Have any of you painted with Acrylic paints.

[queenbee]

I recently bought a paint by numbers picture. It is not a child's set, and it is a really nice subject. I actually bought it from a charity shop for 1.5O. It has never been used but unfortunately the paint seems to be rather dry, does anyone know if I would be able to soften the paint with something. I really do not want to buy the paints as this would make it quite an expensive purchase. I was looking forward to starting the picture now that winter is setting in and I can't do much in my garden.

[queenbee]

[Twoflower]

  Acrylic paints are normally water based, so just dilute with water.  :)

[tim]

If it IS Acrylic, once set, it's permanent.

[ACE]

Lidls have them in quite regular. I always stock up from there. All their artists materials are a very good price.

[pansy potter]

You can get an extender which will dilute the paint to stop it drying so quickly and give some transparency

[Kea]

Yes I have and I agree with Tim, once it's set it's set. Sorry :(

[claybasket]

your out of luck, afraid the paint must of dryed out, once the paint drys you can't wet it,if you do get some cheap paint, when using it cover with cling film thats slightly wet stops it drying out ;)

[GrannieAnnie]

If you could buy three tiny tubes of the primary colors red, yellow, blue and some white then you could mix any color in the rainbow and do the painting. Plus you'd have paint left over to do some of your own creations. Take any old piece of wood and sketch something you grew this year and paint away! I paint smooth rocks with acrylic to label my perennials, besides other things in the house like a stool. Tried to post a pix of it here but cannot get the image up. What is the secret?

[queenbee]

Judging by what you mostly said regarding not being able to restore the Acrylic I will take GrannyAnnies suggestion and try the primary colours. Also a trip to lydl's to see it they have any. Many thanks for your postings.

[betula]

Re posting pictures,this question comes up time and time again...............unless I have missed something there are no instructions in a sticky.

Pay Allotments for all £10 a year to post pics using the site facility or just go to a photo host and link to your post...for free. :)

[Unwashed]

Do you have a branch of The Works in your town?  I've dabbled with their starter acrylic sets and they're  very cheap.

[GrannieAnnie]

Thanks Betula, I forgot I used to use Photobucket for posting. The ol' brain is rotting >:(

[betula]

ooops......try again :)

[Morris]

Wilkos are good for artist's materials as well. Also Tiger if you happen to have one, I know there aren't very many stores.

[sunloving]

Granny Annie thats lovely, what a great idea. Im going to steal the painting rocks one to!! Do you then varnish the rocks?

x sunloving

[GrannieAnnie]

Granny Annie thats lovely, what a great idea. Im going to steal the painting rocks one to!! Do you then varnish the rocks?

x sunloving

Yes, if I have any around, spray varnish is great stuff. Those varnished last the longest. In fact I found one yesterday that had been covered over with mulch and gradually been buried  this past year (one of my "never got around to weeding areas" ::) and the writing was completely legible. Just think--a million years from now some archaeologist will dig around and say oh this must have been where sunloving grew her Zamia neurophyllidia.

[manicscousers]

I used to paint with acrylics all the time when we were in our business, again, no good if they dry out. I used to buy mine from hobby shops and mix colours  :)