Acrylic
Acrylics are quick drying paints that can be used straight from a tube, like oil paints, or can be thinned with water, like watercolour.
Discover the best of both worlds and try this popular medium with our ultimate guide to acrylics and discover our great range of tips, techniques and demonstrations.
How to Paint a Dalmation
Follow Jeanne Filler Scott, step-by-step, as she paints her Dalmation, Katie, using acrylics.
How to Paint a Domestic Shorthair Cat
Follow Jeanne Filler Scott as she paints her Domestic Shorthair cat, Hazel, step-by-step in acrylics in this extract from her book 'Draw and Paint 50 Animals'
Paint a miniature landscape in acrylics with Alison Griffin
Follow Alison Griffin's step-by-step demonstration to try your hand at a miniature landscape painting using acrylics.
Hints and tips for painting skies in acrylic
Follow these great hints and tips from Rosemary Hale on how to paint skies using acrylic paints.
Painting outdoors with acrylic paints by Adebanji Alade
Adebanji Alade paints en plein air in Cromer, using acrylic paints to create lively, bustling seaside scenes.
How to mix greens
Tony Paul looks at the subject of how to mix greens and shows that it is far simpler than most of us imagine!