ArtHero

This professional artist line utilizes a 100% acrylic polymer emulsion binder free of fillers, extenders, or opacifiers. Each color retains the pigment’s natural gloss and viscosity, ensuring archival permanency. The thick rheology retains crisp brushstrokes and tool marks, while the film remains flexible and resistant to UV degradation.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; contains no fillers, extenders, opacifiers, or matting agents.• Rheology: High viscosity with high yield stress; retains crisp impasto brushstrokes and palette knife marks without leveling or sagging.• Surface Sheen: Finish is pigment-dependent (varying from satin to high gloss) rather than unified, as no matting agents are added.• Pigment Load: Exceptionally high pigment-to-binder ratio; prioritizes single-pigment formulations to prevent muddying during mixing.• Lightfastness: The majority of the line is rated ASTM Lightfastness I (Excellent) for professional archival permanence.• Flexibility: Dried film offers superior flexibility and durability, resisting cracking even in thick applications or on rolling canvases.• Color Shift: Exhibits a noticeable wet-to-dry color shift (darkening) as the milky acrylic emulsion clears during polymerization.• Drying Mechanism: Cures via water evaporation followed by particle coalescence; surface dries in 10–20 minutes depending on humidity.• Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to wide range of non-oily porous and semi-porous surfaces (canvas, wood, paper, primed metal).• Impasto Suitability: Ideal for heavy texturing and structural applications where physical depth is required.• Medium Compatibility: Fully compatible with all Golden gels, mediums, and pastes to modify viscosity, sheen, or transparency.• Solubility: Water-soluble when wet; permanent and water-resistant when dry (requires alkaline solvents for removal).

This hybrid medium utilizes a pure acrylic polymer emulsion binder rather than traditional gum arabic, rendering the dried film water-resistant and permanently flexible. This distinguishes it from standard designer’s gouache, as layers will not re-wet or lift during overpainting. Formulated with extremely high pigment loads and no added opacifiers, it delivers consistent opacity and a flat, velvet matte surface finish.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Composition: Pure acrylic polymer emulsion; allows for flexibility and water-resistance unlike traditional gum arabic gouache.• Surface Finish: Dries to a velvet matte finish regardless of the pigment, ideal for scanning and digital reproduction.• Re-solubility: Waterproof once dry; layers can be overpainted without lifting or muddying the underlying colors.• Color Shift: Engineered for minimal wet-to-dry color shift; the wet paint visually matches the dry state for accurate color mixing.• Opacity: Extremely high covering power achieved through pigment load rather than cheap chalk fillers.• Leveling: Self-leveling properties minimize brushstrokes, creating flat fields of color ideal for design and illustration.• Substrate Versatility: Adheres to a wider range of surfaces than traditional gouache, including acetate, glass, metal, and plastic.• Flexibility: More flexible than traditional gouache (which is brittle), allowing use on paper or canvas without cracking.• Compatibility: Compatible with all other water-soluble media, though mixing with glossy acrylics will alter the matte finish.• Drying Time: Quick drying (similar to acrylics); does not remain workable as long as gum-based gouache.• Pigment Quality: Uses lightfast pigments (rated for permanence) rather than fugitive dyes often found in student gouache.• Clean-up: Must be cleaned with soap and water immediately; dried paint is permanent and difficult to remove from brushes.

This academic-grade line offers exceptional value by balancing high pigment loads with reliable performance. Formulated with a buttery, medium-viscosity consistency, it handles similarly to professional paints but at a fraction of the cost. It utilizes both genuine pigments and high-quality "Hue" mixtures to ensure lightfastness and consistent coverage for students and large-scale applications.Technical Specifications & UsageGrade Classification: Student/Academic grade; formulated with slightly lower pigment concentrations than professional lines and uses extenders to maintain volume and economy.Rheology: Medium-to-Heavy body consistency; buttery and substantial enough to hold brush marks, though softer than professional heavy body paints.Pigment Strategy: Extensively utilizes "Hue" formulations (e.g., Cadmium Red Hue) to replace toxic and expensive heavy metals with safer, lightfast organic alternatives.Surface Sheen: Dries to a unified satin finish across the entire color range, eliminating the gloss variations typically found in raw pigment paints.Binder Composition: Acrylic polymer emulsion; ensures the dried film is flexible, non-yellowing, and water-resistant.Lightfastness: The majority of colors are rated ASTM I or II, ensuring that student work and underpaintings remain archival.Opacity: Opacity is often adjusted with fillers to improve coverage; light colors cover significantly better than many competing student brands.Color Shift: Exhibits a noticeable value shift (darkening) from wet to dry, typical of standard acrylic emulsions containing matting agents.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Blick’s professional line (Utrecht), as well as Golden, Liquitex, and all standard acrylic mediums.Adhesion: Bonds well to canvas, wood, paper, and primed masonry; widely used for theatrical scenery and murals due to its cost effectiveness.Safety: Certified AP non-toxic; safe for educational settings and use by artists with sensitivities to solvents or heavy metals.Drying Time: Fast drying (15–20 minutes); creates a permanent film that cannot be reactivated with water.

This revolutionary formulation features a relaxed acrylic polymer binder engineered to resist skinning and remain wet on the palette for extended periods. It bridges the gap between acrylics and oils, allowing for subtractive techniques, prolonged blending, and softening of edges. The working time is typically 10 to 100 times longer than traditional acrylics, depending on film thickness and humidity.Technical Specifications & Usage• Open Time: Stays workable on the palette for hours without misting; sealed palettes can remain usable for weeks.• Rheology: Softer consistency than heavy body acrylics; exhibits a relaxed property that self-levels slightly, reducing brushstroke texture.• Impasto Limitation: NOT suitable for thick impasto applications (over 1/16 inch); thick layers will dry unevenly, causing wrinkling or crazing due to trapped moisture.• Subtractive Techniques: Allows for "lifting" wet paint with a rag or dry brush to create highlights, a technique impossible with standard fast-drying acrylics.• Binder Composition: Unique acrylic polymer emulsion designed to retard the evaporation of volatile components.• Drying Mechanism: Cures via evaporation, but at a significantly retarded rate; thin layers dry to the touch relatively quickly, while thicker films require weeks to fully lock down.• Re-wetting: Remains water-soluble for a long window; allows for reworking even as the paint begins to stiffen, unlike the immediate "lock" of standard acrylics.• Compatibility: Fully intermixable with standard Golden acrylics and mediums; adding standard acrylics to this line will accelerate the drying time proportionally.• Varnishing: Requires a significantly longer curing period (minimum 30 days for thin layers) before varnishing to ensure all volatiles have escaped.• Pigment Load: Equivalent high pigment concentration to the heavy body line; opacity and transparency are determined by the pigment nature.• Outdoor Use: Not recommended for outdoor murals due to the extended curing time which leaves the film vulnerable to rain and dust entrapment during drying.• Clean-up: Clean-up is easier than standard acrylics as the paint does not dry hard on brushes during the painting session.

Designed primarily for the hobbyist and educational market, this brand focuses on accessibility through extensive pre-mixed color palettes sold in sets. The formulation features a medium-viscosity, soft-body consistency that lies between fluid and heavy body paints. While marketed as "Premium," technically it performs as a student-grade acrylic, utilizing composite pigments and fillers to maintain affordability and uniformity.Technical Specifications & UsageGrade Classification: Student/Hobbyist grade; formulated for economy and ease of use rather than professional archival mixing standards.Rheology: Medium viscosity / Soft Body; the paint is smooth and creamy but lacks the structural yield stress to hold high peaks or sharp palette knife ridges.Pigment Strategy: Heavily utilizes "Hue" formulations and multi-pigment mixtures to create specific colors (e.g., "Seafoam Green") directly out of the tube, reducing the need for user mixing.Opacity: Generally semi-opaque to opaque; opacifiers and fillers are often added to ensure that light colors cover well, though this can reduce translucency for glazing.Surface Sheen: Dries to a unified satin-to-semi-gloss finish; the sheen is standardized across the range to prevent patchy results.Lightfastness: Utilizes an internal rating system (typically stars or +++ symbols) rather than standard ASTM testing; while many colors are permanent, some bright/fluorescent hues are fugitive.Color Shift: Exhibits a significant wet-to-dry color shift (darkening), as the milky binder clears and the fillers dry down.Intermixability: Compatible with standard acrylic mediums and other brands, though mixing with professional heavy body paints will significantly soften the texture.Packaging: Sold primarily in pliable plastic tubes within large sets; the plastic is thinner than professional brands, designed for easy squeezing.Adhesion: Good adhesion to standard porous surfaces (canvas, paper, wood, rock); widely used for "pour painting" when mixed with pouring mediums due to its flow.Drying Time: Fast drying (10–20 minutes); the thinner film thickness usually results in a rapid cure.Application: Ideal for color theory practice, craft projects, and beginners who prefer a wide spectrum of ready-to-use colors over mixing from primaries.

Manufactured by Plaid Enterprises, this ubiquitous craft-grade acrylic is formulated specifically for decorative painting on porous surfaces. It features a fluid, self-leveling consistency designed to minimize brushstrokes and provide uniform coverage. The formulation prioritizes immediate opacity via high filler content rather than pure pigment load, drying to a distinctive, velvety dead-matte finish.Technical Specifications & UsageGrade Classification: Craft/Decorative grade; formulated for economy and coverage rather than archival permanence or lightfastness.Rheology: Low viscosity / Fluid; pours easily and levels out quickly, making it unsuitable for impasto or texturing techniques.Surface Sheen: Dries to a completely flat, non-reflective matte finish, which hides surface imperfections on craft projects.Pigment Strategy: Relies heavily on opacifiers, fillers (like calcium carbonate), and pre-mixed "Hue" pigments to achieve coverage and specific color matches.Adhesion: Optimized for porous substrates such as wood, Styrofoam, terra cotta, and plaster; adhesion to non-porous surfaces (plastic, glass) is poor without primers.Opacity: High opacity; designed to cover background colors in 1–2 coats, making it ideal for base-coating and stenciling.Tinting Strength: Low; due to the high volume of white fillers, mixing this with other paints will significantly desaturate and "chalk out" the mixture.Durability: While permanent, the dried film is less durable and water-resistant than artist-grade acrylics; it is intended strictly for indoor use.Safety: Certified AP non-toxic and water-based; widely used in educational settings due to its safety profile.Drying Time: Extremely fast drying (5–15 minutes) due to the porous nature of the binder and fillers.Intermixability: Technically compatible with artist acrylics, but adding Apple Barrel to professional paints will drastically lower the sheen and archival quality of the mix.Clean-up: cleans up easily with soap and water; unlike professional acrylics, dried paint can often be removed from brushes with warm soapy water.

This professional-grade line is engineered to deliver top-tier performance at a direct-to-consumer price. It features a high-viscosity, heavy body consistency suitable for structural impasto techniques. Formulated with high pigment loads and no fillers, it ensures intense saturation, clean mixing, and archival stability comparable to premium national brands.Technical Specifications & UsageRheology: Heavy body consistency; stiff enough to retain sharp brushstrokes and palette knife marks without leveling out.Grade Classification: Professional/Artist grade; formulated with maximum pigment concentration and zero fillers, extenders, or adulterants.Pigment Strategy: Offers genuine heavy metal pigments (Cadmiums, Cobalts) alongside modern organics, differentiating it from the "Hue" based Studio line.Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; provides a durable, flexible, and water-resistant film that resists yellowing.Surface Sheen: Dries to a satin-to-gloss finish, varying naturally based on the oil absorption and character of the individual pigment.Opacity: Coverage is dictated strictly by the pigment's nature; transparent colors are crystal clear for glazing, while opaque pigments cover aggressively.Color Shift: Exhibits the standard wet-to-dry value shift (darkening) inherent to traditional acrylic emulsions as the milky binder clears.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Utrecht (their sister brand), Golden, Liquitex Professional, and all standard acrylic mediums.Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to all properly prepared surfaces including canvas, panel, wood, and masonry.Value: Positioned as a "value professional" brand; offers the chemical performance of top-tier brands (like Golden) at a lower price point due to house-brand economics.Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (15–20 minutes surface dry); cures to a non-tacky film.Safety: While most colors are non-toxic, the genuine Cadmium and Cobalt colors require standard safety precautions regarding ingestion and sanding.

This German-manufactured line represents the "finest artists' quality" tier, engineered for maximum pigmentation and color brilliance. A defining characteristic of the formulation is the minimal color shift between the wet and dry states, addressing a common complaint among acrylic painters. It utilizes a high-solids acrylic vehicle that ensures the paint retains its volume and dimensional stability upon drying, making it a robust choice for heavy body applications.Technical Specifications & Usage• Color Shift: Specifically formulated to minimize the "wet-to-dry" value shift; the color observed on the palette remains virtually identical after drying.• Rheology: Heavy body, pasty consistency; offers significant resistance to the brush and retains crisp tool marks and steep peaks for impasto work.• Pigment Load: Extremely high pigment concentration; ensures intense saturation and allows for extensive dilution without breaking the binder.• Titanium White: The "Titanium White" in this range is renowned in the industry for possessing exceptionally high opacity and covering power, often cited as one of the most opaque whites available.• Binder Composition: 100% pure acrylate emulsion with a high solids content, which reduces volume shrinkage during the curing process.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform, elastic satin finish, avoiding the "plastic" look sometimes associated with lower-grade acrylics.• Elasticity: The dried film is tough and highly flexible, ensuring durability on flexible grounds like canvas without cracking.• Water Resistance: Permanent and water-resistant once dry; highly durable against surface abrasion.• Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to all clean, grease-free surfaces including canvas, paper, wood, and metal.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate; dries rapidly on the surface, allowing for quick overpainting.• Odor: Characterized by a mild, pleasant odor compared to some ammonia-heavy acrylic emulsions.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with all Schmincke acrylic mediums and other professional acrylic lines.• Single Pigments: A significant portion of the range consists of single-pigment colors, ensuring clean, bright mixtures.

This versatile, academic-grade formulation offers a soft-body consistency designed for smooth application and broad coverage. Engineered with a high pigment loading relative to its class, it balances economy with archival performance. The fluid rheology enables easy covering of large surface areas while maintaining water resistance and exterior durability, making it a standard for murals.Technical Specifications & Usage• Grade Classification: Academic/Student grade; utilizes high-quality pigments at a lower concentration than the manufacturer's professional "Cryla" line.• Rheology: Soft-body, creamy consistency; flows readily from the tube and covers large areas easily without the need for extensive dilution.• Binder Composition: Acrylic polymer emulsion formulated for durability and flexibility; significantly superior to craft-grade paints.• Outdoor Durability: The dried film is water-resistant and highly durable against weathering, making it a preferred choice for outdoor murals and scenic painting.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform semi-gloss or satin finish across the range, providing a consistent look without varnish.• Pigment Strategy: Extensively uses "Hue" formulations (e.g., Cadmium Red Hue) to replicate expensive heavy metals using safer, more affordable organic pigments.• Opacity: Offers excellent covering power; opacity varies by pigment but is generally higher than professional lines due to the inclusion of some opacifiers.• Screen Printing: Uniquely formulated to be particularly effective for screen printing when mixed with the System 3 Screen Printing Medium.• Adhesion: Strong adhesion to most surfaces including canvas, masonry, wood, and primed metal.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (10–20 minutes); cures to a water-insoluble film.• Flexibility: Maintains flexibility on flexible surfaces like paper and canvas, preventing cracking during handling.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with all Daler-Rowney acrylic mediums and professional acrylic lines.• Lightfastness: Most colors are rated with 3 or 4 stars (Good to Excellent) on the manufacturer’s scale, ensuring longevity for student work.

SynopsisThis professional line is widely respected for offering high-quality performance at a direct-to-consumer value. Formulated with a 100% acrylic polymer emulsion, it features a heavy body consistency that is slightly stiffer than many competing brands, making it excellent for structural impasto work. The formulation avoids the use of opacifiers and fillers in its pure pigment colors, ensuring that tinting strength and brilliance remain high.Technical Specifications & UsageRheology: Heavy body, stiff consistency; holds crisp brushstrokes and palette knife peaks with minimal slumping.Pigment Load: High pigment concentration; pure colors are formulated without extenders, providing excellent mixing power and saturation.Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; ensures maximum durability, flexibility, and archival adhesion.Surface Sheen: Dries to a satin-to-gloss finish, varying slightly depending on the natural character of the pigment (no matting agents added to unify sheen).Cadmium-Free Options: One of the first major brands to pioneer a comprehensive line of "Cadmium-Free" pure pigment alternatives that closely match the opacity and mixing behavior of genuine cadmiums.Opacity: Dependent on pigment nature; transparent pigments remain clear for glazing, while opaque pigments cover aggressively.Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to canvas, panel, wood, and masonry; suitable for both studio and mural applications.Flexibility: Cures to a tough, elastic film that resists cracking on flexible supports.Intermixability: Fully compatible with all professional acrylic mediums and paints; frequently mixed with Utrecht's own gel mediums to extend volume for large works.Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (15–20 minutes for thin layers); thick applications require longer to cure throughout.Value: Because Utrecht (now owned by Blick) often acts as the manufacturer and retailer, the price point is typically lower than comparable professional brands like Golden or Liquitex.Color Shift: Exhibits the standard acrylic wet-to-dry value shift (darkening) typical of traditional polymer emulsions.

Formerly known as "Finity," this line is engineered around a revolutionary clear acrylic binder that solves the most common complaint with acrylic paints: the color shift. Standard acrylic emulsions are milky white when wet and clear when dry, causing colors to darken (shift in value) as they cure. Winsor & Newton’s proprietary binder is transparent even when wet, ensuring that "what you see is what you get"—the wet color matches the dry color perfectly.Technical Specifications & UsageColor Shift: Features a unique clear resin binder that eliminates the wet-to-dry value shift, allowing for precise color matching and predictable mixing.Binder Clarity: The transparency of the binder results in cleaner, brighter mixtures compared to standard "milky" emulsions which can slightly cloud pigments before drying.Working Time: Formulated to remain open slightly longer than standard acrylics (approx. 20–30 minutes), offering a wider window for blending on the canvas without the immediate use of retarders.Rheology: Medium-to-Heavy Body; smooth and buttery consistency that retains brushstrokes but offers less resistance/drag than stiff impasto brands like Matisse or Tri-Art.Pigment Load: Maximum pigment concentration with no fillers or extenders in the professional range; approximately 80% of the line consists of single-pigment colors.Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform satin finish across the range, balancing the differences between naturally glossy and matte pigments.Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to all standard surfaces; the binder is formulated for high flexibility and non-yellowing archival performance.Titanium White: The Titanium White in this range is particularly noted for its clean, bright character and heavy coverage, owing to the clear vehicle.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Winsor & Newton Galeria (student grade) and all standard acrylic mediums, though mixing with standard emulsions will reintroduce the color shift.Drying Time: While the working time is extended, it still cures to a water-resistant film within standard acrylic timeframes (approx. 30 minutes for thin layers).Innovation: This line effectively renders the "color shift" issue obsolete for artists who require absolute precision in color planning.

This popular student-grade line is formulated to offer dependable quality at an economical price point. It utilizes the same permanent acrylic binder as the professional range but with a lower pigment concentration and the inclusion of compatible extenders. The consistency is buttery and substantial, capable of holding brushstrokes while leveling more smoothly than professional heavy body paints.Technical Specifications & Usage• Grade Classification: Student/Academic grade; balanced for economy by using lower pigment loads and "Hue" mixtures for expensive colors.• Rheology: Medium viscosity; thick enough to retain peaks and texture, but flows more easily than professional Heavy Body acrylics.• Binder Composition: Acrylic polymer emulsion containing extenders and matting agents to unify the texture and finish.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a satin finish across the board, eliminating the gloss variations typically found in raw pigment paints.• Pigment Strategy: Extensively utilizes "Hue" formulations (e.g., Cadmium Orange Hue) to simulate expensive heavy metal pigments using safer, cheaper organics.• Lightfastness: The majority of colors hold an ASTM I or II rating, ensuring that student work remains archival and permanent.• Opacity: Opacity is often adjusted with fillers; some naturally transparent pigments may appear semi-opaque due to the formulation.• Color Shift: Exhibits a lighter value when wet and dries to a deeper, permanent hue (standard acrylic color shift).• Adhesion: Bonds well to canvas, paper, wood, and masonry; suitable for underpainting and sketching.• Flexibility: Cures to a durable, flexible film that resists cracking, consistent with the Liquitex brand reputation.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with Liquitex Professional colors and mediums; ideal for sketches or large-scale underpainting before using professional paint.• Safety: Certified AP non-toxic and holds the Art & Creative Materials Institute seal, making it safe for educational use.

This widely used academic-grade line is engineered to deliver professional results at an accessible price point. It features a "free-flowing" consistency that is softer than traditional heavy body paints, making it easier to brush out for smooth coverage while still retaining enough body to hold texture. The formulation balances high pigment levels with opacity, providing excellent brilliance and covering power without the high cost of pure heavy metal pigments.Technical Specifications & UsageGrade Classification: Academic/Student grade; offers significantly higher pigment strength and opacity than craft paints, bridging the gap to professional lines.Rheology: Soft-body / "Flow" consistency; easy to manipulate on the palette and applies smoothly without requiring dilution, yet substantial enough to retain brush marks.Pigment Strategy: Utilizes a combination of genuine pigments and high-quality "Hue" formulations (e.g., Cadmium Red Hue) to maintain an affordable, uniform price across the range.Surface Sheen: Dries to a unified satin finish, providing a consistent appearance across all colors and eliminating the patchwork gloss/matte effect of raw pigments.Opacity: Formulated for high covering power; widely favored for backgrounds and large-scale block-ins because most colors are opaque or semi-opaque.Binder Composition: Acrylic polymer emulsion; ensures the dried film is water-resistant, durable, and flexible.Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces including canvas, paper, wood, and primed masonry.Clean-up: Water-soluble when wet; brushes and tools can be cleaned with soap and water before the paint dries.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylics and all standard acrylic mediums.Color Shift: Exhibits the standard wet-to-dry color shift (darkening) inherent in acrylic emulsions.Durability: Although a student grade, the binder quality ensures that the work remains archival and resistant to aging when stored properly.Application: Ideal for artists requiring large volumes of paint, underpainting, and students learning color theory without the expense of professional heavy body paints.

This collegiate-grade formulation strikes a balance between professional performance and student economy by utilizing genuine pigments alongside high-quality "hues." The binder system provides a consistent medium viscosity that manipulates easily without extensive dilution. It is specifically engineered to allow students to transition to professional paints without relearning color mixing or handling characteristics.Technical Specifications & Usage• Grade Classification: Collegiate/Student grade; offers a higher pigment load than craft paints but utilizes more extenders than professional lines.• Rheology: Medium viscosity (soft body); stiff enough to hold moderate texture but fluid enough for smooth coverage without dragging.• Pigment Strategy: Relies on a combination of genuine cadmium/cobalt pigments and organic "Hues" to maintain a uniform price point across the range.• Lightfastness: All colors are rated according to ASTM D-5098 standards, ensuring that even student work maintains archival stability (mostly Lightfastness I & II).• Surface Sheen: Dries to a consistent semi-gloss to gloss finish, differing from the matte finish typical of many lower-tier student brands.• Tinting Strength: Moderate tinting strength; excellent for direct application but may require larger ratios when mixing with white compared to professional heavy body paints.• Opacity: Formulated for high covering power; naturally transparent pigments are often adjusted with opacifiers to help students achieve coverage faster.• Safety: Certified AP non-toxic; free from heavy metals in the "Hue" versions, making it safe for educational settings.• Adhesion: Superior adhesion to canvas, paper, wood, and fabric; formulated to prevent peeling even when applied in thinner layers.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with Grumbacher professional acrylics and standard acrylic mediums, allowing for gradual upgrades in material quality.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (15–20 minutes); cures to a water-insoluble, flexible film.• Color Shift: Exhibits the standard wet-to-dry color shift (darkening) inherent in acrylic emulsions that use a milky white binder.

This professional-grade line is unique in the industry for its factory-direct distribution model, which eliminates retail markups to offer artist-quality paint at student-grade prices. Formulated with a pure acrylic resin and high pigment loads, it features a fluid, creamy consistency (soft body) rather than a stiff impasto texture. It is widely regarded as an industry standard for muralists and large-scale painters due to its durability and exceptional cost-per-volume ratio.Technical Specifications & Usage• Distribution Model: Sold exclusively by the manufacturer (direct-to-consumer); this allows for professional pigment loading at a significantly lower price point than retail brands.• Rheology: Soft-body, fluid consistency; flows easily right out of the jar and is optimized for covering large surface areas without dragging.• Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; ensures a tough, flexible film suitable for harsh exterior environments.• Mural Application: Extremely popular among muralists for its weather resistance, UV stability, and availability in bulk sizes (pints, quarts, gallons).• Pigment Load: High pigment concentration comparable to premium retail brands; allows for substantial dilution without losing color identity.• Surface Sheen: Generally dries to a semi-gloss or gloss finish, depending on the pigment, as few matting agents are added to the formulation.• Texture Modification: Because the base paint is fluid, heavy texture requires the addition of the manufacturer's gel mediums or thickening pastes.• Adhesion: Superior adhesion to masonry, stucco, wood, canvas, and metal; designed to bond permanently to architectural surfaces.• Opacity: Excellent covering power; the soft consistency allows for smooth, opaque layers that hide underpainting effectively.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with all standard professional acrylics (Golden, Liquitex) and mediums.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate; dries to the touch quickly, facilitating rapid progress on large walls.• Container Style: Sold in wide-mouth jars rather than tubes, facilitating easy access for large brushes and palette knives.

This popular academic-grade line is specifically characterized by its "High Viscosity" formulation, designed to offer a thick, tactile consistency at an economical price. It is engineered to retain brushstrokes and palette knife marks, allowing students and mixed-media artists to explore impasto techniques without the cost of professional heavy body paints. The range is notable for including specialty "Dyna" (iridescent) colors rarely found in student lines.Technical Specifications & Usage• Rheology: High viscosity; thick and substantial consistency that holds peaks and structural texture well, distinguishing it from softer fluid student paints.• Grade Classification: Student/Studio grade; utilizes reliable pigments at lower concentrations than professional lines, often substituting expensive metals with "Hue" mixtures.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform satin finish, though the "Dyna" colors exhibit iridescent and interference effects.• Specialty Colors: Uniquely includes "Dyna" colors—interference pigments that shift color depending on the angle of light—which are typically reserved for professional ranges.• Binder Composition: Acrylic polymer emulsion; formulated to be free of heavy metals, ensuring safety for educational and studio use.• Adhesion: Strong adhesion to a wide range of surfaces including canvas, cardboard, wood, metal, and cement.• Opacity: Variable opacity; offers a good balance of opaque and transparent colors, generally covering well for a student grade.• Drying Time: Surface dries to the touch in 30 minutes to an hour; complete curing takes 1–8 days depending on the thickness of the application.• Flexibility: Cures to a flexible, permanent film that resists cracking on standard flexible supports.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with other acrylic paints and Pebeo’s extensive range of auxiliaries and mediums.• Application: Ideal for dimensional work, relief painting, and mixed media applications where texture is a priority.• Clean-up: Water-soluble when wet; equipment cleans easily with soap and water.• Value: Offers a high volume-to-price ratio, making it a preferred choice for large-scale student projects and underpainting.

This liquid formulation utilizes a 100% acrylic polymer emulsion binder tailored to achieve the viscosity of heavy cream. Critically, it maintains the identical high pigment load as the manufacturer's heavy body line, ensuring it is not merely a diluted version of thicker paint. This preserves film strength and adhesion even at lower viscosities.Technical Specifications & Usage• Viscosity: Low viscosity (similar to heavy cream) designed to flow from the brush without dragging.• Pigment Load: Matches the high pigment concentration of heavy body paints; provides opaque coverage despite fluid nature.• Binder Ratio: High binder integrity ensures strong film formation; not "watered down" or weak like student-grade liquid acrylics.• Leveling: Excellent self-leveling properties; brushstrokes disappear, making it is ideal for flat color and glazing.• Application: Perfect for fine detail work, staining raw canvas, glazing, and watercolor-like washes.• Spray Application: Can be sprayed with an airbrush if mixed with Airbrush Medium (not straight from the bottle).• Fillers: Contains no extenders or opacifiers; transparency is determined strictly by the pigment's nature.• Sheen: Dries to a natural sheen based on the pigment (ranges from gloss to satin).• Flexibility: Extremely flexible dried film suitable for fabric and leather application.• Intermixability: Easily mixes with gels and pastes to increase thickness without losing color strength.• Drying Time: Dries relatively quickly due to thin application layers; useful for rapid layering techniques.• Permanence: Archival quality with ASTM lightfastness ratings consistent with the heavy body line.

This innovative professional formula utilizes a specialized acrylic binder that defies the immediate "fast-lock" drying process of traditional acrylics. Uniquely, the drying profile allows the artist to reactivate and re-blend the paint layers using a water mist or specific unlocking medium even after they have become touch-dry. This architecture enables wet-in-wet blending techniques typically reserved for oil painting.Technical Specifications & Usage• Reactivation Capability: Uniquely formulated to remain water-soluble for a controlled period; dried skin can be "re-opened" for blending using the manufacturer's Unlocking Formula.• Binder Composition: Patented acrylic polymer emulsion designed to cure gradually, offering a middle state between "wet" and "permanent" that standard acrylics lack.• Rheology: Heavy body, buttery consistency; holds brush marks and impasto texture without sagging, similar to traditional heavy body acrylics.• Working Time: Standard drying time (15–20 minutes) if left alone, but can be kept open indefinitely with a fine water mist, extending blendability for hours.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform, low-glare satin or velvet matte finish, which aids in photographing the work without specular reflection.• Curing Process: Eventually cures to a completely permanent, water-resistant film (typically after 24 hours or once the "Unlocking Formula" is no longer applied).• Pigment Load: Professional-grade high pigment concentration; offers intense color saturation and opacity comparable to other top-tier brands.• Layering: Functions as a standard acrylic for fast layering if the artist chooses not to re-wet the surface; compatible with rapid overpainting.• Tack-Free Drying: Unlike some retarder-heavy open acrylics that remain sticky for days, this paint dries to the touch quickly while remaining reactivatable underneath.• Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to standard acrylic grounds, canvas, and paper; best used on slightly absorbent surfaces to manage moisture control.• Intermixability: Compatible with traditional acrylics, though mixing with standard "fast-locking" acrylics will reduce or eliminate the interactive re-wetting properties.• Medium System: Relies on a specific system of mediums (Slow, Fast, and Unlocking) to control the viscosity and open time with precision.

This specialty range incorporates highly reflective mica platelets or synthetic oxide-coated particles within a 100% acrylic polymer emulsion. Unlike traditional metallic leaf, these pigments are non-oxidizing and will not tarnish over time. The optical effects vary from standard metallic reflection to angle-dependent interference shifts, highly influenced by the underlying substrate color.Technical Specifications & Usage• Reflective Agents: Utilizes mica flakes or borosilicate glass platelets coated with thin layers of titanium dioxide or iron oxide to generate light refraction.• Oxidation Resistance: Completely non-tarnishing; unlike real copper or bronze leaf, these synthetic pigments do not require clear-coating to prevent corrosion.• Interference Phenomenon: Interference colors exhibit a "color flip"; they appear opalescent/white on light surfaces but display intense vivid color when applied over black.• Substrate Influence: The perceived intensity is strictly dependent on the background value; dark backgrounds maximize the reflective "flash," while light backgrounds render the effect subtle or invisible.• Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; allows for flexibility and adhesion consistent with standard heavy body acrylics.• Sheen Management: Best maintained with Gloss mediums; mixing with Matte mediums or varnishes will scatter light and destroy the iridescent effect.• Tinting Strength: Low tinting strength; easily overpowered by opaque pigments, so they are best used as glazes or mixed with transparent colors.• Lightfastness: Extremely permanent; the inorganic nature of the coated mica particles makes them highly resistant to UV degradation.• Transparency: Ranges from semi-opaque (standard metallics like Gold/Silver) to extremely transparent (Interference colors).• Viscosity: Generally formulated with a heavy body consistency, allowing for textured metallic effects and retention of brushstrokes.• Combustibility: Non-combustible (unlike solvent-based metallic gilding paints); safe for standard studio use.• Application: Ideal for faux finishing, energetic highlights, and glazing techniques that require angle-dependent visual shifts.

This hybrid medium from Japan is formulated to combine the rich, velvety matte finish of traditional gouache with the water resistance and adhesion of acrylics. It distinguishes itself with an ultra-fine pigment grind that ensures smooth, streak-free application. Unlike traditional gouache, it dries permanently and cannot be re-wet, making it ideal for layering without lifting underlying colors.Technical Specifications & UsageBinder Composition: Acrylic resin binder; renders the paint waterproof and permanent once dry, solving the fragility issues of gum-arabic gouache.Surface Sheen: Dries to a totally dead-matte, opaque finish that scatters light, making it perfect for photography and digital scanning.Adhesion: Exceptional adhesion to a wide variety of substrates including paper, canvas, wood, glass, metal, and acetate (often adhering better to non-porous surfaces than standard acrylics).Opacity: High covering power; most colors are fully opaque, allowing light colors to cover dark backgrounds effortlessly.Rheology: Fluid, creamy consistency; smooths out easily to eliminate brushstrokes for flat, graphic color blocking.Color Shift: Engineered for minimal wet-to-dry color shift; drying to the same hue as the wet paint facilitates accurate color matching.Pigment Grind: Finely ground pigments provide a smooth texture that flows readily, suitable for fine detail work and illustration.Flexibility: Cures to a tough, flexible film; resists cracking even when applied to flexible surfaces like paper or fabric.Intermixability: Compatible with other water-based media; can be mixed with standard acrylics (though adding glossy acrylics will compromise the matte finish).Drying Time: Dries quickly (15–30 minutes); allows for rapid overpainting and layering.Pastel Range: Uniquely famous for its extensive "Japanesque" and pastel color palette, offering hues often unavailable in Western acrylic lines.Clean-up: Must be cleaned immediately with water; once dry, the paint is permanent and difficult to remove from brushes.

Utrecht has a historic reputation for manufacturing high-performance brushes, many of which are still handmade. Their natural bristle lines are iconic in the oil painting community for their "interlocking" construction and specific hair sourcing.1. Utrecht Rhenish™ Pure Hog Bristle BrushesThe Build: Hand-tied bundles of naturally curved, interlocked Chungking bristles.Technical Edge: The Rhenish™ line (Series 200/201/205) is Utrecht’s most famous. The term "Rhenish" refers to the Rhine region of Germany where these brushes were originally developed. They feature "silky flagged tips"—natural split ends that are softer than standard bristles—allowing for a massive paint load and smooth release without harsh track marks.Key Specs: Nickel-plated, double-crimped seamless ferrules; long hardwood handles.Best For: Scumbling, soft blending with heavy-body oils, and professional-tier studio work.2. Utrecht Natural Chungking Pure Bristle BrushesThe Build: 100% Top-grade white Chungking hog hair.Technical Edge: The Natural Chungking (Series 209) is designed to be the "stiffer sibling" to the Rhenish. While still interlocked to maintain shape, the hair is selected for maximum "snap" and torque. It is essentially a "sculpting" tool for thick paint.Key Specs: Polished natural wood handles and seamless nickel ferrules.Best For: Heavy impasto, moving thick lead-whites or cold wax mediums, and aggressive blocking-in.3. Utrecht Mixed Media Pure Bristle BrushesThe Build: Specialized natural hog bristle designed for cross-medium resilience.Technical Edge: The Mixed Media line is engineered to survive the chemical differences between acrylic resins and oil solvents. The bristles are processed to remain flexible even after being subjected to the rapid drying cycles of acrylics.Key Specs: Standard long handles; reinforced adhesive at the ferrule base to prevent shedding.Best For: Artists who jump between oils and acrylics regularly and want one reliable set of natural brushes.4. Utrecht Series 205 Fan BrushesThe Build: The finest quality hog hair bristles with a specifically wide spread.Technical Edge: While part of the Rhenish family, the Series 205 Fan is its own technical category. It uses interlocked hairs that press inward from both sides to the center, preventing the fan from becoming "clumped" or "spiky" when loaded with wet paint.Key Specs: Available in sizes 2 through 12.Best For: Feathering, glazing, and creating organic textures like clouds, fur, or foliage.

Tri-Art High Viscosity AcrylicsSynopsisThis Canadian-manufactured professional line is engineered to replicate the texture and resistance of oil paint. It features an exceptionally stiff, heavy body consistency designed for vigorous impasto techniques and distinct brushwork. A defining characteristic is the use of a proprietary 100% acrylic polymer emulsion that dries with superior clarity, ensuring that the pigment's true vibrancy is not muted by the milky cast found in standard binders.Technical Specifications & UsageRheology: Very heavy body; possesses a high yield stress that allows it to hold steep peaks and deep tool marks without slumping.Binder Clarity: Utilizes a premium acrylic emulsion that remains remarkably transparent even when wet, and dries crystal clear, maximizing deep value transparency.Pigment Load: Maximum pigment concentration; formulated without fillers or extenders, resulting in exceptional tinting strength.Surface Sheen: Adheres to a "natural sheen" philosophy; gloss levels are not unified with matting agents, meaning sheen varies (from matte to high gloss) based on the individual pigment’s character.Texture: Stiff and substantial; provides significant drag against the brush, mimicking the handling of tube oil paints.Flexibility: Despite its thickness, the cured film remains highly flexible and resistant to cracking, accommodating the movement of canvas.Adhesion: Superior adhesion to all standard art substrates; often acts as a strong adhesive for collage and mixed media elements due to its thick binder.Fillers: Contains no calcium carbonate or bulking agents; the volume and body are derived strictly from the polymer and pigment.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Tri-Art’s Liquid and Low Viscosity lines, as well as standard acrylic mediums.Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate, though the thickness of application permitted by this formula often necessitates longer curing times for the core of the paint to dry.Safety: The majority of the line is non-toxic, with specific handling required only for traditional heavy metal pigments (Cadmiums/Cobalts).Application: Ideal for spatula work, heavy texturing, and techniques where physical depth and relief are required.

This premium Swiss-manufactured line features a versatile, thixotropic consistency that bridges the gap between fluid and heavy body paints. Renowned for its exceptional pigment saturation and purity, it dries to a uniform, velvet-like semi-matte finish resembling traditional tempera. The formulation is highly concentrated, allowing for significant dilution without compromising the integrity of the binder.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Composition: pure acrylic polymer emulsion; engineered for maximum clarity and resistance to aging.• Rheology: Thixotropic, soft-body consistency; thick in the bottle but flows smoothly under the brush, making it ideal for large-scale application.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a consistent, noble semi-matte finish across all colors, eliminating the uneven gloss often found in pure acrylics.• Pigment Load: Extremely high pigment concentration; offers intense chromatic strength and coverage even when diluted.• Color Yield: Due to the high concentration, a small amount of paint covers a significantly larger surface area than comparable student or mid-tier brands.• Adhesion: Superior adhesion properties; binds permanently to practically any absorbent ground and many non-absorbent surfaces like primed metal.• Outdoor Durability: The dried film is tough, flexible, and weather-resistant, making it a preferred choice for high-quality exterior murals.• Transparency: Ranges from opaque to transparent based on pigment nature, but the "covering power" of the opaque colors is exceptional.• Flexibility: Cures to a highly elastic film that resists cracking, suitable for flexible supports and rolling.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with Lascaux's extensive range of mediums and varnishes, as well as other professional acrylic systems.• Drying Time: Dries rapidly to a water-insoluble film; allows for quick overpainting without lifting previous layers.• Application: Particularly favored for mural work, stage scenery, and large-format painting due to its smooth flow and consistent finish.

This pioneering formulation features a high-viscosity acrylic emulsion renowned for its smooth, buttery consistency. Unlike brands that allow sheen to vary by pigment, this line utilizes precise formulation to ensure a unified satin finish across the entire color spectrum. It offers excellent retention of brushstrokes while maintaining a softer friction profile than stiffer competitors.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Composition: High-quality acrylic polymer emulsion optimized for clarity and flexibility.• Surface Sheen: Formulated to dry to a unified satin finish across all colors, eliminating glossy/matte disparities between pigments.• Rheology: Smooth, buttery consistency (lower yield stress than Golden) that holds peaks but offers less drag during application.• Pigment Load: High pigment concentration suitable for professional mixing and archival applications.• Clear Resin Tech: Newer formulations utilize a clearer resin to minimize the "wet-to-dry" color shift common in standard emulsions.• Flexibility: Cures to an extremely flexible film, preventing cracking on flexible supports or loose canvas rolls.• Adhesion: High adhesion properties suitable for standard non-oily substrates including wood, canvas, and masonry.• Opacity: Variable by pigment nature; organic colors tend to be more transparent while inorganics are opaque.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (10–20 minutes), creating a permanent, water-insoluble film.• Safety: The majority of the line is AP non-toxic, with specific labeling for cadmium or cobalt based hues.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with all acrylic mediums and other professional acrylic brands.• UV Resistance: Formulated with UV resistant binders to prevent yellowing or embrittlement over decades.

This scholastic-grade formulation employs a water-based acrylic polymer emulsion designed to balance economy with performance. It features a flowable, soft-body consistency optimized for smooth application and rapid coverage. Formulated with non-toxic pigments and calcium carbonate extenders, it dries to a permanent, matte finish suitable for large-scale educational and craft applications.Technical Specifications & Usage• Grade Classification: Scholastic/Student grade; formulated with extenders to maximize volume and coverage at a lower cost.• Rheology: Fluid, soft-body viscosity; pours easily and levels significantly, minimizing brushstrokes but limiting textural buildup.• Binder Composition: Acrylic polymer emulsion containing significant solids and opacifiers to ensure opacity in fewer coats.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform flat or matte finish, unlike the satin/gloss typical of professional resin-heavy acrylics.• Safety: Certified AP non-toxic; specifically formulated for safety in educational environments and unrestricted use.• Pigment Load: Lower pigment concentration than professional lines; relies on opacifiers for coverage rather than pure tinctorial strength.• Drying Mechanism: Rapid drying via water evaporation; cures to a water-resistant film that cannot be reconstituted.• Adhesion: Good adhesion to standard porous surfaces (paper, cardboard, canvas, wood); less adhesion on non-porous substrates compared to pro acrylics.• Flexibility: Cures to a flexible film, though heavy layers may be more prone to cracking than pure resin paints due to high filler content.• Intermixability: Fully miscible with other acrylics and mediums, though mixing with professional heavy body paints will significantly reduce their viscosity.• Color Stability: Utilizes affordable pigments and hues; while stable for indoor display, it does not carry the rigorous lightfastness guarantees of artist-grade lines.• Clean-up: Easily cleans up with soap and water while wet; dried paint requires mechanical removal or harsh solvents.

This Swiss-manufactured line utilizes a high-grade acrylic emulsion binder formulated for exceptional color intensity and smooth application. Unlike heavy impasto paints, it features a creamy, soft-body consistency designed for ease of flow and uniform coverage without the need for extensive dilution. It is engineered to adhere to strict environmental and safety standards while providing professional-grade lightfastness.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Composition: High-quality acrylic polymer emulsion; formulated to balance pigment load with smooth flow characteristics.• Rheology: Creamy, soft-body consistency; offers low resistance to the brush and excellent flow, making it ideal for large flat areas and detail work.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform satin finish across the color range, providing a consistent appearance without the need for immediate varnishing.• Pigment Grind: Features finely ground pigments typical of Swiss manufacturing, resulting in bright, luminous colors and clean mixtures.• Opacity: Formulated for high covering power; most colors are opaque or semi-opaque, aiding in rapid coverage of the substrate.• Adhesion: Strong adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces including canvas, wood, plaster, and stone; suitable for non-oily supports.• Outdoor Suitability: The dried film is tough and weather-resistant, making it suitable for exterior murals and artistic interventions in public spaces.• Lightfastness: Colors are rated for permanence (often using the Blue Wool Scale alongside ASTM standards), ensuring resistance to UV fading.• Flexibility: Cures to an elastic, non-cracking film that accommodates the natural expansion and contraction of substrates.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate; dries to the touch quickly, allowing for rapid layering and overpainting.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with other acrylic paints and mediums; often used in conjunction with Caran d'Ache water-soluble pastels for mixed media.• Clean-up: Water-soluble when wet; equipment can be cleaned with mild soap and water, but dried paint requires solvents for removal.

This ultra-low viscosity line utilizes a 100% acrylic polymer emulsion binder modified to achieve an ink-like consistency. Unlike dye-based inks, this formulation uses lightfast pigments, ensuring the archival permanency and UV resistance of standard acrylic paint. It includes specific flow improvers to enable seamless application through minute apertures.Technical Specifications & Usage• Consistency: Water-thin, ink-like viscosity designed for immediate flow without dilution.• Pigment vs. Dye: Formulated with lightfast, ground pigments rather than fugitive dyes, ensuring archival color stability.• Tool Compatibility: Engineered to flow through airbrushes, dip pens, technical pens, and refillable markers without clogging.• Binder Type: 100% acrylic polymer; dries to a waterproof, durable film unlike water-soluble inks.• Sizing/Flow: Includes flow improvers and retarders to break surface tension and prevent tip-drying in pens.• Opacity: Ranges from transparent to opaque depending on pigment; "Opaque" colors in this line are exceptionally covering.• Application: Ideal for calligraphy, fine line detail, airbrushing, and staining techniques.• Fabric Use: Excellent for use on textiles as it penetrates fibers completely rather than sitting on top.• Settling: Pigments may settle due to low viscosity; requires vigorous agitation (shaking) before every use.• Sheen: Generally dries to a satin or semi-gloss finish, though some pigments may appear more matte.• Compatibility: Can be mixed with other acrylics, but adding thick mediums will destroy the "high flow" characteristic.• Safety: Spray application requires proper respiratory protection (NIOSH mask) to avoid inhaling aerosolized particles.

This specialized formulation is engineered to create an immersive, glare-free field of color with exceptional covering power. Unlike standard acrylics that vary in sheen, this line cures to a uniform, velvety matte finish that self-levels to eliminate brushstrokes. It creates flat, graphic blocks of color ideal for design, illustration, and digital reproduction.Technical Specifications & Usage• Surface Sheen: Dries to a totally dead-matte, non-reflective finish, making it ideal for photographing artwork without glare or specular highlights.• Leveling: Possesses a unique rheology that self-levels as it dries, relaxing out brush marks and texture to create a perfectly flat surface.• Opacity: Formulated for maximum opacity; nearly every color in the line covers fully in one or two coats, regardless of the pigment's natural transparency.• Color Intensity: Unlike cheap matte paints that look chalky or washed out, this line retains high chroma and saturation due to a specialized pigment-binder ratio.• Viscosity: Flowable, cream-like consistency; thicker than Fluid Acrylics but thinner than Heavy Body, optimized for smooth brushing without drag.• Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; provides flexibility and water resistance, unlike gouache which remains water-soluble.• Texture: Designed to be texture-less; not suitable for impasto or structural work as the paint will slump and flatten during drying.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with other Golden acrylics, though mixing with glossy paints or mediums will compromise the matte finish and leveling properties.• Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to smooth and textured surfaces; binds well to paper, canvas, and panel.• Digitization: The specific lack of surface texture and glare makes artwork created with this line significantly easier to scan or photograph accurately.• Drying Time: Dries relatively quickly to a permanent, water-insoluble film; allows for rapid layering of flat colors.• Varnishing: Can be varnished, but applying a gloss varnish will completely negate the primary benefit (the matte finish) of the product.

This hybrid formulation reimagines traditional gouache by replacing the gum arabic binder with a specialized acrylic polymer. The result is a paint that offers the intense opacity and matte finish of gouache but dries permanently water-resistant. It eliminates the need for dilution, possessing a creamy, fluid consistency straight from the bottle that flows without brush marks.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Composition: Acrylic polymer emulsion tailored to mimic the matte appearance of gouache while retaining acrylic durability.• Re-solubility: Waterproof and permanent once dry; unlike traditional gouache, layers cannot be reactivated or lifted by wet brushes.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a flat, non-reflective matte finish, perfect for illustration, scanning, and solid color blocking.• Opacity: Excellent covering power; the vast majority of the range is opaque, allowing light colors to be painted over darks effortlessly.• Rheology: Fluid, creamy consistency (no water needed); designed to be applied directly for smooth, flat areas without brushstrokes.• Flexibility: Cures to a flexible film, preventing the cracking and brittleness associated with traditional gum-based gouache.• Adhesion: Strong adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces including paper, canvas, wood, and primed plastics.• Application: Ideal for graphic design, illustration, and fine art applications where a flat, matte aesthetic is desired without glass framing.• Leveling: Self-leveling properties smooth out tool marks during drying, creating a pristine, graphic surface.• Intermixability: Compatible with other Liquitex acrylics and mediums, though mixing with glossy products will alter the matte finish.• Color Shift: Formulated to minimize the value shift between wet and dry states, ensuring predictable color mixing.• Container: Typically sold in squeezable bottles rather than tubes, facilitating direct application and mixing.

This high-quality studio line is designed to offer professional handling characteristics at a more accessible price point. Formulated in Germany, it features a medium-viscosity consistency that is ideal for both glazing and coverage. It distinguishes itself from standard student grades by avoiding cheap fillers that cloud mixtures, ensuring clean color intensity and reliable archival stability.Technical Specifications & Usage• Grade Classification: Studio/Fine Art grade; positioned between student and professional lines, offering higher pigment quality than typical academic paints.• Rheology: Medium viscosity (semi-liquid); flows easily for broad coverage but is substantial enough to retain moderate brush texture.• Pigment Concentration: High pigment load for its class; offers excellent color intensity and mixing strength without becoming muddy.• Binder Composition: High-quality acrylic acrylate binder; provides a tough, elastic film that resists aging and yellowing.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform satin-gloss finish, which enhances color saturation and depth.• Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to non-oily surfaces; widely used for canvas, board, wood, and mural applications.• Opacity: Features a balanced range of opaque and transparent colors, with "covering power" generally superior to standard student brands.• Elasticity: The dried film is highly flexible and tensile, preventing cracking even on larger, flexible canvases.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (fast); surface dries water-resistant within minutes, depending on thickness.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with Lukas professional acrylics (Cryl Pastos/Liquid) and all standard acrylic mediums.• Value: Frequently cited for its exceptional price-performance ratio, making it a favorite for artists working on large scales who need quality without the premium cost.• Safety: Generally water-based and solvent-free; safe for studio use with standard ventilation.

This ultra-premium line is manufactured by one of the oldest and most respected oil paint makers in the world. It is specifically engineered to bridge the gap between acrylic and oil painting by eliminating the "color shift" phenomenon. Unlike standard acrylics that darken as the milky binder clears, this proprietary binder is clear when wet, ensuring that the color you apply matches the color when dry. It incorporates the renowned high-density pigments found in Old Holland’s classic oil paints.Technical Specifications & Usage• Color Shift: Features a patented binder system that is optically clear even when wet; this eliminates the darkening effect (value shift) typical of standard acrylic emulsions.• Pigment Quality: Utilizes the exact same legendary pigments as the Old Holland Classic Oil colors, offering a level of saturation and lightfastness rarely seen in acrylics.• Pigment Load: Maximum pigment concentration with absolutely no fillers or extenders; this results in exceptionally high tinting strength.• Rheology: Buttery, medium-to-heavy body consistency; mimics the feel of oil paint and retains brushstrokes without slumping.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a satin-to-gloss finish; the sheen is determined by the natural characteristics of the pigment rather than matting agents.• Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer; provides archival stability, flexibility, and excellent adhesion to non-oily supports.• Opacity: Opacity is dictated strictly by the pigment; transparent colors are crystal clear, while opaque colors cover aggressively due to the pigment load.• Lightfastness: All colors are classified as Lightfastness I or II (ASTM), ensuring museum-quality permanence.• Price Point: Positioned at the very top of the market; typically more expensive than other professional brands due to the cost of the proprietary pigments (e.g., genuine Cobalts and Cadmiums).• Intermixability: Fully compatible with other professional acrylics and mediums, though mixing with "milky" binders will reintroduce the color shift issue.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate; allows for rapid layering despite the oil-like appearance.• Palette: Offers an extensive range of colors (over 160), including many historical and traditional hues not found in modern acrylic charts.

This professional line is formulated with a proprietary high-solids acrylic polymer emulsion (approximately 60% solids vs. the industry typical 45%). This higher solid content significantly reduces volume shrinkage during drying and extends the open working time, typically allowing for up to one hour of manipulation without the use of added retarders.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Solids: High-solids resin (approx. 60%) results in less water evaporation and less volume loss (shrinkage) upon drying.• Open Time: Inherently slower drying allows for 45–60 minutes of working time without the use of retarders or open mediums.• Consistency: "Creamy" heavy body rheology; flows more readily than stiff impasto acrylics while still holding texture.• Fillers: Contains no fillers, waxes, or bulking agents; texture is derived solely from the pigment and vehicle.• Tinting Strength: Exceptional tinctorial strength due to the absence of extenders; small amounts color large volumes of white.• Surface Sheen: Generally glossy to semi-gloss, dependent on the natural character of the individual pigment.• Drying Mechanism: Slower water evaporation rate due to high solid content; cures to a tough, flexible film.• Adhesion: Superior adhesion characteristics typical of high-quality acrylic emulsions.• Mediums: Compatible with standard acrylic mediums, though adding fast-drying mediums will negate the open time benefit.• Application: Ideal for plein air painters or artists who find standard acrylics dry too quickly on the palette.• Resin Clarity: Clear emulsion ensures bright, clean color mixtures without the milky haze of lower-grade binders.• Archival Quality: Formulated with lightfast pigments and non-yellowing resins for long-term permanence.

This Australian-manufactured professional line is renowned for its exceptionally rich, high-viscosity consistency. Designed specifically for impasto techniques, it possesses a structural integrity that supports high peaks and thick textures without collapsing. It utilizes only the finest quality pigments and a pure acrylic binder to ensure archival longevity and brilliant color saturation.Technical Specifications & Usage• Rheology: Very heavy body; widely considered one of the thickest acrylics on the market, ideal for palette knife application and energetic brushwork.• Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; ensures maximum flexibility and adhesion without the use of masking agents.• Impasto Capability: Engineered to hold steep peaks and deep textures; does not level or sag during the drying process.• Pigment Load: High pigment concentration; maintains color strength even when mixed with significant amounts of texture mediums or white.• Surface Sheen: generally dries to a glossy or semi-gloss finish, allowing the full depth of the pigment to be visible.• Australian Pigments: The range includes unique "Australian" colors (like Australian Red Gold) derived from regional earth pigments not found in other brands.• Flexibility: Cures to a tough, flexible film that accommodates the movement of canvas, preventing cracking in thick applications.• Adhesion: Strong adhesion to standard art surfaces; excellent for collage and mixed media integration.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with the manufacturer's lower viscosity "Flow" formula and all standard acrylic mediums.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate, though thick impasto layers will require significantly longer (days to weeks) to fully cure through.• Clarity: The binder dries clear, ensuring that the vibrancy of the pigment is not muted by milky residues.• Water Resistance: completely permanent and water-resistant once dry; suitable for exterior applications if properly varnished.

Formulated in Japan to mimic the texture of extra-fine oil colors, this professional line features a rich, buttery consistency that retains crisp brush peaks. It utilizes high-grade pigments milled to extreme fineness, delivering intense color saturation. The vehicle is a pure acrylic polymer that offers superior durability and lightfastness without distinct brush drag.Technical Specifications & UsageRheology: High viscosity (Heavy Body); specifically engineered to hold stiff peaks and sharp palette knife textures without slumping.Texture: Possesses a unique "oily" smoothness that offers less friction (drag) than other heavy body brands while maintaining structure.Binder Composition: 100% pure acrylic polymer emulsion; ensures a tough, flexible film that is water-resistant and archival.Pigment Quality: Utilizes the same premium pigments found in Holbein’s Artist Oil and Watercolor lines, including unique organic and traditional Japanese hues.Surface Sheen: Does not use matting agents to unify the line; sheen varies naturally from semi-gloss to gloss depending on the pigment's character.Grind: Features an exceptionally fine pigment grind, resulting in smooth washes when diluted and high tinting strength in mixtures.Opacity: High covering power in inorganic colors; organic colors are formulated for brilliance and clarity in glazing.Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to paper, canvas, wood, stone, and properly primed non-porous surfaces.Color Range: Includes unique "Luminous" (high-chroma/fluorescent) and "Pearl" colors within the standard range.Flexibility: Cures to a highly elastic film, preventing cracking on flexible supports even when applied in thick impasto layers.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Holbein Acryla Gouache, though mixing the two will increase the gloss level of the gouache.Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (surface dry in 15–30 minutes); thick applications require significantly longer curing times.

Originally invented in 1955 as the world's first fine art acrylic, this "low viscosity" formulation features a creamy, fluid consistency that is distinct from diluted heavy body paints. It offers the same high pigment load as the Heavy Body line but in a pre-filtered, self-leveling vehicle that eliminates brushstrokes. It is the industry standard for hard-edge painting, glazing, and fine detail work.Technical Specifications & UsageRheology: Low viscosity (Fluid/Soft Body); creamy and pourable right from the bottle, optimized for flow without compromising color strength.Coverage: Provides approximately triple the surface area coverage of Heavy Body acrylics due to its superior flow characteristics.Binder Composition: 100% acrylic polymer emulsion; creates a flexible, non-yellowing, and water-resistant film.Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform satin finish, though natural pigment differences may cause slight variations in gloss.Pigment Load: Contains the exact same high pigment concentration as Liquitex Heavy Body, ensuring intense saturation even in fluid applications.Leveling: Excellent self-leveling properties; brushstrokes essentially disappear, making it ideal for flat fields of color and graphic design.Texture: Smooth and non-granular; the pre-filtered consistency prevents clogging in airbrushes (when thinned) or technical pens.Packaging: Sold in ergonomic "squeeze" bottles with tapered nozzles, allowing for direct application, measuring, and airtight storage.Adhesion: Bonds aggressively to textile, wood, masonry, canvas, and smooth surfaces; widely used for fabric painting when mixed with mediums.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Liquitex Heavy Body, Acrylic Gouache, and all professional mediums.Opacity: Dependent on pigment nature (Opaque vs. Transparent), but the fluid nature allows for exceptionally smooth, streak-free opaque layers.Drying Time: Dries rapidly (10–20 minutes); thinner films cure faster than thick impasto applications.

This innovative line is instantly recognizable by its durable, flexible "soft pack" pouch packaging, which replaces traditional tubes or jars. The design is not merely aesthetic; it allows artists to squeeze out 100% of the paint without waste and prevents air entry, extending the shelf life. Inside, the paint is a high-pigment, heavy body formulation that bridges the gap between student and professional grades, offering a thick consistency suitable for energetic impasto work, street art, and large-scale muralism.Technical Specifications & Usage• Packaging Innovation: Utilizing a flexible, ultra-strong pouch, the container is pressure-resistant and virtually unbreakable, solving the issue of bursting metal tubes during transport.• Rheology: Heavy body consistency (creamy and thick); retains brush marks and palette knife texture effectively.• Waste Reduction: The pouch design allows the artist to roll the container to use every drop of paint, unlike rigid tubes where paint gets trapped in the crimp.• Color Visibility: Features a transparent window on the pouch, allowing the artist to see the actual wet paint color rather than a printed label representation.• Pigment Load: "Fine Art" quality pigmentation; offers significantly higher saturation and opacity than typical student-grade paints, benefiting from Sennelier’s pigment expertise.• Application: The nozzle design allows for direct application onto the canvas or wall, facilitating "action painting" and drip techniques without brushes.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform satin finish across the range.• Binder Composition: High-quality acrylic polymer emulsion; allows for excellent flexibility and adhesion.• Air Tightness: The pouch prevents air from entering after dispensing, which prevents the paint from skinning over or drying out inside the container.• Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to multiple surfaces including canvas, paper, wood, plaster, and stone.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with other acrylic paints and mediums; the heavy body nature blends well with other structural acrylics.• Range: Includes distinct finishes within the line, such as High Gloss, Matte, and Fluorescent, all identified by the pouch labeling.

Manufactured in France, this extra-fine line is formulated to replicate the rich, creamy texture of Sennelier’s legendary oil paints. It features a heavy body consistency ("colour paste") that retains precise brush and knife marks. The range prioritizes single-pigment formulations for clean mixing, utilizing the highest quality pigments to ensure archival stability and intense saturation.Technical Specifications & UsageRheology: Heavy body / "Colour Paste" consistency; rich and creamy, designed to hold tool marks like oil paint without the stiffness of some American brands.Pigment Origin: Uses the same high-quality pigments as Sennelier’s Extra-Fine Oils, including genuine Cadmiums and Cobalts alongside modern organics.Binder Composition: Pure acrylic polymer emulsion; ensures a permanent, non-yellowing, and highly flexible film.Single Pigments: A vast majority of the range consists of single-pigment colors, specifically engineered to prevent muddy mixtures when blending.Texture: Possesses a smooth, buttery "French" feel that offers low drag, distinguishing it from grittier or stiffer heavy body acrylics.Surface Sheen: Dries to a generally uniform satin finish, though natural pigment characteristics may cause slight variations in gloss.Adhesion: Aggressive adhesion to non-oily substrates including canvas, paper, wood, fabric, and cement.Flexibility: Cures to an extremely flexible film; suitable for thick impasto techniques on rolling canvas without cracking.Opacity: Varies by pigment nature; known for exceptional clarity and depth in transparent colors due to the high clarity of the resin.Intermixability: Fully compatible with Sennelier Abstract (pouches), additives, and other professional acrylic lines.Drying Time: Rapid surface drying (10–20 minutes); allows for quick layering and overpainting typical of acrylics.Odor: Formulated to have very low odor, making it suitable for unventilated studio spaces.

This academic-grade range is formulated with a high-quality 100% acrylic polymer emulsion binder combined with selected pigments and extenders. Unlike professional ranges, it utilizes inert fillers to achieve a uniform viscosity and sheen across the entire spectrum. It offers reliable archival stability and a medium viscosity suitable for broad coverage, murals, and educational applications.Technical Specifications & Usage• Binder Composition: 100% acrylic resin; includes fillers and extenders (such as calcium carbonate) to build volume and unify texture.• Grade Classification: Student/Academic grade; contains a lower pigment load compared to professional lines to maintain economy.• Rheology: Medium viscosity (soft body); softer than heavy body paints, it levels slightly while still retaining moderate brush marks.• Surface Sheen: Dries to a uniform satin to semi-gloss finish across all colors, regardless of the pigment nature.• Pigment Purity: Frequently utilizes "Hue" mixtures (blends of less expensive pigments) to mimic historical colors while keeping a single price point.• Lightfastness: Rated using the Royal Talens +++ system; the vast majority of colors offer excellent to very good lightfastness (equivalent to ASTM I & II).• Opacity: Due to the addition of opacifiers and extenders, naturally transparent pigments may appear semi-opaque or cloudy compared to professional versions.• Drying Time: Standard acrylic drying rate (10–30 minutes); dries to a durable, water-resistant film.• Alkali Resistance: Highly resistant to alkali environments, making it particularly suitable for wall painting and murals on concrete or stucco.• Flexibility: Cures to a flexible film, though slightly less elastic than pure resin professional paints due to the solid particulate content.• Adhesion: Excellent adhesion to virtually any non-oily, slightly absorbent surface.• Intermixability: Fully compatible with professional acrylics and mediums, though adding it to professional paint will lower the overall pigment concentration.