Guide Your party Guests Through a Painting Even If You Aren’t an Artist

Planning an at-home painting party should be fun - not stressful! There are so many factors to consider, and if you aren't an artist, you may worry that you won't know how to begin. Painting beginners often feel intimidated by a blank canvas. Let's go over the three simple steps to any painting, so you can instill confidence in your party guests!

1. START WITH THE BACKGROUND

No matter what painting you're doing, we always recommend that you start with your background. This allows you to be a bit messier at the start, and then have cleaner and cleaner lines as you work your way toward the more detailed and more textured elements of your painting!

​If you start with foreground details, it'll be difficult to paint around them and preserve them later on, so save those fabulous details for last!

Sometimes, what makes up the background is obvious. You'll just want to fill it in with either a solid color or a blend of a couple of colors!

For landscape paintings, the "background" is the sky. If there's water in the painting that matches the sky, you can do that now too!

When the sky isn't visible, it's whatever is furthest off in the distance! In this case, we'd start with the yellow in the center.

2. BASE-COAT EACH SECTION OF YOUR PAINTING

We know - we KNOW! You're excited to get to the details, but we aren't quite there yet. Now it's time to fill in each section of your painting with color.

For your more confident guests, they're welcome to start getting into fancy blending and shading. But for your painting party guests that are acrylic painting beginners, recommend that they just fill areas in with solid colors during this step.

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3. ADD YOUR DETAILS!

Now is your moment! Add all of those beautiful details like eyelashes, accent lines, highlights, and everything you need to make your painting POP!

If your base-coat layers from Step 2 are still wet, use a hair dryer to dry them. You can also just give it about ten minutes and grab a bite to eat or mix yourself another drink while you wait!

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IT'S PARTY TIME!

Now you know how to give your guests the confidence they need to work their way through their paintings - no artistic experience required! No worries if your guests are painting party beginners - you will all be able to create masterpieces that make you proud!

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GUIDE YOUR GUESTS THROUGH THEIR PAINTINGS WITH A VIDEO!

All of our canvas painting kits come with a full-length, in-depth video tutorial for the painting. You can purchase the kits with all of the prepared supplies, and put up the video tutorial on your tv screen or use a projector to put it up on the wall! Your guests will feel like you hired a professional artist to guide them through every step!

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Would you like more info on how to make your painting party run perfectly? We'll send you our free, detailed guide for throwing the perfect painting party!

This FREE guide includes:

• How to prepare your home to be a painting party venue
• How much time to allow for painting
• A printable checklist for the supplies
• A detailed explanation of the art supplies you'll be using
• A printable painting guide to give your guests
• Easy, big-batch drink recipes, ideas for decorations, and more!