Acrylic or oil paint? What is your favorite medium? With TERAVARNA INDIA’s CANVAS Art Competition, you can bring your creative stories online in acrylic or oil! Whether Andy Warhol inspires you, Leonardo da Vinci, or it's your very own self, we are excited to see your paintings unfold! Beginner or expert, we accept entries with an inclusive mindset, as we believe in progression more than perfection! Want to know more about our competition? In this blog, you’ll discover more about acrylic painting, oil painting on canvas and why you should go for TERAVARNA’s competitions.

Acrylic Painting

With a minimum investment, acrylic colors can turn out to be your best choice! Blend acrylic paints and you have a lot of color possibilities to go with! Maintain a color chart with different color combinations for easy reference. Acrylics drying up quickly can be used to your advantage. How? The colors don’t fade over time and are well-suited for beginners as well as experts. Want to make the sunflowers or the waves look real enough? Try Impasto for a three-dimensional look! Prefer adding lumosity and depth? Go with the glazing technique!

Oil Painting on Canvas

Art history is full of examples of famous oil paintings, and these continue to be a source of inspiration for modern creators. If you are looking for excellent tones or textural variation in art, oil painting could be your most suited medium. A layered form of artwork, an oil painting is a test of both patience and skill. Thick in consistency, oil paints are quite different from other media, and the painting needs to be coated with varnish to seal it against dirt and abrasions.

Why Participate in TERAVARNA’s Oil and Acrylic Painting Competition?

Cash prizes: Winners of this CANVAS Artwork Competition will win exclusive cash prizes. So, if you have stunning oil or acrylic artworks, why not win grand rewards like this one? Not an expert? Believe and dive into the fun of participation!

Certificate of Recognition for all: An official certificate is given out to all participants. So, even if you haven’t won this competition, you can still bag this certificate, which can be a great addition to your resume.

Digital Exposure: Winners will have their winning artworks featured across our official website and all social media channels. With online presence gaining more prominence nowadays, shining on a platform like that of TERAVARNA is like adding a feather to a cap.

Expert Feedback: Participants who make it to the top of the leaderboard will have expert feedback, perfect for enhancing skills and constructive for their career.

Collaboration Opportunities: Have you always wanted to be a part of an art collaboration but lacked the right kind of opportunity? With the CANVAS Artwork Competition, you can have your dreams fulfilled as you can connect with art enthusiasts, collectors, and curators.

Essential Tips of Acrylic Painting for Beginners

1.      Do not let the Paint Run dry: Since acrylic paints dry up quickly, cover your palette with a plastic wrap while you are away. Your brushes may stiffen once dried if they are loaded with acrylics. So, clean your paintbrush before you leave them exposed for a while or two.

2.     Mix Primary Colors to Create Secondary Ones: Although you have a variety of options, try mixing primary colors and explore the range of color possibilities that you can have.

3.     Avoid Excess Paint: Don’t overload your bristles with paint, as it might be challenging to add details in the painting and also clean the paintbrush later on.

4.     Explore a Range of Brushes: From using flat brushes to exploring round ones, each of them adds variety in shapes, textures and details. So, investing in a wider range can make your artwork more refined and accurate.

 Essential Tips for Oil Painting on Canvas for Beginners

For Wet-on-Wet Painting Technique: In oil painting, the rule goes that the layers on top must dry more slowly than the ones on the bottom of the canvas. So, make the paint thicker on the top by adding oil medium, and to make it leaner below, use a mix of solvent and oil. The layers below will be glazed ones, while those on the top will have more substance and oil.

Using a Muted Background Color can be Helpful: The white portions of a canvas can peek through your painting, so it's ideal to layer the white background with a muted base color.

Mix Colors to Create More: Similar to acrylics, sometimes you can do without most colors by mixing the primary hues to derive the secondary ones. Limiting your palette can help you focus and balance your painting as you can steer clear of chaos and disharmony.

Creating Contrast: Palette knives do more than mix colors on the palette. Artists use these to apply paint in an impasto style, even to scrape paint off the canvas. You can also use palette knives for creating bold and dominant strokes in contrast to the softer strokes of the paintbrush.

Paint to Win!

So, paint what you are passionate about, in oil or acrylic mediums! TERAVARNA’sAcrylic Painting Competition is thrilled to witness your talent and reward the originality you bring to your canvas. If you are exploring art ideas, paint your inspiration, emotions or dreams, the choice is yours! While these essential tips are primarily for beginnerspainting with oil paints or those exploringacrylic painting, the professionals can also learn from them. So, get ready with your paintbrush and other tools to dive into the fun now!