PROFESSIONAL HEAVY BODY ACRYLIC PAINT

An opaque deep mid blue hue colour made with a mix of phthalocyanine blue, titanium white and phthalocyanine green (blue shade). This colour replicates the original manganese blue, a modern synthetic pigment which was used for swimming pool grout and by artists, before being withdrawn due to safety issues

• Pigment name: PB15 Phthalocyanine Blue; PG7 Phthalocyanine Green; PW6 Titanium Dioxide
• Lightfastness: I – Excellent
• Series: 3
• Opacity: Opaque
• Colour code: 275
• Thick, Rich; Highly Pigmented with Satin finish; Flexible when dry
• Includes 2-oz / 59ml tube of acrylic paint
• Intermixable with Liquitex Professional Acrylic Paint Colours and Mediums.
• Conforms to ASTM D4236; Safe for educational use

Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Paint has a thick consistency for traditional art techniques using brushes or knives, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications.

Impasto applications retain crisp brush stroke and knife marks. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time. High pigment load produces rich, brilliant, permanent colour.

• Exceptionally smooth, thick buttery consistency
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Great for thick/impasto applications and painting techniques
• 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: Screen Printing, Mono Prints, Block Prints