What are the disadvantages of the acrylic polymers?
There are no disadvantages in using acrylic polymers. Such disadvantages as there are with polymers are largely a matter of personal likes and dislikes. Some artists involved with delicate working, such as sfumato effects and the like, consider that the main defect of acrylic polymer is that of too-rapid drying. On the other hand, the more flexible painters, do consider the rapid drying of polymers to be their main virtue. However, with the aid of careful pigment additives and intelligent mixing within a given range, almost all the requirements of the practising artist may be met within the framework of this incredible medium that is called acrylic polymer paint. Which medium is better, oil-painting or acrylic painting? The various methods of oil-painting have been well established in the European and American tradition for several centuries, and yet within just over a decade acrylic polymer paints have not only been used in nearly 75% of the paintings which would formerly have been pr
