65 Years since they brought out their first water based acrylic paint. I imagine it was regarded as a quirk by many oil artists, galleries, traditionalists. In some ways the art world embracers new ideas, but in others we can be oddly stuck to old, traditional ways. I was thinking recently when there was a facebook debate about the 30% max water “rule” thats much quoted. When i first discovered acrylics back on early 2000’s I used them like oils, very thick, and also like watercolours in huge washes of colour and layers of thin glazes to get the effect i wanted. Sometimes having no formal tra ..read more