Utrecht Artists' Colors Heavy Body Acrylic

In June I posted that (thanks to a very generous friend), I stocked up on Utrecht's Artists' Colors Heavy Body Acrylics. (I didn't buy any red as I had a ton of it in tubes to use up.)

I'm still using up my tube acrylic paints but wanted to try the Utrecht in jar form. I'm delighted with the consistency and the pigment load so much that I thought I'd share here as folks ask about paint recommendations on a regular basis. I will be buying these on a regular basis. Not all of my go to colors are available from Utrecht so I have to go elsewhere (Holbein's Mauve, Quinacridone Gold, Greenish Yellow, Naples Yellow, Golden's Pyrrole Red, Golden's Prussian Blue and Holbein Luminous Opera.) 

 

My basic palette is shown above:

Mars Black

Titanium White

Yellow Ochre

Ultramarine Blue (mix UB, YO, TW and a dot of MB for wonderful Cezanne greys.)

Hansa Yellow Light

Burnt Umber

My go to red lately has been Pyrrole Red  

For traveling and use of ease (especially if you have problems with your hands and opening jars), I'd definitely choose the tubes. For stretching your dollar and quantity, I'd go with the jars as much as possible!

Remember, use a clean palette knife to take out what you need and don't put anything back into the jar (more on that in the mediums posts below.)

Where to find Utrecht Heavy Body Acrylics (in jars and tubes) via Utrecht

via Blick

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Acrylic Paint and Mediums Post

Another post on tips for painting with acrylics and acrylic mediums