acrylic paint
Fast-drying artist's medium
Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made with pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion.
It dries water-resistant and flexible, cleans up with water while wet, and works on most surfaces.
Artists favor it for versatility—it can mimic watercolors when thinned or oils when applied thickly: She switched from oils to acrylics for the quicker drying time.
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- quick dryingEvaporates moisture rapidly
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
- mediumMiddle size or state
- wet on wetPainting into fresh paint
pouring · retarder · gesso · canvas · varnish · primer · matte finish · drying time · layering · emulsion · binder · impasto · opacity · stippling · color mixing · glazing · matte · smock
- paintingwatercolor, oils, watercolors, gouache, fresco
- rock paintingriver rocks, beach stones, garden stones, smooth stones, pebbles
- acrylicsgesso, retarder, extender, student grade, soft gel
- art suppliesbrush, pencil, easel, eraser, canvas
- craftssewing, knitting, glue, scissors, paper
- art mediachalk, charcoal, crayon, gouache, graphite
acrylic paintoil paint
Pigment bound with linseed
oils · watercolor · oil-based paint · watercolors · watercolour
paint, painting, painted, painter, paints, unpainted, paintbrush, repaint, acrylic