Best brands of acrylics??
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Permalink Reply by Ceci on -
Depends on what you want to spend...if you are starting out and want to not be precious with the paint...student quality is fine such as Chromacryl and A2....you will pay a bit more for Matisse or Derivan and even more for Atelier. You will get more pleasing results in general with better quality paint, which is more encouraging than using cheaper stuff and getting less satisfactory results.
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Permalink Reply by Deb Godley on -
hmmm. Looks like it might be a visit to my good friends at Blue Bazaar to test out some golden...they have an intro kit...might be the way to start??? i have also bought some Mattisse Flow to try.
You guys are the bomb!! Thanks for all the help...
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Permalink Reply by Lu on -
Deb I'd be happy to send you a sample of the Golden fluids, heavy and opens. I'll unearth some sample pots and get them off to you this week :-)
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Permalink Reply by Deb Godley on
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Phew!! Thank you all so much..its a difficult lesson..But Im loving the learning!!!Thanks for the support!!!
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Permalink Reply by An Inner Journey on -
I use mostly Liquitex and Golden. But when see some colors that I like dont look at the brand just buy it, it'll work in the end!
Only had a bad experience with acrylics, bought just 1 tube of a very cheap brand, it even was hard to come out of the tube!
Also like Akademie, Rembrant, Acrylex, just to name a few, all brands have their particularities, some are too fluid but you can use'em as watercolor or washes.
Just a tip, allways put them in bought plastic pots cause the tubes waste 2 much paint... even open the tube and take all the paint from it. Dont forget to write brand and color ;o}
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Permalink Reply by Carol Baker on -
I use Lukas studio fluid acrylics for large canvases, especially for backgrounds. For more detailed work I use primarily Liquitex because it's easy to get. I would have to mail order Goldens. I use a lot of paint in my work so find the combination of Lukas and Liquitex works for my pocketbook as well.
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on -
i don't really have a favorite but the acrylic brand usually use called Basic.
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