.  

      5. And you'll also need some invisible paint.  These are the GLOW IN THE DARK fabric paints also found in the Wal-Mart craft section.   The white dries clear and is invisible with white light.  You paint with a black light  on , so you can see what you are painting.   The painting above has an invisible picture in it.  There are 3 crosses on the mountain when the black light is on.   And the trees and water glows in the dark.

       6.In order to paint invisible paintings with a dark background you need : '' CLEAR -NEON' 

a blacklight Fluorescent clearcoat :by Clearneon Inc.. Witchita, Kansas  .

       7. I also use "FLORESCENT CRAYONS"  found in a regular box of 96 or 120 crayons .  The smaller boxes have no Flourescent crayons in them.  They have some colors like  " Florescent BROWN " only in the crayons.   I used these when I over paint a painting on clothe.   I give one of these paintings away every week as a promotion to who ever brings the most visitors to the meetings.  

        So welcome, to the exciting world of painting INVISIBLE PAINTINGS..  

       We will continue tomorrow !!   

            

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