4 Types of Acrylic Paint - Which is best for YOU?
Student/Economy Grade:
Liquitex Basics
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
bit.ly/LIQBasics4pack
Winsor & Newton Galeria
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
bit.ly/WNGaleria10tube
Professional Grade Heavy Body:
Golden Heavy Body Set
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www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
Liquitex Heavy Body Set
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
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Winsor And Newton Acrylic Set
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
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Sennelier Acrylic Set
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
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Professional Grade Soft Body or Fluid:
Liquitex Soft Body Set
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
Golden Fluid Acrylics Set amzn.to/3cylvBT
Acrylic Inks:
Liquitex Ink
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
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Golden High Flow Set
www.anrdoezrs.net/links/10023...
amzn.to/2QtkT7M
One option for making Heavy body paint into a fluid or soft body consistency without losing the opacity is Liquitex's Ultra Matte Medium bit.ly/39e5QIr
Different Categories of Acrylic Paint
1. Heavy Body
2. Soft Body or Fluid Acrylic
3. Acrylic Ink
4. Student Grade or Economy Paints
0:53 Inks Can be used on paper or canvas or any of the other traditional surfaces acrylics can be applied to.
Can be mixed with fluid mediums to achieve richly colored transparent glazes and layering. (I used it to mix with pouring medium!)
Pigment based inks more lightfast than dye based inks.
Watercolor-like consistency on a canvas.
Can be used for fabric painting, rubber stamping, tinting photographs, airbrushing, dip pen.
4:00 Soft Body or Fluid Color
Covers with low texture, more pigment.
good for color charts
Best coverage over large areas using less paint (covers 3 x more area than a heavy body paint)
Good for painting fine detail without losing pigment density.
5:13 Heavy Body
Creates more texture
Holds peaks and brush strokes
Best for techniques require body such as Impressionist techniques or Van Gogh like brushstrokes
6:39 Student Grade Colors
I'm using 2 that I like that I've found to have good quality- Liquitex Basics and Winsor and Newton Galeria.
Less pigment, more economical
Allow you to paint more on a budget - IMPORTANT if cost is a concern.
Liquitex Basics bit.ly/LIQBasics4pack
Winsor & Newton Galeria bit.ly/WNGaleria10tube
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As someone who was only taught oils in college and is now transitioning to acrylic post-grad, these videos have been SUPER helpful to me. It's amazing how different the two media are! Thank you!
why did you switch? I'm thinking of switching the other way round - from acrylic to oil
@@yufanghuang2011 Honestly same, I’m sick of oils. They’re so messy and hard to dispose of full tubes. Also the hazard that comes with linseed oil or other polymerising mediums. I really love the softness of them but I know I can create similar stuff with acrylics, with less of a headache and price even.
@@yufanghuang2011 it’s not letting me edit but I meant to reply to hillary haha
Hello Hillary
Wow that's a generous amount of paint you're putting down there
I thought so, too! I was getting nervous.
shes fearless omg
Hey! Just wanted you to know this comment inspired a whole video and the follow up is coming soon!
Here are the TWO videos you (and others with similar comments) inspired! Art Supplies are Expensive! Am I Wasting Them? kzhead.info/sun/nqmQotmNqGiffok/bejne.html 5 Tips for Saving Money on Art Supplies kzhead.info/sun/qJayetl8f3aHkoU/bejne.html
@eldritch that hurt my heart and wallet!😭
One of my professors advised us to buy professional grade paint, but buy a limited palette only. We still had the cheap student grade paints for big areas, but learning to use a limited palette taught us fast color mixing and an instinct for color theory. I appreciate him so much for that. Thank you for your video, it is very informative!
That's a great strategy! Thanks for sharing it with us. At some point I want to do a video on some different limited palettes I've used. Do you have a favorite?
@@MicheleTheberge I'd be very interested in seeing a video with info comparing different limited color palettes! Mostly I find info about people's specific favorites, not with more than one or maybe 2 represented.
Thank you! This is perfect and exactly what I wanted and needed. It’s surprisinghow difficult it is to find complete yet concise explanations of qualities and applications. I appreciate the people who take the time to do these videos since I can’t go to art school! Lol!
You are so welcome! Good luck with your KZhead studies!
This is even better then my teacher explained the difference. Thnx!!
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This is the 2nd of your videos that I have watched and can't get over how informative they are. Your delivery is excellent.
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much!
Soft body, heavy body... it's like they named them after me
Hey Jamie lol
😂
that's funny
That acrylic ink looks incredible! Definitely going to try it out!
Me too!
Just thin your paint with water.
I appreciate you taking the time to show and explain. Thank you so much!
You are welcome! I hope to make more like this in the future! Let me know what you want to learn!
Well done. You’ve got me curious about acrylic ink! I use The heavy bodied paints, but I’m wanting to experiment for a different look! I didn’t know there was such a thing as acrylic ink! Thank you!
before I was just thinking about soft vs heavy, now you've thrown inks in the mix! I didn't even know they had those and they are super appealing to someone who started with watercolour.
Glad I could help!
Thank you for your insights! (Coming from a non-artist who would've tripped himself up over this kind of outwardly trivial, but notwithstanding crucial, subtely or technicality of the craft of fine art.)
Thank you for a brilliant explanation of the different types of acrylics, I found it very helpful xx
Finally someone who gives truly useful information, I couldn't test them so seeing you do it and compare is brilliant 😊 thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Love your style of teaching, works very well with my style of learning. Great job! Thank you.
Thanks for doing these videos. I'm new to painting and find this very helpful.
Brilliant! Thanks so much for making this vid. I stumbled upon it as I've just taken up acrylics (added to my artist repertoire); and am mostly self-taught - so this was a HUGE plus for me. Been using Basics mostly. Just yesterday, I needed an ink-like quality to cover a spot and just watered down some pigment of the color I needed to get said coverage. Wasn't exactly what I wanted but was just good enough. Now I know there are INK acrylics that would do exactly what I needed. So, over two years later your vid is still working its magic! 👏🏽
Thank you for this explanation. You are fantastic.
Thanks! this was a very helpful explanation of types of acrylic paints! :)
I like your tutorial. Shown and explained clearly well with no annoying corny jokes and passive aggressive comments. Much respect, and subbed.
Thanks for your nice comment and so happy to have you as a subscriber. Please let me know if there are any topics you'd like to see covered here in the future.
Very helpful and easy to understand. Thank you!
This was fabulous! Thank you so much for your valuable guidance!
You are so welcome!Thanks for the nice feedback!
Thank you for the thorough comparison! Very informative. 🙂
It's very generous to share your knowledge. Thankyou.
That was so clear & so helpful! Thank you!
What a fantastic and helpful video! Thank you so much!!!!
You're welcome! Wow! I'm so pleased it was so helpful to you! This inspires me to share more of my info! Stay tuned for more videos.
Thank you! I really like your teaching style, clear, concise, friendly and for me perfectly understandable.
Hello jean
Thank you for the Awsome segment. You are One of the best teacher's around, not leaving a thing out. Sometimes I am thinking of a question, which you answer befor I can think of a good way to phrase it. P.S. Sold. I will buy all of them.
As always, excellent advice. Thanks.
You are welcome!
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's evident that you have a huge body of experiential knowledge on the subject.
Thanks! And you're welcome!
Most videos I saw were so simple, badly explained and done in a quick superficial way in which nothing really was showed. Yours was pretty complete and concise, and you actually transmitted knowledge. Thank you.
You are welcome!
That was really interesting and helpful! Thank you from Scotland!
Hi Tony (in Scotland)! Glad this was helpful to you! Thanks for commenting!
Excellent! Very helpful. Thank you!
Loved your demo. Very clearly and thoroughly explained. Thank you.
You're welcome, Bruce. Glad you found it clear and thorough. I do appreciate the feedback!
Good information to have. Thank you, for sharing this with us.
I've been exploring painting a lot more recently since high school and I bought the basic brand in primary colors. I absolutely cannot stand the pigmentation in Basic and im not even a professional. This video was very helpful thank you!
Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate this. I want to start painting and acrylic may be the best choice for a beginner so am looking forward to seeing more of your videos for advice. I like your philosophy of doing a lot of painting with cheaper paint if you can't afford enough of the good stuff when getting started. Makes sense to me.
You could also start with opaque watercolor?
Thank you for your time
Thanks, good to know, very helpful.
Hello Michelle,........FYI: Pouring medium for $13/qt and $37/gallon..........First, I need to thank you a bunch. A while back I can across your channel when I was about to throw in the towel and dump all my art supplies. I had been working with watercolor and getting no where for a very long time. Acrylics had been suggested but I had tried them years ago, in Florida, and let me tell you..........that was rough! So, I quit. About 8 weeks ago I found you and I began to learn one step at a time. This encouraged me to look some more and to try a bit and to buy a starter set................Today, I am a happy, if tentative, camper and having some happy success. I love abstracts. I love color. And I learned to pour from you! Well, here's something I want to give back to all of us subscribers and company! I recently received a hand painted color chart of heavy body acrylics. It is gorgeous. It's from a family company in California called Nova Color. They have been making acrylic paint since 1968 and selling wholesale to the public, on line. David Kessler, another KZhead abstract artist was using them. He is right, the paint is about 1/2 as much as discount prices for professional quality. AND they make a product called Novaplex #235 which is their version of Pouring Medium. It's $13/qt. and $37/gallon. What a difference from store bought. It's a pleasant surprise for us all. Thank you again. I hope this proves as helpful to you and others as it is to me. I am a devoted fan and I love your meditation download. What a gracious gift! Thank you..
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Judith A Rowland wow thank you for the tip!! And what a happy ending for you
Thanks so so much for sharing this! I know of Nova colors. A lot of mural artists here in the San Francisco Bay region use them. I get my Liquitex pouring medium for about that price. I'm always scouting out the sales! But maybe some day I can try that one out and see how it compares. All my best to you, beautiful one!
Thank you for making this video. It was exactly what I was looking for!!!
You're welcome!
Thanks. Great information. I paint a lot and mostly I use Golden Acrylics. One day I ran out of Titanium White. The only white I had was Basic Titanium White (Student Grade). Just like you've said, it has less pigment...it turned into a happy accident for me. I like the cloudy, hazy effect it gives when used with a glaze medium.
thanks for the helpful demo, i found it useful to see the diffrents from the heavy bosy to student grade and the brands 👍
Great! Glad to help!
Very clear breakdown. Thank you
Cool. You're welcome. Glad that made sense. :)
@@MicheleTheberge I'm 43 & have never heard of that ink. (restarted painting after 23yrs- relearning) You opened up some new ideas for me. I appreciate that. Thank you.
@@robbiezeigler4977 You bring up an interesting thing I never thought of. I didn't know about the acrylic inks for a really long time, either. Because usually they are in the ink section of the store with the pens, calligraphy supplies and non acrylic inks. So I think we painters tend to miss them.
Excellent demonstration! So professional. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Just discovered your channel. So glad I did. Thank you for the detailed breakdown and comparison.
madnesstakesitstoll You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Very clear explanation. Thank you.
Very thorough! Thank you.
This video is great and answers a lot of my questions about acrylics as I am just starting out with this medium and will be checking out your other videos to learn.
soooooo helpful and well explained,,thank you
thank you so much for explaining the difference between all the acrylics, very informative and I now feel I've a much better understanding of what's on offer :)
Hello Sarah
this is lovely thank you, very informative :)
very insightful and easy to follow video. Good job!
Thank you for teaching me so much that I didn't know!
Thank you so much what you are teaching is very important I'm a beginner and this information very helpful I find it very hard to find a white that is not so watery and since I'm a beginner yes I guess I tend to buy the cheap more affordable brands and this really helped me to understand the different grades of paint thank you so much for your information and for your time God bless you young lady and imean that
Very helpful video! Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you! This was so helpful! Almost all of my paint was given to me and the majority of it was bought in the 80’s and 90’s, so I’ve been having trouble trying to figure out how to replace colors that I love but am running out of. This makes trying to find replacements soooo much easier!
Fantastic. So glad to hear this. Happy painting!
Does acrylic paint in plastic last that long?! That makes me very happy if that's the case because I kept going through the 60ml Winsor & Newton tubes so I've started buying the 500ml jars/tubs. I couldn't find anything about shelf-life so I'm just hoping they won't dry up and become useless after a year or whatever.
This is an awesome overview. Thank you! This is very useful for me ♥
Wonderful to hear! You are welcome!
love art...love painting..love your channel...best
This was very helpful. Thanks!
This waw SO helpful and informative!
Thank you so much for your video. I've learned a lot. I'm trying to find the right paint and/or medium to add (?) to make a button dot that holds it's button raised perfect circle shape i.e. dropping off of a brush.. Help!
Thank you for the information regarding viscosity just when I need it.
You are welcome! Glad the information came to you it just the right time.
Thank you for the video/info
Very informative video. As a professional, I use the Liquitex Heavy Body paints. If Liquitex paints were good enough for Andy Wharhol then they are good enough for me. Thanks a bundle from England.
I normally dont comment or like videos or even subscribe to many channels. You though took so much time energy and resources to clearly explain and teach anyone. Thank you so much 💓 keep doing amazing things.
Thank you so much 🙂 That's really nice to hear!
Thank you so much. I am doing my first big painting so I find your tutorils very helpful.
Wonderful! You are so welcome!
Thank you! Didn't know there was different types of acrylic paint!
You're welcome, Linda!
thank you for sharing this ma'am 😊
Thank you, this is very informative and easy to understand. ❤
You're welcome!
🥰You are amazing!!!! Thank u so much. I'm a novice and looking at painting on clothes and this helped me understand all the writing on the paint bottles. I had no idea what soft body/heavy body meant. Straight forward video and to the point, thank you😃❤❤🙌
You are so welcome! I am so glad this was helpful.
Very Helpful!!!! Thank you!!!
When I first discovered acrylic ink I was over the moon because I've always liked using drawing inks in huge varieties of colors and acrylic ink lines tend to have bigger color ranges than other inks varieties.
I appreciate that too but especially like that they are pigment based and therefore more lightfast than dye based inks.
What a clear and useful explanations, on top what a pleasant and charming lady you are Michele, God bless you.
Thank you, dear one.
Very informative, thank you! I had no idea what ink was for.
You're welcome!
This video is so informative. Thank you so much.
You are quite welcome! Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
Which would you use for staining, on an unprimed surface ? Thanks(great videos=very helpful)
another great tutorial !! your personality as well as your knowledge shine through..a pleasure to watch and learn from you..thank you very much.. a fan..Bill
You are so cute and calm! I love to watch your videos ☺️❤️
Product Question.........I have been playing with various brands of fluid paints, all artist grade, and I have learned that you can add mediums to stretch your paint so that you can create what you wish with much of the same paint. But.........I find there is a difference kind of glow with Golden's High Flow. Am I wrong? I seem to get much more luscious translucency when I use them in a pour. I know they are pricey and need to practice with more modestly priced brands but I don't know which to choose. I have found some great brands out there....... I want to stay with artist quality paint and stay on a budget. Is it true that if I use Golden's airbrush medium, that I can get the same consistence from another fluid paint as I due with the High Flow? I seem to see more depth and less cloudiness with the High Flow........or was that just beginner's luck?(LOL) Tough choices for me. Question #2........Sealing. Do I seal my painting before or after I used pouring medium to get the look of resin that you demoed? I value your opinion and appreciate all you have share with the multitude of "Us'" over these past few months. Thank you, so much, Michelle. I am learning.
Thank you! Very informative and detailed.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video! It was really helpful! :)
Very helpful. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the examples and explanations! This was perfect and makes me want to explore the ink paints too. I am new to acrylic and bought a set of Basics to explore 😁
You are so welcome!
Yeah, I m user to Paint with artist quality acrylics, but beside the others schoen here. I nevervuser the ink variant, mot knowing where IT s user tot.
@@abbyrivers9971 your better off learning how to thin your own with water, I learned this from Jerry marnell, he's a good teacher even though we have different styles.
What a Great Video thanks!
You're welcome. : )
Thanks for the explanation!!
You are very welcome!
Perfect.
Acrylic ink vs high flow? I might try the Winsor Newton... I've tried the BASICS, and they are OK, although tend to be a bit duller, less vibrant & I've used Plaid's Folk Art (Gold top, matte finish), which has bright colors, is fairly well pigmented (seems better than many "student grade" acrylics & has many of the same color names/colors that are standards for acrylics & oils). I'd recommend these for students. The flat finish is very striking too! Having to paint over & over with student grade paints can be very frustrating (& cost as much trying to get the same effects). I agree that good brushes are a necessity too! I'd add a good rigger/liner brush too. I've had a few natural brushes for 40 years! (although they don't last as long when used for scrumbling, dry brushing. Nice video! I'd like to see a comparison between acrylic high flow & inks. The Window Newton student grade looks intriguing... I may have to try them! Sometimes it helps to have some inexpensive bristle brushes & hardware stores have some great, inexpensive brushes if you know what you're looking for! Q-Tips, sponges, fingers, etc. come in handy as well! certain techniques do rely on good brushes. a good quality angle, filbert, flat or bright, rigger/liner, a couple of rounds, a cheap round stencil or 2 & a couple sizes of fan brushes (good quality) are a great start! You may not need more than this for years. Just be sure that bristles are washed, taken out of the water & shaped ASAP. soaking can make them splay. You can wrap them into a paper towel if you need to transport. I prefer natural brushes, although they say there are newer synthetics that are similar... I have some synthetics, although I haven't used many, perhaps any that are the same quality. You can get really great quality brushes inexpensively, and some expensive brushes are simply not worth it... feeling the brushes in the store can help, especially if they allow you to remove the sizing. Avoid brushes that say they are for "Watercolors, acrylics & oils", until you have some experience, as watercolor brushes are too soft for acrylics or oils. Bristle brushes are great for scrumbling, dry brushing as they are generally less expensive, and these techniques tend to shorten brush life anyhow (although I still have a roughly 30 year old filbert I still use for rough stuff, although it's prolly overdue for retirement.) Making sure you take good care of the brushes you do buy! If you leave one out, even if acrylic paint dries on it, get some 99% IPA (Rubbing alcohol), and you can rescue your brush! Alcohol is pretty harsh, and if a natural brush, I'd condition it with glycerine, but the alcohol will break down the acrylic paint, and yes! you can save a brush's life with it! (I've tried lower % alcohol, and it doesn't seem to work so well, so save yourself some time, money & get the 99% at your local drug store. it cost the same as the 70 or 95% here, but the 99% worked when the 95% didn't when I got distracted, and a brush dropped behind my workspace for a couple of days! Thanks for this video! This is a good start for students! :)
i am learning a LOT from your comment alone, im gonna be starting painting soon in the art school where i am and i do not have any experience in it so im hella nervous. but people like you who share their knowledge make me breathe a little easier when im doing research. thank you for that :)
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Thanks for the tips! I really enjoyed that brush cleaning one. Would that also work on a plastic palette and getting dried paint off of it? Because I got lazy and didn't clean my palette off and I've had a lot of trouble cleaning it.
I like using plastic palette knife and usually just I cheap paint brush and the cheap 50 cent paints from Walmart. The most important thing is how you handle the paint and use more paint because it starts to layer on top and more pigmented. It's not so much the name or the price, it's what you can do with it.
This video was SUPER HELPFUL!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!
Glad it was helpful!💚
As a Beginner,really appreciate the wonderful Tutorial!
Wonderful. Thanks for watching!
Very helpful video. Which acrylic paint would you recommend for painting on wood?
Thanks 🎨
Thank you for the video. It is very helpful for someone who doesn’t know anything about Paint.
So pleased it helped!
Well done!
Thank you It has helped to make right choice.
Great to hear!
Great info and video.
Thank you so much for this explanation. I decided to get back into painting after lockdown and had only used craft paints before. I wasn't sure looking online which paints to use anymore. Now I know the difference in the types.
Glad it helped and happy painting to you!
@@MicheleTheberge You have so many awesome videos. I was up until 6am watching them. I'm glad to know from now on not to add very much water to acrylic. I'm ordering air brush medium instead. I was taught to wet my canvas with water though. I assume this is a no no too.
@@canitbechristine If the canvas has been sealed with paint or gesso, keep it to d 30% water to paint ratio. If it is an absorbent surface such as unprimed canvas you can us as much as you like.
@@MicheleTheberge Thanks again. I'm going to watch more of your videos tonight after I do a painting. I subscribed to your channel. Cheers and stay safe.
1@@canitbechristine Thanks for subscribing! And let me know if there are any videos you'd like me to make. I always appreciate suggestions!
Thanks; I have accumulated a variety of formulas, & needed to determine which ones will work best for me, so I can pass the others on.
Kathleen Renninger Great idea, Kathleen! Good luck with that!
Good vid.Thanks for info.
You are so welcome!
Thank you. This was awesome.
I'm so glad to hear this!
Thank you! Great information!
You are so welcome, Bonnee! Glad it helped!