Acrylic Paints



Acrylic paint is an alternative to oil paint. It is made of acrylics that dry quicker than oil and are soluble in water. Acrylic paint is great for those who paint quickly and like their paints to dry quickly.

Paint Sets

As a beginner, you may want to get a small set of acrylic paints to start. Here are some great sets to start with. Liquitex is one of my favorite brands. They are quality paints and inexpensive.

Liquitex Basics Value Series Acrylic Color Sets set of 12 Liquitex Basics Value Series Acrylic Color Sets set of 12

Liquitex Basics Value Series Acrylic Color Sets offer great value to students and artists looking for dependable quality. The sets acquaint the artist with the essential color palette of the Basics line without having to invest in a large amount of space or money. The sets contain a variety of 22 ml tubes of color that are small enough to fit into compact, space efficient boxes while still providing the artist enough of the great quality, pigment rich acrylic paint to learn color theory or to complete virtually any work of art. Three sets are available – one with 12 colors, one with 24 colors, and one with 36 colors. Click on the camera icons for specific set contents.
It’s also great to start with an introductory set. You can start with just the basic colors and experiment with mixing to get the colors you want.

Winsor & Newton Finity Artists' Acrylic Colour Introductory Set set of 6 Winsor & Newton Finity Artists’ Acrylic Colour Introductory Set set of 6

This introductory acrylic set contains the basic palette of Finity Artists’ Acrylic Colour. The set comes with six 20 ml tubes of color: Azo Yellow Medium, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green, Burnt Sienna and Titanium White. Finity Artists’ Acrylic Colour is also available in .

Individual Tubes

Once you’ve gotten a hang of paints, you can buy just the colors you want. You can even just buy individual tubes from the beginning of just the primary colors. A 3 oz. tube of Grumbacher is under 4 dollars and they are excellent quailty.

Grumbacher Academy Acrylic Colors 3 oz. tube alizarin crimson Grumbacher Academy Acrylic Colors 3 oz. tube alizarin crimson

Academy Acrylics are 24 essential colors designed to provide uncommon performance at a price that people love. Colors have traditional masstones, authentic tints and true undertones for easy, accurate mixtures. Academy Acrylic Colors come in 3 oz. tubes.

You can also buy individual tubes of liquitex for less the $3 for 4 oz.

Liquitex Basics Acrylics Colors 4 oz. tube acra magenta (acra violet) Liquitex Basics Acrylics Colors 4 oz. tube acra magenta (acra violet)

Liquitex Basics are high quality, student grade acrylics. Affordably priced, they are perfect for beginners and for artists on a budget. Each color is uniquely formulated to bring out the maximum brilliance and clarity of every pigment. They have a heavy viscosity and, like oils, paint thick, retaining peaks and brush marks. They provide great coverage and dry to a satin finish.

Buying individual tubes means you can mix simple primary colors, choose from all sorts of different tones and hues, or even just get more of the colors you use more often.

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