Acrylic Paint

The Basics of Acrylic Paint: Acrylics are water-based. This simply means that acrylic paint can be mixed with water. Mixing acrylic paint with water thins the paint down, and a big advantage of acrylic paint is that you can clean acrylic paint from your brushes with water. Acrylic paint is manufactured using pigments that are mixed with emulsions and acrylic resin. This type of paint is super fast drying and is often used in thin, watery glazes as well.  Shop a wide variety of acrylic paints and supplies now!

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Is Acrylic Paint the Right Choice For Your Art?

While only you can determine is acrylic paint is the right choice for you, many people who prefer acrylics are attracted to its quick drying properties and the fact that they don’t have to use solvents with it, just plain water. Of course, the decision as to whether you want to use acrylic paint as opposed to oils, pastels, or water colors is likely one that will be determined by your experience with these other mediums and the type of project you are working on.

Buying Acrylic Paint – Which Brand is best for me? 

When purchasing acrylic paint, keep in mind that any of the major brands that manufacture paint will suffice in most instances. While all artists tend to have a preference for one brand or another (usually based on the different colors that are available from each manufacturer, or the consistency of the paint) finding which works the best for you is likely best accomplished by trial and error. You can find acrylic paint in a liquid version as well as a paste type paint that is of a consistency like butter. Winsor & Newton, Golden, Liquitex…all of these are big names when it comes to acrylic paint. And it doesn’t matter if you use more than one brand on one project when it comes to acrylic paints.