PROFESSIONAL HEAVY BODY ACRYLIC PAINT

276 MARS BLACK

It is a dense, opaque single pigment with a brown undertone. It is made from mineral iron oxide and is named after the alchemical name for iron: Mars. This high-viscosity, pigment-rich professional acrylic colour is ideal for impasto and texture. With a high concentration of lightfast artist-quality pigment and a satin finish, Heavy Body Acrylic gives you rich, permanent colour, with crisp brush strokes and knife marks.

• Pigment name: PBk11
• Lightfastness: I – Excellent
• Series: 1
• Opacity: Opaque
• Colour code: 276
• Thick, Rich; Highly Pigmented with Satin finish; Flexible when dry
• Includes 138ml/4.65oztube 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, previously referred to as High Viscosity, has a thick consistency for traditional art techniques using brushes or knives and experimental, mixed media, collage, and printmaking applications. Impasto applications retain crisp brush strokes and knife marks. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open working time. A 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