Acrylic

Materials:

Acrylic paints are made of pigment bound in a synthetic resin and come in tubes or jars. Like watercolours, acrylics are soluble in water and can be thinned to almost transparent consistency and applied as washes or layered as glazes. But they also can be used with a small amount of water to achieve a flat opaque surface and even squeezed direct from the tube to build up an impasto or textured effect. An underdrawing in pencil or thinned down paint can then be built up with layers of colour diluted as required.

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