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Crafts
Acrylic Craft Paint
IS SO NICE TO work with. From easy clean-up to an
array of brilliant colors―who could ask for more? In
working with acrylics, I've noticed a few aspects
about this water based paint that I'd like to pass
on.
Many art students
today like to work with acrylic paints as I do, mostly due
to the affordability
of it. I have to say, art professors encouraged the
use of it too. In looking back, I'm wondering if
professors liked acrylics due to the easy clean-up.
Typically, art classrooms are not the cleanest
classrooms on campus anyway; and if most students
used oils instead, I can't imagine what the
classrooms and sinks would have looked like!
Acrylic paints
are colored liquid plastics.
Acrylic paints can be glittery, flat, high-gloss,
or in pearl.
Perhaps acrylic paint is considered to
be "craft paint"
due to how durable it is. Since it is plastic, acrylics dry
quickly, and usually this is what most of us want. But, to slow
down the drying-out process on your paint palette,
put a couple of damp paper towels
down on your painters palette and squirt
the paint directly on top of it. Surprisingly, the
paint hardly spreads out and absorbs
into the paper towels..
Unfinished, dry acrylic paints are quick to scratch
prior to applying the final finishing touches
(sealer paint). When acrylics are applied to tinware,
scratches are more susceptible than usual. Even if
you are painting on canvas, expect to varnish your
paintings upon completion.
 You can spray on a water
base varnish or brush on a water base antique glaze
to seal the acrylic paint. Acrylic paints are not
only fun to work with, but most assuredly, the
results are consistent and durable for both indoor
and outdoor use.
(Paint
Palette by Debbie Jensen)
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Mexican Flower Motif
by Debbie Jensen
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