{"id":273,"date":"2017-12-11T11:23:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/createlet.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:38:50","slug":"acrylic-paint-thinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/createlet.com\/acrylic-paint-thinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s How You REALLY Should Be Thinning Your Acrylic Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, the other day I got a few acrylic paints from a friend for my birthday.<\/p>\n

Not only was I incredibly pleased with this fine gesture, I knew I could immediately use them in a current piece I was working on.<\/p>\n

As I sat in my studio late one evening, I went ahead and unscrewed the top of the Alizarin Crimson and started squeezing it out onto my palette\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026and what I saw shocked me\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

While dabbling in the medium of acrylics for several years, I was taken aback by the sheer thickness of this acrylic paint<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sure, I had some experience in oils, but seriously, the viscosity of this acrylic had me double checking the tube to make sure that I wasn\u2019t actually using an oil paint because it was that thick!<\/p>\n

Now, here\u2019s the deal:<\/p>\n

When using acrylics, you will find that there are two primary methods you can use in order to thin out paints \u2013 water and mediums<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, the thickness of this paint almost had me wondering if I should reach for my trusty odorless mineral spirit instead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But, I did what any artist would do and got creative with my thinners to see exactly what the results would be.<\/p>\n

\u2026and you know what, it worked!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, with this experience of dabbling in such thick acrylics, I was fast to think that many other artists out there had this same exact scenario as me.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you will need to do in order to make acrylic paint thinner<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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