Acrylic
For reliability and versatility, it’s hard to beat acrylic. From heavy body acrylic paint to spray paints, and from pouring to acrylic inks and markers, no other kind of paint offers as much variety of texture, or room for customisation. There’s a formula for every application, and a wide range of mediums, tools, and surfaces to experiment with.
Browse professional and student quality acrylic paints, including heavy body, soft body, and fluid paint for pouring and staining.
Acrylic gouache has a velvety matt appearance. Brilliant color that can be thinned with water or acrylic mediums, and dries waterproof.
Highly saturated fluid acrylic color that can be used with airbrushes, dip pens, and with a brush for watercolour effects.
Working with spray paint is an experience like no other - how bold you make your mark is dependent on the pressure you apply.
Find the best surface for your technique. Whatever qualities you require, our comprehensive range will help you decide on the right surface for your practice.
Acrylic markers and pens produce bold, permanent, waterproof color that glides onto any surface via a pump action felt nib.
Everything you need to create a color pour painting, including pouring medium, liquid color, tools, and canvases and boards.
Brushes specifically for acrylics. The thinner the paint the softer the brush, and the greater the need for liquid holding capacity.
Alter the drying time, sheen, texture, or transparency of your paint with a medium, without undermining its structure.
A variety of tools designed to apply paint to substrates in interesting ways, from palette knives to silicone wedges.
A range of varnishes in gloss, satin, and matt options that will provide tough protection, greater depth, and a unified finish to your work.
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Acrylic: Why Paint with Acrylic?
Acrylic is a fast-drying medium, formulated to possess a wide range of properties. Acrylics are available in more varieties than any other fine art medium - this includes soft and heavy body acrylic paints, spray paints, acrylic inks, acrylic gouache, screenprint inks, and more. We stock a wide range of colours and viscosities, individually or as part of great value acrylic paint sets. This includes ranges from Golden, Holbein, Liquitex, Winsor & Newton, and our Jackson’s Acrylic Paints.
Acrylic is great for mixed media artists, with a water-mixable formula that adheres to many surfaces and creates a stable ground for almost all wet and dry media. Plus, with no solvents required for painting or clean-up, it’s a convenient choice for those painting at home.
Acrylics can be painted onto any surface - wood, canvas, paper or metal. Our surfaces department offers a multitude of artist-grade substrates. Acrylic gesso and primer offer the best surface preparation for your painting.
Mediums, gels and pastes give you even more flexibility. Add these to your paints to speed drying times, slow drying times, thicken your paint, thin the paint down or add texture. If your paint isn’t behaving quite as you want it to, there’ll be a medium out there to help.
Brushes for acrylic painting traditionally have a longer handle than watercolor brushes, allowing the painter to achieve more movement and stand back from the easel when painting. We sell brushes from leading makers including Da Vinci, Isabey, Silver Brush, Escoda, and our own Jackson’s brand brushes. Acrylic brushes should keep their shape and have good spring for years, so long as they are looked after with a brush cleaner. Tools such as palette knives can also offer exciting ways to apply paint.
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