Painting Flowers with Open Acrylics

Could these be the slow drying acrylic paints that I have been yearning for my entire life?

2 hour video

See how these acrylic paints compare to other acrylic painting supplies and brands I have tried in the past. Thank you so much Slate for sending me these supplies!

Demo by Art Prof Clara Lieu.

Mia Digital banner

Video Walkthrough

  • The acrylics are excellent for blending with a brush, with a rag, etc.
  • The dry time for these acrylics is waaaaaay longer than the heavy body acrylics.
  • Within a 2 hour paint along, the paints were still very wet!
  • The Acrylic Thinner makes the paint incredibly smooth, it feels like you are gliding across the paper.
  • The Acrylic Medium, Gel Matte is quite thick and does not run at all
  • The Acrylic Matte Medium is thicker than the acrylic thinner, but not remotely as thick as the gel matte.
  • These paints would pair well with acrylic inks.
  • The Acrylic Medium, Gel Matte makes the paint very very thin, thinner than the Acrylic Thinner.
  • The Titan buff was very thin, it’s not like Naples Yellow at all! (like I was hoping for it to be)
  • These paints are very thin in general, to get any degree of opacity you would need at least 3 layers.
  • To get more opacity, an option is to add heavy body acrylic where you need it.
  • If you try to paint opacity in 1 layer, it won’t do it. You need the heavy body acrylic to do that.
  • Certain colors stayed wet longer, the carbon black dried the fastest
Golden open acrylic painting flowers
Discord gif Join our Discord