How does one measure acrylic paint by portioned drops before they dry for exact color mixing?

Question

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Answer 1

you need a wet palette to keep the acrylic moist.

To make a home made palette, get two clean meat trays, you know the styrofoam trays the meat department puts their meat in to sell?Take about four sheets of a quality white paper towel and fold to fit the bottom of one tray.

Wet the paper towels and gently squeeze out the water as much as you can so the towels are just damp.

You now put your acrylics out on the wet paper towel. It would be ideal if you had deli paper , one side is sort of glossy, you want to have that side up, lay the deli paper on top of the damp paper towel then put your paints on the deli paper. When you need to leave place the other tray upside down on the first paper towel. Secure for a tight fit with rubber bands.

If you need a large amount of paint store extra in plastic 35mm canisters. You can pick them up anywhere that develops film.

If you plain on painting often get a Masterson's Stay Wet Painters Pal. This has an air tight lid, and has a cellulose sponge and Palette Paper.

Answer 2

You learn by trail and error, my friend. I've been using acrylics for twenty years and mixing my own colors almost as long.

What I could suggest to you is this example:

You want a specific shade of gray. You start with the colors black and white. You add a drop of black to the white, slightly darkening it. Mix this batch well. If it's not the exact color of gray you want, add a second drop to what you've already mixed, causing it to darken a bit more. Then mix this well, stirring it completely. You add one drop at a time, mix and stir each time, until you get the shade you want. If it becomes too dark a shade of gray then you can reverse the process by adding drops of white to your blend.

This basically applies to all colors you chose to mix.

After a little practice you'll come to learn how to mix your colors instinctively.

By the way, I mix large batches of different colors when I'm blending paints and don't have to worry about the paint drying out because I mix it and store it in air tight glass jars. You can buy these glass jars, with lids, at most art stores and arts and crafts stores. You mix the paints right in the jars. When you've got the color you want you simply twist on the lid and you've got your custom paint that will last many years in that jag. Dick Blick sells these jars in 2oz., 4oz. and 8oz. sizes.

Answer 3

Very simply... Trial and error... It doesn't matter about colour... or texture!!! Paint how YOU want!!!! Your eye will give viewers of your work the picture that YOU want them to see!!! Too many young artists, sculptors and Architects (self included!!!) follow 'trends' and 'regimes'! THERE ARE NONE!!!! Be different... create a style that YOU appreciate!! And good luck