AT CHROMA, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PAINT!
Chroma is an Australian company that has been committed to providing high quality paint for artists, teachers and students for over 40 years. Founded in 1965 by artist and school teacher, Jim Cobb, Chroma’s focus has always been on the development of innovative new products rather than being tied down to old conventions and limitations. As a result, the company has created some of Australia’s most loved paint brands.
Atelier Interactive Professional Artists’ Acrylic is highly pigmented and lightfast with a thick and creamy consistency that dries to a beautiful matte/satin finish. This versatile paint has a unique formula that allows it to be re-opened for extended wet-in-wet blending techniques; or it can be used just like a conventional fast drying acrylic as well. Atelier Interactive dries at the same rate as conventional acrylics – however as it dries it doesn’t form a skin like other products do. Instead, as moisture evaporates, Interactive will gradually go from wet, to tacky, to touch-dry, before it finally becomes fully cured. If you want to develop a painting quickly you can just let the paint dry and use the traditional wet-over-dry acrylic painting techniques like glazing and scumbling. However if, like most artists, you need some extra time to blend and adjust your work then use a water sprayer or a damp brush to rehydrate your painting. When the paint becomes tacky or even after it has dried, give it a little mist of water and you can keep on working wet-in-wet for as long as you like.
Atelier Interactive offers the speed and simplicity of an acrylic with the option of extended wet-in-wet blending times, previously only possible with oil paints. The added benefit of Atelier Interactive is that when you have finished blending, the paint will dry off quickly and you can progress to the next stage rather than waiting for days or weeks like oils.
Atelier Interactive is an incredibly versatile paint when used straight from the tube and it has been designed to work well for a range of fast and slow drying techniques with no need for the use of mediums; however when combined with mediums the entire painting process can be greatly enhanced. There is an extensive range of Atelier mediums available that can be used to adjust the qualities of the paint … and here are some of the most popular ones: Atelier Impasto Gel for heavy impasto effects; Atelier Clear Painting Medium is used to dilute the paint for blending, glazing and slows drying time; Fast Medium/Fixer can be mixed with the paint to return it to a more conventional fast drying acrylic or can be used to seal a layer of paint so that it will not accidentally re-wet – useful for fast glazing and scratch back techniques; Slow and Thick Slow Mediums – these mediums will make Atelier Interactive stay open longer and be more easily re-opened with water – great for extended wet-in-wet blending sessions (use the thick version to maintain a heavy bodied consistency or the Slow Medium to thin the paint down); Unlocking Formula will allow you to rewet a layer of Atelier Interactive even after it has been dry for a day or
