Liquitex invented water-based acrylic paint in 1955, developing it in their New Jersey labs before anyone else had worked out what the medium could do. The Heavy Body is still the flagship: a thick, butter-soft paint with a pigment load high enough that colours stay true as they dry — no significant colour shift, no graying out.
The consistency holds every mark and texture, from palette knife ridges to fine brush detail. Lightfast ratings of I or II across the range mean the work will look the same in fifty years as it does the day you paint it. The film dries flexible, so it won't crack on canvas even in thick impasto.
Pairs well with Liquitex Slow-Dri Retarder for extended working time, or any of the Liquitex gel mediums for adding body and texture.
Liquitex invented water-based acrylic paint in 1955, developing it in their New Jersey labs before anyone else had worked out what the medium could do. The Heavy Body is still the flagship: a thick, butter-soft paint with a pigment load high enough that colours stay true as they dry — no significant colour shift, no graying out.
The consistency holds every mark and texture, from palette knife ridges to fine brush detail. Lightfast ratings of I or II across the range mean the work will look the same in fifty years as it does the day you paint it. The film dries flexible, so it won't crack on canvas even in thick impasto.
Pairs well with Liquitex Slow-Dri Retarder for extended working time, or any of the Liquitex gel mediums for adding body and texture.
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