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Acrylics on watercolour paper?
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I’ve purchased System 3 acrylics and still finding my way around them. I’ve done a couple of paintings on the backs of watercolours that we’re destined for the bin. I usually paint watercolours on 640gsm, as I don’t stretch paper (life’s too short for stretching paper.)
What I would like to know, would that watercolour paper be ok for acrylics? I have quite a good supply of it. Or do I need special acrylic paper?
Also do you have to varnish acrylics or can you just leave them and mount them and frame them behind glass, like watercolour?
When I paint in acrylics, I still tend to use the watercolour technique and not have too concentrated.
Thanks
Ellen