Acrylics: Pigments dispersed with acrylic resin (synthetic resins made by polymerization of acrylic acid esters). A medium for painting introduced during the early 1960s. It offers considerable freedom to the painter. Almost any support can be used, and only needs a single coat of acrylic primer. The colours can be put on with an impasto of upwards of 12.5 mm without danger of flaking or cracking. The acrylics can be diluted with water to simulate wash work. They dry out quickly and may be varnished or not as desired.

 

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