DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics
Although I love working with various Finnabair paint lines (Art Alchemy), my favorite paint for Mixed Media and Assemblage artwork is DecoArt’s Media Fluid Acrylics. I promise – this is not a paid advertisement!
This paint performs wonderfully. After working with these Fluid Acrylics, I no longer purchase the small bottles of hobby craft paint (such as Americana and FolkArt) at my local hobby store. These cost a little more than those locally available craft paints and must be ordered online (at least in Oklahoma) but when you learn how much more you get from one bottle of Fluid Acrylics, the cost factor will shrink in importance. Here’s why Fluid Acrylics are first in my book:
- They are part of a Mixed Media line targeting Mixed Media/Assemblage artists
- They cover in one coat – no transparency unless you buy one of their products that is marked Transparent (which are wonderful as they are used to tint other colors)
- The colors are vibrant. I worked with hobby store paint for years before I started using DecoArt’s Fluid Acrylics and could never achieve the outstanding colors I was hoping for despite how much I mixed paints. There is no muddiness with these colors.
- The body of the paint is such that it doesn’t run. It’s not particularly thick – it just stays where you apply it and moves easily to cover as you want. My five-year-old grandson who often paints with me in my art room said it perfectly, “Can I use those paints (Fluid Acrylics) instead of these (my hobby paint)? Those are so much easier to use and make prettier pictures.” 🙂
- They blend beautifully. I can create any color I want. I keep records of just how I mixed each special paint color in case I want to use again in the future.
It can be challenging to find all of DecoArt’s colors in one place so I’m including a chart I recently discovered. I encourage you to order just a bottle or two and try it out for yourself.
You can usually find this paint line at Amazon but I take the time to compare prices before buying. Google the paint color you want and you’ll find a number of sites offering Fluid Acrylics for sale and see which one – on any particular day – is offering the best price with shipping costs.
Vicky
