OPEN Re-Introduction
Browse All VideosOPEN is a slow-drying acrylic paint that enables painters to explore techniques traditionally reserved for oil paints. The slow-drying quality gives artists longer working time for easier blending and even subtractive techniques. There is a unique thinner and mediums for use with OPEN, but the paints are compatible with regular fast-drying acrylics and clean up with soap and water like regular acrylics.
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Label / Color chart Iconography - symbol guide
Explanations and definitions for the lightfastness and opacity symbols.