Thanks so much! 😊

What a beautiful memory Brenda ❤️ grandfather's are so special. I miss mine so much

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Thank you so much, that's so sweet of you to say ❤️

No, they stay very shiny and are hard as rock. They dry like hard plastic..

I used it to make another piece 🤣 but I suppose if you covered them in an airtight container they would be fine. Uncovered they will start to dry on the surface within an hour...

@@MinaVillegasArt thanks hun for that, it's now time to finally give myself the kick up the backside to get my bench sorted out and try to get some painting done and get some of this to embellish the paintings I did years ago! Take care and love you and HOA 💕

You can use regular acrylics, however remember they will shrink by up to 40 % when dry. You would need a lot of expensive paint; the brand here recommended allows you to use it straight out of the plastic sleeve, it already has the gel medium in it to give it texture. If you want to have fun and mix your own, buy a few tubs of acrylic mediums- gel medium comes in lots of different thicknesses, and also gloss and matte. Mix them into a little acrylic paint, and learn as you go, very fun, and so many options! Start simple if on a budget or overwhelmed, and just play, learn, grow. Acrylics offer a nearly infinite variety of things that can be done from thin washes to 3D structures, to imbedding objects , the list goes on and on. There are a few excellent books on Acrylics, not so much for painting, but showing the ways one can use them (there are even some who make clothing out of the paints and mediums!). Have fun! And then try the glass bead gel, the sand gels, the crackle textures, the watercolor grounds, fabric mediums, ...it goes on and on!

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