Can You Mix Acrylic And Tempera Paint

Question about acrylic paints.

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November 28, 2007 at 8:21 pm #986818

Okay please forgive me if this is a stupid question merely I was just wondering something. I accept a lot of Tempera Pigment lying around and I was wondering if anyone always experimented with mixing the 2. The 2 I hateful are Acrylic and Tempera Paints. I would endeavor it but I haven't got my order in yet. So I guess the question is tin you lot mix acrylic and tempera paints.:confused:

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Nov 28, 2007 at 8:27 pm #1094781

Are you lot talking about egg tempera?

November 28, 2007 at eight:43 pm #1094787

Sorry Not egg tempera, meant to clarify Gouache. I think that is how it is spelled.

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November 28, 2007 at 9:06 pm #1094789

I was wondering the same thing myself. At the art shop I purchase my supplies from, tempera paints are much cheaper than acrylics.

Genevieve

November 29, 2007 at 3:04 am #1094785

you lot could probably mix them on the canvas only I don't think it would be a good idea to mix them together. The tempra Im familiar with generally dry with a dull appearance while acrylics dry with a more glossy and plastic texture. So my question dorsum to you would exist uncomplicated.. WHY??

Nov 29, 2007 at nine:31 am #1094780

Yep, acrylic and gouache paints are both water-soluble and may be mixed together safely. The acrylic paint or mediums will make the gouache dry resistent to water, which they wouldn't be otherwise.

November 29, 2007 at 9:45 am #1094786

I don't remember the results will be very satisfying if mixing COLORS together in the 2 different mediums. If it'south but a matter of wanting to utilize the tempera pigment in a more than durable and water-resistant fashion, then they could exist mixed into a clear acrylic medium or varnish before application.

November 29, 2007 at 12:57 pm #1094779

Generally these can be used together with no issues, either mixed or in sequence.

The acrylic paint volition tend to make mixtures more resistant to water but the gouache will tend to make mixture less resistant, and then there'due south a push-pull effect depending on which pigment type dominates in a mix. This can take some careful watching if you're aiming to do any layering.

Einion

November 29, 2007 at 12:58 pm #1094782

Yes, they are uniform simply y'all will get mixed results in their working characteristics and dried appearance depending upon how much of each blazon of paint you accept in the mixture.

In that location is a prepare-made hybrid type of paint that is like to gouache/acrylic mixed paints. It is Acryla Gouache by Holbein. Acryla paints dry matte similar gouache just they are besides pretty much water resistant in one case dry. They are also a little bit resoluble after drying, but not equally much as a pure gouache paint would be.

I've tried it both ways, mixing my ain acrylics with gouache paints and using the Acryla Gouache paints. I didn't specially like either method and still prefer to work with either pure gouache or pure acrylics.

I notwithstanding accept some of the small paintings I did with the mixed paints as long as 14 years agone. They still look fine.

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November 29, 2007 at six:31 pm #1094788

Thanks everyone, this data has been actually helpful.

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November 30, 2007 at 7:37 pm #1094783

I'm non sure what kind of gouache you are using. Some of the gouache paints that are bachelor today are non really the 18-carat thing, merely are actually a affiche paint, using a cheaper binder.

Whereas acrylic paint is quite flexible, gouache is not. I think you would have better results not mixing the acrylic, but using i of the matte acrylics that is now available. There are several acrylic gouaches besides.

Howard Metzenberg
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Dec 1, 2007 at vii:57 am #1094784

The tempura paint I have worked with was mostly a low quality student form (as in course school) paint that was meant to exist used for things that might be washed away, disposable or otherwise temporary. It is generally quite cheap and not very archival.

While I have works that are decades erstwhile with this material you tin can see the degeneration of the colors and surface which makes me wonder about the archival nature of the materials.

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