Poster Painting Tips for Beginners

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Poster Painting Tips for Beginners
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• Poster paints are non-toxic, water-based and
  vibrant in look with the flat coloured effect.
  They are the best painting medium for beginners
  and students to explore the painting skill,
  application and exploring style of artistic
  expression. Poster paints are usually packaged in
  small jars, bottles and available in various
  colours. The viscosity of poster paint is thick
  and creamy. We can dilute the paint with water to
  attain the proper fluidity, and it dries faster
  than acrylic paint. They are safe to work with
  children without worrying about the colour stains
  as they are washable. Let's explore this
  easy-going and fun painting medium in the
  following article. We will share some tricks and
  techniques of poster painting ideas to try and
  create a fabulous piece of art.

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Process Of Poster Painting

• Choose a subject
• First of all, think of what you like to paint.
  There are multiple options and types of visuals
  that anyone would like to explore painting using
  the poster colours. It can be still life,
  flowers, scenery, landscape or patterns etc. You
  can search for references online to get an
  inspiration of what kind of visual you would
  select for this art exploration.
• Suggested Read Five Basic Watercolour Painting
  Methods For Beginners
• Make A Sketch
• If you are studying arts, you would know that the
  first step to begin painting is making a rough
  sketch. Where you outline the image, you would
  eventually paint. As a first step, Sketching
  helps you see the outlook and proportions of the
  painting and ensures the size and scale of your
  painting surface and drawing fits well as the
  final image.

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• Choose Your Colour Palette
• Once you draw a sketch, the next step is to
  choose your colour palette, which means you have
  to decide the colours and tones you would like to
  use in your painting. For example, there are
  mainly two significant streams of style
  realistic and other is imaginary. In the
  realistic image, the colour palette follows the
  natural colours. So, the tree leaves will be in
  the shade of green as you observe it in real.
  But, on the other hand, you can choose to paint
  leaf purple as per your imagination in the
  imaginary style.
• Colour Mixing
• Now, when you decide that either you want to make
  a realistic poster painting or imaginary, you
  reach the colour mixing stage. Colour mixing
  refers to having the colour tones and shades
  matching your desired palette. You must be aware
  that mixing the three primary colours, blue, red
  and yellow, help you create the secondary and
  tertiary colours. And adding white and black to
  the colours bring out the tints and shades of the
  colours, respectively. Get your colour palette
  ready with the help of the colour wheel given
  below.

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• Getting The Set Up Ready 
• Let's make a checklist of the setup needed to
  begin the poster painting. First, sketch on paper
  taped on the flat surface or canvas on the floor
  or easel. Next, a well-lit space with a
  comfortable sitting or standing working table to
  put the colour palette with the mixed colours, a
  water container, poster paint brushes and rags to
  wipe them, tissue papers and texture tools. This
  is the basic setup for the poster painting
  activity. Remember that the well-organized setup
  allows you to continue painting without going
  back and forth, interrupting creativity's
  meditational experience.
• Also Read Basic Understanding About Canvas Size,
  Texture And Types

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• Start Painting 
• The painting process is very serene and
  meditative. As we mentioned earlier, if you make
  a checklist and get your setup ready, you can
  enjoy the process of painting with poster
  colours. The basic rule is to follow the sketch
  and shapes. There are so many ways of beginning
  the painting, and everyone has their own choice
  or comfort level of using the paints. But to
  mention the step by step technique is to make
  outlines over the sketch and then fill colours in
  the larger areas. Last is to make details and
  textures as a final touch. Some people like to
  improvise during the painting process, and it is
  enjoyable to change your mind about using a
  different colour than you planned earlier. The
  best advice is to be bold while painting and try
  to find your unique experience from the process.

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Final Words

• Poster paint is an amazing medium to explore for
  beginners and student-level explorers. It is a
  safe medium to work with young and school-going
  children because it is water-based and washable
  without any toxic ingredients. This article is
  helpful for people who like to use the medium for
  the first time. It has a step by step process of
  making a painting with the checklist of equipment
  you need to enjoy the process of painting with
  poster colours. Happy Painting.
• Also Read 
• Acrylic Paint Origin And Making
• Types of Oil Paint Brushes
• 3 Reasons Why Acrylic Paints are Better than Oil
  Paints