this is cool,ya gotta try this

I had purchased some paint from my local home improvement store. It was Rustoleum Multicolor Textured paint. It has sand embedded in the paint. I had an idea to try and use it for some texture on my next painting. It was going to be something in a beach scene with sand. I've used other Rustoleum non oil paints in the past for a sealer for my home made art panels and never had any issues so I thought I would try the textured paint (for rust control).

Rustoleum paints

I had a specific painting in mind which included Lake Michigan and a lighthouse with some sand dunes. I sprayed some targeted areas with sand colored textured paint after sealing the panel with a matte grey colored 2X paint following directions on the can. I had also drawn a preliminary sketch and taped a few areas I didn't want the paint to go on using masking tape. I had also painted my sky adding clouds in appropriate areas. No need to mask off the sky as the spray paint can cover some of it.

areas painted with textured paint

If you take a close look at the above pix, you can actually see the sandy texture on my panel. It even creates it's own shadows. Yes, you can paint over this paint without issues and you can paint over acrylics as I've done it often, but make sure you give it a full dry of 48 hours before painting over it, same goes for the acrylic paint, if spraying over it with the Rustoleum.

There is a lot of pressure in these spray paints with texture so control might be an issue for you. I solved my problem using this (below).

a handy spray can handle with trigger

This handy spray can handle w/trigger will fit just about any spray can giving me the perfect control I need for using sprays. It only cost me a few bucks.

So here's my painting a 24"x30" on a home made hardboard gallery panel.

painting using textured paint

Here's another one I did using the same textured paints.

a beach area from the sand dunes painted using textured paint.