Tuesday, March 19, 2019

All About Acrylic Paint And Renaissance Acrylic Paintings

By Scott Ward


Art is a quintessential staple of the human enterprise. It is something that has been greatly vamped up, spruced up, and thoroughly innovated with all kinds of techniques, methods, and materials. There are all kinds of art forms and genres, and they have all gone through the cyclical highs and lows. Acrylic is a kind of paint that has only recently taken flight, and the Renaissance was an advent of the arts way back into the fourteenth century. These two had never met along the same parallel line. However, that does not stop us from merging them with these renaissance acrylic paintings.

There are many reasons why acrylic has taken the high road to discovery only recently. When it was first developed sometime in the eighteenth century, it was merely a poor travesty of other preferable paint materials like oil. This plastic based material has gone on a major overhaul, however, and now it is fast becoming the preferred means of expression for talented professional artists worldwide.

This paint is greatly versatile in that it can be easily modified in terms of appearance, texture, hardness, rheology, and some such characteristics. It also works well with additives, mediums, and other fillers to be across the board versatile in nearly all aspects. Taking to account all other kinds of paints, this is arguably the greatest in terms of scope and range.

Nowadays, however, quite a lot of things have changed. Acrylic is a plastic based paint. And, of course, its worth noting that plastic itself is constantly and continually being updated, innovated, and refined. Due to the advancements in that field, acrylics are now the best versions of themselves. They are greatly aesthetic with their clear, saturated, and bright hues, not to mention their versatile application, which enables the artist to experiment with various media and genres.

This paint is preferable because its not high maintenance. One only needs a few simple tools, contrast that with the comprehensive supplies involved in oil painting, with all the solvents, mediums, gesso, and the necessary means of ventilation. With acrylic, however, you only need the basics, the paint, brush, and medium. Its as easy as that.

There are also art forms and movements where the use of acrylic is imperative and near irreplaceable. For instance, you have certain surrealist techniques. They are also greatly applicable in pop art and pop culture expressions. They are indispensable in the post expressionist movement and other forms such as photorealism and some such. The many standard and contrived features of acrylics make it a favorite among artists of all kinds of genre.

That said, although acrylics are very much beginner friendly, quite a lot of skillful understanding is needed in certain aspects, like handling mediums, additives, and doing certain techniques. You will have to have a thorough understanding of luster, viscosity, texture, coverage, and the time dependent behaviors of paint.

It can be sourced either inside jars or in tubes. Consider portability, convenience, and of course, your budget. There are even fluid acrylics that come in plastic squeeze bottles that have drippers or screw tops. In each of these containers, there are different consistencies and thicknesses. Tube acrylics are generally viscous and more akin to oil. Those in jars are usually thicker, but they even out once you apply them on the palette or else pitch in the fillers.

Acrylics many great qualities and features have rendered it very much admirable to other artists and general art enthusiasts. Therefore, they machinated ways and means whereby old masterpieces are merged well with new master mediums. Certain Renaissance works have been remade and re imagined for the benefit of those who are angling for new ways of seeing and appreciating things, making most of the classic works with innovative and better ways.




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