Bell Ringer2/26/15

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Bell Ringer 2/26/15

• What are the characteristics of ACRYLIC paint?

• Today you will need to get
• A water container for your table
• A flat round paint synthetic paint brushes
• Ruler (without cork backing)
• Pencil (with eraser)
• Your sketchbook

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Acrylic Painting
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Characteristics of acrylic paints

• ACRYLIC PAINTING

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Characteristics of Acrylic Paints

• Water-based (Mimic oil paints without mess
  toxicity.)
• Dries quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
• Very versatile thick or thin application.
  Texture consistency can be modified.
• Lends itself to MIXED MEDIA.
• Final finish of the piece can be altered with
  varnish and thus the finished painting does not
  need to be framed behind glass.

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7 FACTORS

1. Quality
2. Color
3. Permanence
4. Viscosity
5. Tube/Jar
6. Drying Time
7. Brands

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1. QUALITY

• Artists Quality (Professional) often more
  expensive high concentration of pigment
  therefore, more vibrant smoother consistency.
• Students Quality Budget friendly for
  beginners.

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2. COLOR

• Series 1 begin cheapest with Series 7 being
  the most expensive.

• Titanium White
• Cadmium Yellow Medium
• Cadmium Red Medium
• Alizarin Crimson
• Phthalo Green
• Phthalo Blue
• Burnt Sienna
• Ivory Black

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3. PERMANENCE

• Often called Lightfastness, refers to the ability
  of the pigment in the paint to resist gradual
  fading when exposed to light.

Pigments that fade over time are often called
fugitive colors. At the right are lightfastness
standards you would typically see on paints.
ATSM I Excellent Lightfastness ATSM II Very
Good Lightfastness ATSM III Not Sufficiently
Lightfast
or AA Extremely permanent colors or A
Durable colors. or B Moderately durable
colors. or C Fugitive Colors
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4. VISCOSITY

• Refers to the consistency or thickness of the
  paint.

Body acrylics thick consistency better for
mixing blending. Fluid acrylics thinner and
better for detail work, staining, watercolor and
dry-brush work.
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5. TUBE OR JAR???
Tubes small and portable. Paste-like. Jars
Save money buying more paint at once.
Thicker. (Fluid acrylics come in bottles. )
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6. DRYING TIME

• Acrylics dry quickly

Use a retarding medium or open acrylics (that
are manufactured with a retardant built in.
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Acrylic Mediums

• Tip
• Mix medium AFTER youve mixed the colors together.

• Gloss
• Matte
• Glazing
• Gel
• Modeling
• Texture
• Retarding (Retarders)

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7. BRAND

• Golden
• Liquitex (Liquitex Basics)
• Winsor Newton
• Reeves
• Blick Artists Acrylic
• Grumbacher Academy

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ACRYLIC MEDIUMS

• PAINTING