In my studio, I’ve got a humidity and temperature monitor. Dry air (around acrylics) – paints dry out quicker.Wet air (around acrylics) – paints stay wetter.The drier the air, the faster the acrylics will dry. You might be painting in a dry climate and not realise how much that affects the paints’ workability. So, the wetter the air around the acrylics, the longer they stay wet. Controlling water evaporation is the key principle to manipulating the drying time of your acrylics.Īcrylics dry by evaporation. Paint faster? Invest in specialist paint mediums? Use a broom rather than a brush? HumidityĮverything revolves around evaporation. You thought it was going to be getting the painting techniques right that would be difficult, not battling with the paint drying out too quickly. This is not just frustrating but feels like an undisclosed complication. The paints don’t seem to blend quite as well as they did when you first put them out on your palette. In fact, that expensive paint you took so long deciding on has now gone completely hard, and there’s a distinctive shift in colour. If you’re new to painting, the seriousness of this small window of free-flowing acrylics begins to dawn on you, little by little. Pick up a few well-chosen materials, and after a simple set up, you can paint on almost any surface.
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