Made for the classroom, Chromacryl Student's Acrylic is non-toxic, removes easily from brushes, clothing, screens, etc. even when dry (Caution: like tempera, it may stain some fabrics). Available in a variety of brilliant water resistant colors, they adapt to the whole art program; lino and silk screen printing, painting murals, paper mache, clay, plaster, wood, etc. Chromacryl is in the same price range as tempera. An optional pump dispenser is available for dispensing from the half gallon size.
Chromacryl Students' Acrylic Paints are available in 2.5 oz. tubes or 1 pt. and 1/2 gal. bottles.
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My wife recently discoved Chromacryl through a product description in the bowels of the internet, and after emailing the company we found that Texas Art Supply was one of 2 suppliers in the US. Chromacryl is a (very) fast drying paint with a nice range of colors and exceptional vibrancy. I prefer the varnished look of oils, but had become disenchanted by the amount of solvents I used to work with them. Watercolors were my second choice for medium, but the expense and several lightfastness issues led me to try out acrylics. Chromacryl is priced to compete with tempera paint, and only provides a basic warm and cool color range. The thinking here is to force students to learn paint mixing, but the lesson isn't lost on older artists. I enjoy the challenge and reward of mixing my colors. Chromacryl's cool yellow is a bit flourescent, but it mixes well to make a range of greens. The paints never clump up with thinning with water, and repeated layers biuld vibrancy without muddling the underpainting, since Chromacryl dries like an ink. The washes have the look of a watercolor, but the permanancy I could never gain from that medium. The soap and water clean up makes them safe for me to provide my students without worrying about the class brushes being destroyed if paint is left overnight. My only complaint thus far with Chromacryl is the difficulty in procuring their extenders (the drying time is very quick) and some of the additional mediums that would allow me to use my paint as a low-cost screenprinting medium. With any luck, the company will gain a foot hold here in the states and these materials will become more widely available. A great paint at a great cost.
I use these paints for print making projects such as block printing or reductive printing. I do not recommend using the pump dispenser because air pockets accumulate and every so often the paint "explodes" when it comes out making a huge mess! Plus, the dispenser doesn't reach to the bottom of the bottle and you're left with about 2" or so of paint that you have to pour out anyway. When the paint gets low, I recommend keeping the bottle upside down (with the lid on tightly, of course) and lightly tapping the bottle to get the paint to flow. Just be careful when you take the lid off! And don't squeeze the bottle (you'll need to remind your students)-this causes it to take on a new, usually permanent form that will not allow the paint to flow.
Cromacryl Acrylics are my # 1 choice for painting projects in my Art 1 classes. They're very economical and priced reasonably, yet are a very good quality acrylic for student projects. They mix well and dry fast. Here's a tip that has saved me money and headaches over paint that has not been washed out of brushes and hardened: Sax Arts & Crafts sells a brush cleaner (Sax brand) and it will dissolve the hardened acrylic paint so it can be washed out of the brushes! I now purchase inexpensive brush sets from Texas Art (The Nicole brand is good) to give to each student so they are responsible for cleaning and maintaing the brushes. However, if someone gets lazy and the brush does not get clean, we get out the brush cleaner. Anyway, you can't go wrong with Cromacryl!
