[Aquanet] a question that verges on heretical

[Donna Barnes-Roberts]

I have been really impressed with the Atelier Interactive Acrylics made 
by Chroma in Australia.  If they dry - even on the painting, you can 
spray water on the paint and it will "re-open" so you can keep 
blending.  And if you want to make it so it won't re-wet, they have a 
spray medium that keeps it from opening.  I haven't tried these on paper 
though, but it works on panels and canvas.  They even have another 
"open" spray medium that car re-open the paint for as long as a week 
after it dries. 

artistvalerie at rogers.com wrote:
> M Graham is very much my pick.  Thanks Barry for the great hints. Valerie
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> http://valeriekent.com <http://valeriekent.com/>
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> --- On *Wed, 11/18/09, Barry Lindley /<lindleybd at gmail.com>/* wrote:
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>     From: Barry Lindley <lindleybd at gmail.com>
>     Subject: Re: [Aquanet] a question that verges on heretical
>     To: "'Patrick Davis'" <peedee at nucleus.com>, "'Aquanet
>     The_digital_Brain'" <aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net>
>     Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 1:18 PM
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>     Golden fluid acrylics (I don’t know about DaVinci – they may be
>     quite different) have a very high pigment load. They are not just
>     tube acrylics thinned with medium, but can be thinned a lot. So,
>     if you want them to go further and don’t need great tinting
>     strength, you can extend them with acrylic medium or glazing fluid
>     – the two differ some in terms of drying, etc.  If you simply
>     dilute tube acrylics with medium, you are also diluting the
>     pigment substantially, and it just isn’t the same.. You may find
>     that you aren’t saving money for the same quality of paint. 
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>     There are two approaches I can think of for the drying problems
>     with tube acrylics:
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>        1. If you really want to use the acrylics more like watercolor,
>           use a porcelain butcher’s tray or something similar, fold up
>           a high quality (Viva, e.g.) non-linting paper towel, soak it
>           with water, and lay it across one end of the palette. 
>           Squeeze your paint into piles on this, mist from time to
>           time, and you can just pull whatever you need out into the
>           mixing space and dilute with water for painting.  They will
>           behave similarly to regular watercolor, but when dry will
>           not lift easily.  This is Charles Harrington’s approach (I
>           don’t know if it is in his book; I learned it at a workshop).
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>        2. If you want to paint thickly with the acrylics, try Golden
>           OPEN acrylics.  They dry quite a bit more slowly, and there
>           are special mediums which preserve the slow drying.
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>     Incidentally, M.Graham makes very high quality acrylics, as good
>     as Golden, but less expensive.
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>      Good luck.
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>     Barry
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>     Barry D. Lindley
>     Paintings and Drawings
>     /www.BarryLindleyArt.com <http://www.barrylindleyart.com/>/
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>     *From:* aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com
>     [mailto:aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com] *On Behalf Of *Patrick Davis
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:56 PM
>     *To:* Aquanet The_digital_Brain
>     *Subject:* [Aquanet] a question that verges on heretical
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>     Hi, gang.
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>     Altho I am quite happy painting in w/c, I do have an urge to
>     branch into acrylics as well. I find, however, that the tube
>     acrylics I have dry too quickly on the palette and are also hard
>     to work with in that they are lumpy. I have just bought some
>     liquid acrylics, but I am also quite frugal. (Such a nice word!)
>     Anyway, can I make my own liquid acrylics successfully  from my
>     old tube stuff by putting them in a jar with water and acrylic
>     glazing fluid, or am I just teasing myself? I am trying it, but
>     after sitting several days in a jar with regular shaking up, I
>     still have a lumpy mixture. (Okay, the acrylics sat in a jar, not me)
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>     Any suggestions- other than working on my grammar?
>     Pat
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