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Ann Larson says using watercolor paper helps keep acrylic paints "a little more open," meaning they don't dry as fast, which aids in blending.

Acrylic Live Tip: How to Prevent Over-Detailing

This week, we've been learning how to paint landscapes and more from this year's esteemed Acrylic Live line-up of teachers. Here's one of our favorite tips so far, coming from Ann Larsen, who says, "I strive to create a feeling of time and place in each painting."

Happening Now – Acrylic Live!

Right now we're seeing up-close-and-personal presentations during Acrylic Live, an online art conference unlike any other.
Anne Blair Brown is among the faculty of Acrylic Live 2026

Happening This Week: 2026 Acrylic Live

Watch and interact with world-renowned artists as they demonstrate their skills at Acrylic Live, Wednesday through Friday, with an Essential Techniques Day on Tuesday. We'll see favorites such as Anne Blair Brown, Charlie Easton, and ...
Marc Grandbois, painting en plein air

Why I Paint With Acrylics en Plein Air

After painting with watercolor for two decades, Marc Grandbois shares why acrylic painting fills his needs for painting on location, and how it's the "perfect bridge."
Marc Hanson painting on location

Marc Hanson: Why I Love Acrylic for Plein Air Painting

I jokingly tell my workshop students that the main reason I like using acrylic en plein air is that I can drink the solvent — water! My second favorite reason is ...
Artist Brook Borcherding painting mist along the river at Mt. Rainier

Clean Color: A POV on Painting With Acrylic

Artist Brooke Borcherding shares her insights on painting with acrylic, including a great tip for using acrylic en plein air.
Plein air painter Brian Sindler

Brian Sindler on the Acrylic Advantage

Discover why acrylic paint is the perfect match for an intuitive, fast-paced painting style—plus tips for keeping your palette and colors under control.
From a plein air landscape demo with Sarah Burns

Landscape Painting Highlights from the First-Ever Acrylic Live

The Inaugural Acrylic Live came to an end recently, wrapping up with some of today’s best acrylic artists sharing all of their secrets, explaining their materials, and methods.
Acrylic Live faculty

Happening Now: The Inaugural Acrylic Live!

This week, we’re seeing up-close-and-personal presentations during Acrylic Live, an online art conference unlike any other.
Plein air painter Marcia Burtt

Acrylics: A Quick and Efficient Medium for Painting On Location

The medium has become an integral part of how I compose — plunging right in, using my big brush like a saber, bringing to life large, bold subjects with absolutely no need for the careful planning that can turn a painting session into a bore.
Painting with acrylics - Rick J. Delanty, "June Sunlight," 2019, acrylic, 16 x 20 in., Collection the artist, Studio based on plein air study

From Watercolor to Acrylic: Why This Plein Air Artist Found His Forever Medium

Permanent, non-yellowing, and fast-drying, acrylics have low toxicity and no need of solvents for dilution or glazing. Like watercolor, they ...
Mark Mehaffey artist

Why I Chose Acrylic Over Watercolor

My first love is transparent watercolor on rag paper. But I realized some years ago that using watercolor on site takes not only practice but ...
Plein air artist Don Bishop, painting with acrylics on location

Room to Explore: Why I Paint With Acrylics

Plus: Six types of acrylic mediums that can lengthen drying time, make it thicker, or change the texture.
Marcia Burtt, "Ice on the Merced," painting with acrylics in cold weather

Can You Paint with Acrylics in Cold Weather?

Frank advice on painting with acrylic in cold weather from plein air painter Marcia Burtt
Painting with acrylic - Charlie Easton and Eric Rhoads - Art School Live

“Stop Complaining About Acrylics”

In case you missed it > An episode of Art School Live with Eric Rhoads, who interviews Charlie Easton on the benefits of painting with acrylic. Includes a painting demonstration!
Painting of the moon

Artist Allergies – and Acrylic Paint

"It has been an exhausting and convoluted journey finding art materials that I am not allergic to."
acrylic painting en plein air

Advantages of Acrylic and Plein Air

The qualities of acrylic don't have to be a disadvantage en plein air. How?
A scene from Charlie Easton's acrylic landscape painting demo

Demo: Painting the Landscape with Acrylic

See why there are benefits of painting landscapes with acrylic, even if you normally paint with oils.

PleinAir Podcast 187: Georgia Mansur on Acrylic Plein Air Painting and More

In this week's Plein Air Podcast, Eric interviews Georgia Mansur, an American artist living and working in Australia for most of her life - you don't want to miss this one!
How to paint a landscape

Studies to Studio: Painting Landscapes with Acrylics

Landscape painter John Hughes shares a step-by-step painting demo, illustrating his problem solving process for an acrylic study.