acrylic
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The original studio canvas was painted in oil, but the curtain is painted in acrylic and water-based paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
She added that she is noticing "people are willing to spend a little bit more" on wardrobe staples and items that "wash well and are made of cotton, not acrylic or polyester".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"You start from a sheet of acrylic," he explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Many of those operations used petrochemical products and solvents such as resins, adhesives and acrylic compounds like methyl methacrylate, the chemical at the center of the Orange County crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
She looked down at the turntable, at her own reflection in the tinted acrylic lid.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
He ditched his British oil paints in favour of bright, Californian acrylics but retained his Bradford accent - which the Americans adored.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
For more than 60 years, he hopscotched among media, painting in oils, acrylics and watercolors, drawing, making prints and creating works on fax and copying machines as well as iPads and iPhones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The basic materials -- usually epoxies or acrylics -- come mostly from petrochemical feedstocks.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Supposedly, stain painting, where liquid acrylics are poured directly onto raw canvas, was art’s next logical step after Abstract Expressionism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
He paints very swiftly, in violent eye-burning acrylics, reds and pinks and purples, in frenzied loops and swirls.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing acrylic
Visual Arts - Introductory
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