I only recommend using this option if your denim really needs a.

Can you use acrylic paint on denim. Using a colored pencil or chalk, lightly sketch your design on your denim garment. The whole pocket should be painted in two or three layers of white acrylic. An advantage to using acrylic on denim is that acrylic lets you build on layers so you can apply the acrylic with a thin coat or make it heavier by painting more.

This way, the paint will not smudge. It is a bit riskier to machine wash your painted denim and can cause your painting to get partially get rubbed off. With acrylic on denim, you get acrylic that can be applied to the garment with a thin coat, or your layers can become heavier in painting.

White acrylic paint can be applied to the entire pocket in two or three layers. You can do a test run with different paints, then seal with wax paper and an iron and wash on cold then drip dry. There shouldn’t be any blue denim colour showing across.

Choose a brush that is appropriate for applying acrylic paint. In lieu of blending in the blue denim, pop it with this base paint. A base paint will pop the denim colors instead of blending in.

You should paint the whole pocket with white acrylic paint two to three times. Then use basics acrylic color by liquitex for a good result. Rather than merging into the blue denim, this base.

To paint on denim, you will need acrylic paint color(s) of your choice, white acrylic paint, acrylic fabric medium, mixed media paintbrush, artist pen, and painters tape. While the base paint pops the colors, instead of blending into denim, it blends seamlessly into blue. I dive into this much deeper on my denim painting 101: