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I've been painting on boards for a while and have a poll suspended from the ceiling from which I attach boards to dry, but I'm starting to use larger boards and canvases and my drying space is all but used up. And it will not handle the larger sizes. So where next ?
Anyone got any useful tips, suggestions etc. on how to store wet supports, particularly canvases. I'm getting less than supportive hints about taking over another room in the house, with paintings propped up aginst walls etc. So I have to crack this problem !
Thanks for any pointers.
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I know what Meltemi refers to. It has happened to me in the past. Most likely when we lay a watery wash on the top of a thicker layer which is not entirely dry. (on canvas) suddenly the thicker layer takes off and you can drag it with your brush ! Not very funny. If it happens you can rescue with a bit of white acrylic and LET DRY ! then cover it again.Otherwise you can lay as many thin watery layer as you wish.
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I have to ask this...
How many people (honestly - hand on heart) use acrylics as a fast-drying basecoat / underpainting for oils? I certainly do and they're fantastic for this task.
Especially as I am an impatiant person who requires instant results.
I know we have discussed 'the merits of acrylic' but there are some downsides...
Negative experiences of acrylics include
* I go through more acrylic brushes than any other (even though they are THOUROUGLY) washed out - once acrylic enters the ferrule - thats it. (cheap brushes are thus a good idea)
* Never, repeat Never drop acrylic paint on a new carpet. (Oh yes... that stain will be with me for the rest of that carpet's life)
* Don't let children anywhere near your acrylic paints - these tubes should be treated as hazardous items in the same vein as dangerous chemicals and medicines...
* I have found that the acrylics I have used dry in a darker tone than when applied - I know this, I tell myself this over and over but yet I keep repeating the error.
* If you don't have a stay-wet pallet (home made ones are good, re-using the irritating plastic packaging which comes with supermarket fruit & veg), don't use your best porcelain watercolour palette, unless you clean it out immediately after use.
But still It's a great medium...
and my sincere apologies for hijacking the thread...
*-)
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I have used Liquitex Acrylics for many many years now and find them so versatile that it is my main medium of choice. I also love watercolour and oil paints too.
I use liquitex acrylic as pure watercolour too for painting at times but I think that different brands of acrylic are not as suitable or versatile in my own experience for this use.
I had just ordered the new artists chroma acrylics and was so looking forward to trying these new paints out. They have arrived now. On opening the box I realised that I ordered the wrong box and got the artists chroma acrylic inks. aargh that wasn't cheap lol. I have a brand new set of Artists acrylic inks that I dont really want as I will get little use out of these, any offers lol. They are versatile too for different uses so I will try them later when my work load permits as I have a back log of paintings to do yet. I guess I will have to re order the Artists quality Chroma colours again but the right ones this time lol.
As I am prattling on I will go now lol.
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Got to jump on the thread here, too...I love acrylics and they are now my main medium as well as mixed media. I don't see anything wrong with using them as an underpainting for an oil painting, in fact I'm sure lots of artists do it, but just keep the fact quiet, it's almost a "shameful secret" like admitting to using photographs for reference [ohmigod!]instead of just using sketches. There is a certain amount of snobbishness I think amongst the buying public, that oils are somehow "superior" to acrylics, and therefore worth more money...if only they knew that many of these oil paintings have more than a touch of acrylic lurking beneath ! Nothing wrong with that.
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You are quite right Starlight, there is snobiness about Oil versus Acrylic.Acrylic is becoming more and more acknowledged as being a medium as good as Oil if anything it has long lasting properties. Now the quality of acrylic artist paint makes it perfect with the colours remaining as laid on the work and not darkening.My new Winsor and Newton are perfect !I do not feel the need anymore to paint in Oil.However you will never stop purist to think that no acrylic should be under Oil painting. It is a jolly good way to speed an Oil painting, I was doing so while painting portrait in Oil.
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W&N 'Galeria' is a easily spread paint [high flow formulation] with a a lower pigment density [hence its lower cost]. It has unique transparent properties that can be exploited by any artist...to describe it as either amateur or student grade is perhaps a disservice. See @Brandy Balloon' in my Miscellaneous portfolio for an example of its use over acrylic inks on canvas...perhaps?