Forum: Acrylic Paints and Mediums

Hello to AMIEN and Ms. Sands, Is there a way to get acrylic paintings to look less like plastic upon drying? I want to give my art students some...

What I've done once so far is paint a coating of WN "Clear Gesso" on stretched cotton duck canvas (38 x 46 inches) and then proceeded to paint with...

I was just working on my latest painting, which has a bit of tooth to it, when I noticed something. I was applying some Titanium White (Golden's)...

I have been considering switching from oils to acrylics. I know that they have not yet been around that long but was wondering if they are...

When you use something that is inherently perishable, like newsprint, as a collage, does thoroughly covering it with an acrylic medium diminish or...

I am planning to do some acrylic paintings on cotton rag watercolour paper. Do I need to size the paper? If so, what do you recommend? Alan Clark

Hi everybody: What is the difference between acrylic medium (matt of gloss) and acrylic binder? Another question is do adding much acrylic...

Hi: Can i repaint using acrylic paint over varnished finished acrylic paint without removing varnish? Thanks

As usual, when I can't find it in the forums I post my question: I am using acrylic paints - mostly mixtures of paints that are very fluid,...

I'm trying to use acrylics like watercolors in a landscape I'm doing right now as an experiment. I've found that when using soft pencils (3B) for a...

Hi Is it critically important to varnish the paint after a paint is finished (acrylic or oil) ? also what is advantage of using different type of...

Hi : Is lightfastness is same as permanence that written on tube label? If they are same, why some tube written on for example lightfastness I...

I just received a shipment of Golden Gesso (I know, you don't call it gesso, but Golden does! ;) ). A bunch of the stuff leaked out all over the...

Hi: Does there any color that make no difference if used artist grade or student grade in professional art work (like titanium, white mixing...

Hi everybody: I want to ask about the artist grade acrylic paint lightfastness of rate II (2) , is there any problem for use for professional art...

If a painter were determined to find ways of painting with acrylics at lower temperatures (in the range of 32°-49°, or 40°-49°) -- on location,...

What are the potential problems that can be caused by surfactant migration? Are there any new recommendations (in the last couple of years) for...

On pages twenty-nine and thirty of The Acrylics Book, Barclay Sheaks talks about using impermanent supports that are preserved, by making them...

In trying to figure out how to make my brush stroke go further someone suggested that I liquify my paint. I'm curious to know if there is an accepted...

Hi: I want to ask mixing acrylic color with gesso ( white or black ...) are there any technical problem with that? thanks