LiquitexBASICS Acrylic Paint Tube 12-Piece Set

I purchased this set for my adult daughter. This is a complete set of accurate colors for most acrylic paintings, and they can be applied to almost every surface, including permanent adhering to cloth. These are their "Basics" set, so there are a lot of hues (Hue will be in the color name on the tube), rather then single pigment paints. It is an excellent set for the beginning painter. Besides brushes, they'll need a small bottle of Matt and Gloss Mediums. Avoid thinning with water, since that weakens the paint. Use Medium. Keep in mind that many of the paints are "Hues" of a named color. Hues are made up of more than one color pigment to mimic the more expensive pure pigments. Consequently, when creating a color by mixing "hues," the color doesn't always turn out the way expected. Also, note that acrylic paints dry quickly, so if you are experienced with oil paints where you load you pallet with lots of colors, they'll dry very quickly. (To continue work on painting still wet, use a hair dryer, or simply place the painting in the sun.) Use only the paint(s) needed for painting during your session. That's another reason for so many colors in the set, since repeating a color mixed on your painting, it's better to use, if possible, a single paint from the tubes. Also, each tube is marked to indicate whether it is opaque, transparent, or translucent. Rule One until you are experience painting with acrylics, avoid mixing opaque with the transparent or translucent paint. The opaque will usually overtake the transparent properties: mix opaques together, transparent paint and sometimes, translucent together. Experiment with a small bit when trying to achieve a color not included in the set. And one final note for oil painters not experienced with acrylic, acrylic paints are polymers, and once they quickly dry on top of acrylic paint, they form a molecular bond, which is forever. No way to remove the color on top. White is your friend in this case. Paint over with white, then apply whatever color you wish. Unlike oil paint, it is permanent.

Love these acrylic paints. This is what my teachers all recommended in college art classes. They work geat for paper, canvas, mixed media, and other art projects. These are a good value (less expensive than the Liquitex website, Walmart, HobbyLobby, and Target) sell these for.They are great for mixing your own colors and for doing large projects. A small amount of these go a long way and you can make a lot of projects with these.

I was so surprise how many art pieces I was able to paint with them. I plan to by even more of this size collection. if you are into a lot of color as I am in your paintings get this collection of paints for your next project. Artist I suggest this size to give your art this powerful color collection. I was able to paint about 30 8x10s and about 7 14x20s you be surprise of what you can mix too to get even more colors

I'm a mixed media artist and have ALL sorts of paints but I wanted to get a complete set as a "go to" for the studio as well as a starter set for my six year old daughter, who is REALLY into art.This set totally fit the bill- the quality is good enough that I can use it in my work without worrying about durability, the investment was low so I can use as much as I need and share with my daughter without worrying about *literally* pouring it on the canvas and in our art journals.The only thing I don't like about these paints is the color palette. It's very traditional, which is great for those looking to do traditional color mixing, but the colors are dark and there are TONS of browns and tans and rich reds. My work tends to be more vibrant and vivid, so these colors have to be REALLY mixed to pull the colors I need from the paints. And my daughter isn't drawn to them- she'd rather use the cheapy crummy craft paints in the squeeze bottles in the "fun" colors.But overall, good purchase. I just wish they had a "brights" set.BTW, this is a GREAT kit to buy along with a Gelli Plate- they work fabulous on the Gelli plate (the paints don't dry too fast, smooth out beautifully over the surface) and you can use them generously without worrying about the investment.

The media could not be loaded. For all my Acrylic Artworks I primarily used other brand of Acrylic Paint, this time I wanted to switch the Brand so Thought of buying Liquitex.I am utterly satisfied with the product as of now, Currently using these colors on a Canvas and these Tubes seem to be super helpful. The paint is thick unlike runny bottled paints I had used before. The set contains 36 tubes- 22 ml each.I definitely recommend using Liquitex colors to anyone be it working Professionals or students/beginners.

I bought this as a beginner learning acrylic painting. The quality of paint is good and there is enough variety of color to do all kinds of projects. The tubes are not very big but sufficient to get started. I have bought larger tubes of the Basics selection for colors that I use often. This got me familiar with the colors though and was exactly what I needed. I bought it after many recommendations to use Liquitex and that the Basics selection was a much better quality than most other beginner sets. It's well priced and I'm happy with it.

I have tried many different acrylic paints in the past for various crafts. I have often been left bothered how quickly they dry out. I have no idea at this time how long these will last. One thing I am very impressed with was how well they flow. It was really easy to paint my project without the paints drying too quickly. I found them to be a joy to work with!

Love the viscosity of this paint and vibrance for the price. I feel like for the price this paint its such a value product