Hi friends,
I have painted with many of you in person, or through my packets and
books. As you know, I add Extender to many of the DecoArt Acrylics
to make them more "brush stroke friendly." I have been promising a master
list of all the DecoArt colours, so you would know which ones require
it and which ones do not.
I am pleased to provide it to you now.
A LITTLE DISCLAIMER FIRST
The following list is just a suggestion of what I found has worked
for me and my students. It was made assuming that your colour is new. If
your colour is extra thick, it may require more Extender than what
I've stated. Just remember that in strokework, all colours on the same
brush must be of the same consistency in order to blend properly within
your brush stroke.
WHY ADD EXTENDER?
It has been my experience that some of the DecoArt acrylics are a little
too thick and gooey for strokework. The brush doesn't want to snap back
to a point or chisel when doing strokework. After a good deal of experimenting
with all the medias on the market, I found that DecoArt became less viscous
with just a few drops of the following Extender. The colours blended
together more easily and in all, they became more "stroke-able."
I've found that adding only water, as some others suggest, does not
reduce the viscosity. The addition of Extender appears to work because
of an apparent chemical reaction. The colour just becomes looser, not watery.
In all my classes and packets, I put a star beside the colours that
do not take this Extender.
However, many of you asked how I decided which colours would require
it. At first it was just a matter of experimenting on my part. But then
a pattern gradually emerged:
* Transparent colours did not require Extender.
Adding Extender to these colours make them too transparent. If
you were to add Extender, the "open time" is increased, and this allows
you to stretch or "extend" the pigment so far that insufficient colour
remains.
*Opaque, dull colours require extra Extender.
I noticed that those colours that appear to have Titanium
White are extra thick as they come from the bottle. These colours may require
3-5 drops to a 1" puddle of acrylic.
*Remaining colours required 1-2 drops per 1" puddle.
MAUREEN'S EXTENDER:
MIX WATER + DECOART EASY FLOAT (3:1)
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL THE DECOART ACRYLICS
in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
To be consistent with my publications:
Colours not requiring Extender are
marked with ☺(Some
older browsers may not show the happy face properly)
Colours requiring a little Extender, 1-2
drops per 1" puddle are marked <>
Colours requiring extra Extender, 3-5 drops
per 1" puddle are marked []
| <>DA213 Admiral Blue
☺ DA179 Alizarin Crimson <>DA9 Antique Gold <>DA146 Antique Gold Deep <>DA147 Antique Green ☺ DA160 Antique Maroon ☺ DA162 Antique Mauve <>DA156 Antique Rose <>DA158 Antique Teal <>DA58 Antique White <>DA209 Arbor Green ☺ DA180 Asphaltum <>DA52 Avocado [] DA42 Baby Blue [] DA31 Baby Pink |
[] DA136 Base Flesh
☺ DA19 Berry Red ☺ DA195 Bittersweet Chocolate <>DA83 Black Forest Green <>DA157 Black Green ☺ DA172 Black Plum <>DA193 Blue Chiffon ☺ DA142 Blue Green [] DA105 Blue/Grey Mist [] DA115 Blue Haze [] DA178 Blue Mist ☺DA141 Blue Violet <>DA37 Blueberry <>DA47 Bluegrass Green <>DA110 Blush Flesh |
<>DA29 Boysenberry Pink
☺ DA79 Brandy Wine <>DA54 Bright Green ☺ DA145 Brilliant Red ☺ DA22 Burgundy Wine <>DA16 Burnt Orange <>DA63 Burnt Sienna <>DA64 Burnt Umber <>DA3 Buttermilk ☺ DA14 Cadmium Orange ☺ DA15 Cadmium Red ☺ DA10 Cadmium Yellow ☺ DA20 Calico Red [] DA191 Camel <>DA91 Cashmere Beige |
|
<>DA208 Celery Green
☺ DA88 Charcoal Grey ☺ DA159 Cherry Red [] DA81 Colonial Green <>DA89 Cool Neutral ☺ DA103 Coral Rose <>DA41 Country Blue ☺ DA18 Country Red ☺DA112 Cranberry Wine ☺ DA21 Crimson Tide ☺ DA65 Dark Chocolate ☺ DA49 Dark Pine ☺ DA128 Deep Burgundy ☺ DA166 Deep Midnight Blue <>DA212 Deep Periwinkle |
<>DA116 Deep Teal
<>DA182 Delane's Cheek Color <>DA181 Delane's Dark Flesh <>DA183 Delane's Deep Shadow <>DA77 Desert Sand <>DA44 Desert Turquoise ☺ DA101 Dioxazine Purple <>DA69 Dove Grey <>DA198 Dried Basil Green <>DA171 Driftwood <>DA25 Dusty Rose [] DA153 Eggshell <>DA82 Evergreen <>DA78 Flesh Tone <>DA50 Forest Green |
<>DA98 French Grey Blue
<>DA186 French Mauve <>DA188 French Mocha <>DA184 French Vanilla ☺ DA17 Georgia Clay ☺ DA218 Gingerbread <>DA168 Golden Straw <>DA27 Gooseberry Pink ☺ DA161 Graphite [] DA177 Green Mist <>DA111 Grey Sky <>DA133 Hauser Dark Green <>DA131 Hauser Light Green <>DA132 Hauser Medium Green ☺ DA219 Heritage Brick |
|
<>DA24 Hi-Lite Flesh
<>DA48 Holly Green ☺ DA163 Honey Brown [] DA135 Ice Blue <>DA87 Indian Turquoise [] DA57 Jade Green <>DA55 Kelly Green <>DA173 Khaki Tan <>DA67 Lamp Black <>DA34 Lavender <>DA51 Leaf Green ☺ DA11 Lemon Yellow <>DA106 Light Avocado <>DA164 Light Buttermilk ☺ DA114 Light Cinnamon |
<>DA185 Light French Blue
<>DA32 Lilac <>DA206 Limeade <>DA194 Marigold [] DA26 Mauve <>DA102 Medium Flesh ☺ DA85 Midnite Blue ☺ DA84 Midnite Green ☺ DA174 Milk Chocolate <>DA92 Mink Tan <>DA45 Mint Julep Green <>DA94 Mississippi Mud <>DA53 Mistletoe <>DA60 Mocha <>DA7 Moon Yellow |
<>DA165 Napa Red
☺ DA104 Napthol Red ☺ DA35 Navy Blue <>DA95 Neutral Grey <>DA176 Olde Gold <>DA56 Olive Green <>DA33 Orchid <>DA139 Oxblood <>DA154 Pansy Lavender ☺ DA167 Payne's Grey ☺ DA217 Peach Sherbert <>DA23 Peaches and Cream <>DA215 Peony Pink <>DA214 Petal Pink <>DA6 Pineapple |
|
<>DA192 Pink Chiffon
☺ DA113 Plantation Pine <>DA175 Plum ☺ DA200 Primary Blue (Phthalo Blue) ☺ DA199 Primary Red (Napthol Crimson) ☺ DA201 Primary Yellow (Cadmium Yellow Deep) ☺ DA138 Prussian Blue ☺ DA13 Pumpkin <>DA28 Raspberry ☺ DA93 Raw Sienna (sometimes <>) ☺ DA130 Raw Umber <>DA96 Red Iron Oxide ☺ DA140 Red Violet <>DA187 Reindeer Moss Green <>DA97 Rookwood Red |
<>DA151 Royal Fuchsia
<>DA150 Royal Purple ☺ DA80 Russet <>DA61 Sable Brown [] DA43 Salem Blue <>DA4 Sand ☺ DA170 Santa Red <>DA99 Sapphire [] DA46 Sea Aqua <>DA137 Shading Flesh [] DA152 Shale Green [] DA149 Silver Sage Green <>DA68 Slate Grey ☺ DA155 Soft Black <>DA210 Soft Blue |
<>DA216 Soft Peach
<>DA207 Soft Sage <>DA30 Spice Pink <>DA189 Summer Lilac <>DA5 Taffy Cream ☺ DA196 Tangelo Orange ☺ DA12 Tangerine <>DA109 Taupe <>DA107 Teal Green ☺ DA62 Terra Cotta [] [] DA1 Titanium White <>DA59 Toffee ☺ DA169 Tomato Red <>DA36 True Blue <>DA143 True Ochre |
|
☺ DA129 True Red
<>DA100 Ultra Blue Deep <>DA86 Uniform Blue <>DA39 Victorian Blue <>DA197 Violet Haze ☺ DA108 Viridian Green <>DA90 Warm Neutral <>DA38 Wedgewood Blue <>DA2 White Wash <>DA40 Williamsburg Blue [] DA190 Winter Blue <>DA211 Wisteria ☺ DA134 Yellow Green ☺ DA144 Yellow Light [] DA8 Yellow Ochre |
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