{"title":"How to Use Texture Paste","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/painting/how-to-use-texture-paste","category":{"slug":"painting","name":"Painting"},"creator":{"name":"textuuri","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjgd7EW4RYOND3xcIyj3iw","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1En6ZdbZxYY"},"tldr":"Use texture paste correctly in acrylic art. Mixing, colouring, layer thickness and drying, plus a beginner textured painting from start to finish.","quickAnswer":"Use texture paste correctly in acrylic art. Mixing, colouring, layer thickness and drying, plus a beginner textured painting from start to finish. An easy project: about 45 minutes, plus 24 hours to dry or set. Materials cost about $15 to $30. You need 7 things, including texture paste, heavy body acrylic paint and acrylic varnish. The 14 steps start with stir the Texture Paste Thoroughly in the Tub and mix the Separated Water Back Into the Paste.","totalDurationSeconds":758,"videoDurationSeconds":758,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":45,"waitMinutes":1440,"totalMinutes":1485,"estimatedCost":{"currency":"USD","min":15,"max":30},"yield":"1 textured canvas painting"},"tools":["palette knife","palette or mixing surface","masking tape","pre-primed stretched canvas"],"materials":["texture paste","heavy body acrylic paint","acrylic varnish"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Stir the Texture Paste Thoroughly in the Tub","text":"Stir the paste thoroughly in the jar, scraping right through the bottom. Heavier ingredients settle and water rises during storage, so an unmixed jar gives uneven results."},{"number":2,"title":"Mix the Separated Water Back Into the Paste","text":"Older jars separate - a layer of clear water rises to the top. Stir it back in rather than pouring it off, and never add water, glue or baking soda. Ready-made paste goes on straight from the jar."},{"number":3,"title":"Choose a Palette Knife or Spatula","text":"Spread and shape the paste with a palette knife, comb, stencil or piping bag. Each tool leaves a different pattern."},{"number":4,"title":"Tap-Test the Dried Texture Paste","text":"Let it dry, then tap it before you paint over it. A hard tap sound means dry; a soft surface over a wet underneath will tear when you touch it."},{"number":5,"title":"Keep Texture Paste Layers Under Two Centimetres","text":"Keep each layer to one or two centimetres. For genuinely thick texture, build it in separate layers and let each dry fully."},{"number":6,"title":"Gather the Canvas, Paste, Knife, Paint and Tape","text":"For the practice painting you need six things: a palette, one palette knife, masking tape, a tube of acrylic, the paste, and a pre-primed stretched canvas."},{"number":7,"title":"Tape a Clean Border Around the Canvas","text":"Tape a clean border around the canvas edge and press the tape down firmly with your finger."},{"number":8,"title":"Colour the Texture Paste With Acrylic Paint","text":"Scoop paste onto the palette and mix in the tiniest amount of acrylic. Too much paint destroys the consistency - reach for heavy body acrylics if you need more colour."},{"number":9,"title":"Spread the First Row of Texture Paste on Canvas","text":"Spread the first row across the top of the canvas, always drawing the knife from the tape onto the canvas so paste cannot creep underneath."},{"number":10,"title":"Pull the Palette Knife Pattern Down the Canvas","text":"Drag the tip of the palette knife downward through the wet paste to pull the pattern into it."},{"number":11,"title":"Darken Each Row of Paste Slightly","text":"Mix slightly more paint into the next batch so each row sits a shade darker than the one above it. Compare on the knife before you commit."},{"number":12,"title":"Press the Knife Gently Into the Wet Paste","text":"Press gently. Bearing down hard exposes the bare canvas through the paste, which ruins a one-session painting. Flatten and redo it if that happens."},{"number":13,"title":"Angle a Few Rows Across the Textured Canvas","text":"Angle a row or two rather than stacking identical horizontal bands. Uneven widths make the composition far more interesting."},{"number":14,"title":"Peel the Tape Off the Textured Canvas","text":"Peel the masking tape off immediately, before the paste starts to set. Dried paste bridging the tape will tear your texture off with it."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-15T15:55:05.664Z","published":"2026-08-31T16:47:32.500Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}