Liquitex Basics Acrylic, 118 ml Tube - Mars Black

Love this for art

The best

Easy to use

The Liquitex basics range is fine paint and good value for money. It’s not opaque and with a first coat can look streaky and largely translucent (see photo 1) In photo 2 I have added 3 further coats for a much darker and opaque finish which was the desired effect. Please note that I have varnished the work as the paint has a matte finish.

Great value paint for any project.

Lovely colour and paints well. Nice and thick.

Really thick paint which was perfect for putting on the back of an acrylic sheet. Price was reasonable and a little goes a long way so it will last quite a while. I will be purchasing more once this one runs out.

So I do a lot of painting with acrylic paint. I needed some cadmium red and thought this would fit the bill. I’ve not used this make before but it was reasonably priced and a decent sized tube. The colour is perfect for my needs. The paint is easy to squeeze out and it covers really well. Now I’m using this to paint little pictures so it’s very easy to water down this quite thick paint to my preferred consistency. I also do dot painting and I do have to note that this would be certainly too thick to use for dot painting without adding a lot of water. If you are a beginner at dot painting I would probably recommend that you search out some thinner paints unless you are happy to practice watering this down. For my needs this is a good paint that gives excellent coverage albeit a bit thick.