Grumbacher Academy Acrylics

Grumbacher Academy® Acrylic Paints- Made in the USA

Creators of Art Materials Since 1905 Made in the USA. - Grumbacher Academy Acrylics, a line of 48 brilliant process colors, metallic and iridescent colors, as well as the most sought after traditional colors comprise the improved line of Grumbacher Academy® Acrylics. All colors have an ASTM lightfast rating of 1- Excellent. Academy Acrylics are highly pigmented and have superior tinting strength, but at a single student price. Available in 90 ml metal tubes. Made in the USA.

Academy acrylic colors provide the artist with a versatile option for painting and crafting. Thinned with water, the paint can be applied in delicate, translucent layers much like watercolor. Straight from the tube, or thickened with a medium, these colors can be applied to a canvas with the same techniques used for oil color. Academy acrylics can also be thinly applied to layers of paper for a decoupage effect. The possibilities are as limitless as the artist's imagination.

Acrylic paint is a relatively new medium in the pantheon of artistic media. Developed in the mid part of the 20th century as a house paint, acrylics were first used in the art realm by muralists. It covered large areas fairly quickly and had a much faster drying speed than oil based paints. Grumbacher® Academy® Acrylics follow that chain of artistic evolution.