Acrylic artists have never before had the opportunity to blend and adjust their paintings wet-in-wet within a time frame they can control, but this advantage involves new processes that need to be learned and followed.

Learning the simple technique of streatching canvas, not only allows you to customize your canvas size and surface, but also can save you money.

These are achieved by producing cracks in a layer of paint, which exposes a second layer underneath.

This is the effect of using paint to make a surface look like marble. This painted finish is what is referred to as a faux finish

Watercolour Papers Soaking & Stretching Techniques