Scholarly Articles

Our revamped mixer allows creation of personal palettes to limit the paints which that can be included in mix receipes. Find mixes for colors with onl...

Fabric painting on wearable garments is not a difficult process. Find mixing recipes, application techniques, heat-setting methods, and laundering ins...

This article on Rheology will elaborate on the “feel” of acrylics and how that affects our painting.

A six-color palette and demonstration of the mixing potential when organized around an artist’s color wheel.

"The color of English rain” is the simple characterization of Payne's Gray that delineates the essence of this color.

Printmaking using OPEN Acrylics as the primary printing ink, and experimenting with High Flow and QoR Watercolors.

Animal glues have a long tradition in the preparation of oil painting supports as sizes and in traditional gesso grounds

How to mix colors to match discontinued Quinacridone Crimson, Quin/Nickel Azo Gold, and Quin Burnt Orange colors.

Due to QoR’s modern formula, the dry tube paint will re-wet easily and provide the intense saturation expected of QoR.

We discuss some commonly asked questions about sealing surfaces and ways that acrylics can protect or alter surfaces.

Learn how adding Retarder into acrylic paint increases the amount of painting time, improving blending, shading and more

We explore a variety of ways to create highly textured surfaces using acrylic paints, mediums and collage.