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Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Large, comfortable non-slip matte finished handle crafted from the highest quality wood has been paired with top-of-the-line synthetic bristle heads. The result is artist quality brushes that offer excellent durability in large scaled applications that require rugged tools. The long handle is easy to grip for quick gestural strockes on large-scale work, or reaching high places.

Freestyle Large Scale Brushes meet the expanding needs of acrylic artists working in grandiose scales. 

Brush specifications:

• Sizes: 1 inch, 2 inch, 3 inch and 4 inch widths

• Ferrule: Stainless steel

• Handle: Contoured Black Satin

• Brush Type: Synthetic nylon

Techniques & Applications:

• Large surface covering

• Varnishing

• Broad gestural strokes

Care:

Caring for paintbrushes is essential to prolonging their lifespan by keeping them in good working condition.
  

Acrylic: clean in soapy water and rinse in warm water.
 

Practical information:
 

Never let dry before cleaning.
 

Using a hydrating paintbrush cleaner after using taltine or soap prevents bristles from drying and keeps the supple shape of the paintbrush.

• fluid viscosity
• fine art pigments
• highly versatile
• no dilution needed
• easy blending
• satin sheen

• Lightfast & archival
• Permanent
• Non-yellowing
• Flexible & non-cracking
• Water-resistant when dry
• Intermixable with all Liquitex products

• Contains 237 ml (8 oz)
• Can be used with acrylic paints and mediums
• Can be used on glass, ceramic and porcelain
• Recommended techniques: high gloss glass painting

• Stir slowly into acrylic colour, using no more than 10% paint to 90% medium
• Works best with Soft Body Acrylic and Acrylic Ink
• Let colour dry completely before curing
• Cure in the oven for 30 minutes at 300°F / 150°C
• Do not thin with water
• If foam appears when stirring, let the mixture sit while the bubbles rise and disappear

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

• fluid viscosity
• fine art pigments
• highly versatile
• no dilution needed
• easy blending
• satin sheen

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

• Increases colour depth and transparency
• Increases viscosity of soft body paints, giving a thicker consistency
• Extends colour further without affecting acrylic stability

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

• fluid viscosity
• fine art pigments
• highly versatile
• no dilution needed
• easy blending
• satin sheen

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

• fluid viscosity
• fine art pigments
• highly versatile
• no dilution needed
• easy blending
• satin sheen

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

• fluid viscosity
• fine art pigments
• highly versatile
• no dilution needed
• easy blending
• satin sheen

• fluid viscosity
• fine art pigments
• highly versatile
• no dilution needed
• easy blending
• satin sheen

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.