Bork - Acrylics

I know a couple different painting techniques that I've used in murals before, one of them being dry brushing. In which you get almost all the paint off of the paint brush before brushing it onto the canvas, giving it a light color, or soft look. Another one can be done with paper towels, sponges, or rags, rolling or dabbing the material on wet paint in order to create a texture or underlying tone. You can also do a color wash, in which you thin out your paint with glaze in order to give it a subtle wash appearance. 

Supports are what you paint on, such as paper, wood, silk, or canvas. Wood doesn't wrinkle like paper, silk, or canvas, though paper can be stretched so it won't wrinkle when it dries.

A ground is the surface on which you paint, such as gesso, molding paste, or painting gel. You can also use a colored ground, though a white one is more common.

Tools in painting can be many different things, anything that makes a mark really, almost like how drawing is very versatile, painting is the same way. A sponge, stick, or paper towel can just as easily be used as a painting tool when compared to an angled or mop brush. When cleaning brushes in the past I had been previously been instructed to put some dish soap into the palm of my hand and mix the paint and soap together with the brush.