{"id":69,"date":"2025-02-14T07:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T07:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/uncategorized\/samuel-life-in-other-word\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T21:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T21:54:09","slug":"a-worthy-painting-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"A Worthy Painting Companion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Those of you who follow my work have probably heard me extol the many virtues of acrylic paint.\u00a0 I bet some of you have given acrylics a try (and liked them!), while others have said \u201cmeh\u201d.\u00a0 You meh-sayers might be missing out. If you read on you might be pleasantly surprised what acrylics can offer.<\/p>\n

I first started using acrylics on a regular basis to move away from chemicals in the studio and in the field. Water based media was a logical solution; gouache, water mixable oils, and acrylics\u2026and I do use all of them for various reasons. The water mixable oils have replaced the traditional oils, the gouache is great for works on paper, but the acrylics have turned out to be the most surprising, versatile addition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the current art world, acrylics have found themselves on the main stage. There have been major improvements in the consistency, pigment load, and color range for many of the brands available today.\u00a0 I have figured out that with the right tools and brand of paint, you can use acrylics in a similar manner to oils and get a compatible look in your strokes. As a matter of fact, it is my experience that most people cannot tell the difference between my acrylic and oil paintings. AND, I am not alone. Other respected artists such as Kevin Macpherson, Kim English, Marc Hanson, Ann Larsen, and Joe Gyurcsak have added acrylics into their painting practice, too.<\/p>\n

Here are several reasons to consider adding this versatile medium into your studio and plein air practice:<\/p>\n

\u2022 No need to use solvents or other nasty chemicals.\u00a0 A more green and healthy work environment.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tonal under-paintings in acrylic dry super fast and allow you to move on to the next stage of your painting quickly.\u00a0 I frequently create an acrylic underpainting then go over it in oils.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Travel with acrylics is a breeze!\u00a0 Again, you have no chemicals to source and the fast drying time makes painting transport so easy.<\/p>\n

\u2022 You can stick to your usual palette of colors with acrylics.\u00a0 I use a warm and cool of each primary.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The quick drying time of acrylics can give you the expedience and confidence needed to achieve that spontaneous, painterly look that so many painters are after.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Those of you who follow my work have probably heard me extol the many virtues of acrylic paint.\u00a0 I bet some of you have given acrylics a try (and liked them!), while others have said \u201cmeh\u201d.\u00a0 You meh-sayers might be missing out. If you read on you might be pleasantly surprised what acrylics can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-mindset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myartroom.anishiv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}