Tuesday, July 19, 2011

PS: Need to add that acrylics react to WDP

differently than oils, again depending on pigments. The consistency of the medium matters too if I may borrow from McLuhan; thicker acrylic mixes do not blend well with water or oil, for that matter.

Using water alone as a dilutent for the acrylics doesn't produce desireable or predictable results in all cases. I had great fortune with a batch of watered-down near-liquid acrylic turquoise, but can't get anywhere near the same diffusion effect out of a heavy red. Go figure.

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