Collection: ACRYLIC PAINTS AND MEDIUMS

Fast drying, brilliant colour which can be modified to suit the piece you're working on. By adding gels, pastes and mediums you have the freedom to enhance the texture of the paint and alter its consistency. Apply with a huge array of tools, from brushes to palette knives to airbrush to pens. Equipment washes off with soap and water

Choose the brand that suites you best! 

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ACRYLICS 

GUIDE TO ACRYLIC PAINTING WHAT IS ACRYLIC PAINT?

Acrylic Paint is made of pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion. They are faster drying than oils, and are more easily manipulated with the use of a wide variety of mediums available for acrylic painting technique. Acrylics were first developed in the mid-1930s and boasted a mixture of qualities also possessed by either watercolour or oils. Many artists enjoy using acrylic colour because although they dilute in water they dry waterproof, and they are faster drying than oils, yet colours can be just as intense.

WHAT FACTORS SHOULD I CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING MY ACRYLIC PAINT?

Maximum lightfastness levels. Smooth buttery consistency. Holds peaks. No colour shift. Highest levels of pigmentation. Good coverage/opacity levels. Optimum colour brilliance and colour depth. Durable paint film. UV and weather resistant.

If you were new to acrylic painting and you wanted to choose the best brand of acrylic colour to use, you would come across phrases such as the ones above in nearly ALL the literature you would read about any of the professional (and in some cases, the student grade) acrylic colours on the market. You would then be none the wiser; which acrylic colour should I use? Which is the best for my painting techniques?