Recently  I decided to try painting with fluid acrylic paints. By this I mean thinning the paints down to where they are transparent like watercolors. This is not a traditional approach to painting with acrylic paints. Using the paints very thick with  an opaque look is the  probably the most preferred and traditional way of using acrylic paints.  Maybe this is because  oil painting and its long history of being an opaque medium preceded the invention of acrylic paints.  The wonderful advantage that acrylic paints in a very fluid state offers is that they are permanent. This is not so with watercolors.  If you paint over watercolors the colors will combine, with acrylics if you let the fluid application dry, you can paint over it without the layers mixing.

 

As I continue to experiment with art mediums, I realize that each has their own limits and possibilities.  Through experimentation with all mediums it broadens your scope of understanding as a n artist.  To only work with the same mediums in the same manner every day, does not offer the growth that is possible by trying different methods of process and application.  It is true that some paintings may have a better end result than others, BUT if you allow yourself the process of experimentation it teaches you more than you can imagine.  You have to be open to the process.