I'm
not a real fan of acrylic paint - house paint or otherwise.It can do a
good job but I like the way that you mix a colour with oil and place it
on your painting and it dries the same darkness and gloss. Acrylic paint
dries darker and drab. You have to allow for that by mixing the colour a
little lighter and then using varnish at the end to bring the colours
back out'
I was a little disappointed
in the mural because it had dried drab but I just put the first coat of
clear coat gloss on it and it's come up beautifully! The colours are
brighter and the blacks lovely and glossy.It was a bit scary as the
clear coat was designed to be put on a horizontal surface and was very
runny.It also went on milky and dried clear- I was nervous as to how it
would go but I'm very happy with it!
I'll leave it 24hrs and do
another layer.It doesn't matter how good a quality brush you use they
always seem to leave hairs in the mix! I had to have a smaller one to
pick them off before it dried.
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