Acrylic Paints Tubes
I can't use oils. It takes too long for them to dry. Sometimes it never does really. I need things now. I have a short attention span and I want completion. I want finished pieces that I can look at and be proud of. I mostly use acrylic paints tubes for this. That way, I can work on a project until it's done. I can sit there for thirty hours if I have to. Until I fall over on my stool. Until the piece makes me satisfied. Not that I ever really am. But you just learn that eventually you just have to call something "done" and let that be that.
 12 X 12ML COLOR FINE ACRYLIC COLOUR PAINT TUBE SET $11.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 0:21:23 PDT Buy It Now for only: $11.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list 
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 6 BRAND NEW ARTIST ACRYLIC COLOR TUBES 180 ml Scarlet $9.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 0:44:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list
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 6 BRAND NEW ARTIST ACRYLIC COLOR TUBES 180 ml White $9.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 0:44:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list
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 6 BRAND NEW ARTIST ACRYLIC COLOR TUBES 180 ml Yellow $9.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 0:44:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list
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 Daler Rowney Large Tube Acrylic Paint Set $8.95 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 1:42:49 PDT Buy It Now for only: $8.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 12 New Large Tubes of Rheotec Paints 150ml tubes $29.95 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 3:15:50 PDT Buy It Now for only: $49.95 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list
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 12 Color 3D Nail Art UV Gel Acrylic Paints Tube Box xk $8.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 3:20:00 PDT Buy It Now for only: $8.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Brand New 5oz tube of GOLDEN blue acrylic paint $2.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 5:38:36 PDT Buy It Now for only: $10.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list
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 JO SONJA 6 TUBE METALLIC ACRYLIC PAINT SET $12.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:57:32 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list
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 Lot of 9 Tubes Winsor Newton Galeria Acrylic Paint Great Lot $19.39 (2 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 9:55:34 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list
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 LOT 3 ACRYLIC COLOR PAINTS 42 tubes Rainbow Pigments $9.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 10:10:18 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list
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 Assorted Colors Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint 22ml Tube 12 Pkg 101012 $22.62 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 10:31:51 PDT Buy It Now for only: $22.62 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Burnt Sienna Essentials Acrylic Paint 4 Ounces Tube RAA 101 $9.35 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 11:30:27 PDT Buy It Now for only: $9.35 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Hookers Green Essentials Acrylic Paint 4 Ounces Tube RAA 104 $9.32 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 11:36:34 PDT Buy It Now for only: $9.32 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Cerulean Blue Hue Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint 85 Ounces Tube 4385 470 $13.81 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 11:55:46 PDT Buy It Now for only: $13.81 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Cadmium Red Essentials Acrylic Paint 4 Ounces Tube RAA 110 $9.35 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 11:56:13 PDT Buy It Now for only: $9.35 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Cadmium Green Essentials Acrylic Paint 4 Ounces Tube RAA 117 $9.35 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 11:56:19 PDT Buy It Now for only: $9.35 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 18 Colors Acrylic Tips UV Gel 3D Nail Art Paint Tube $8.29 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 12:03:47 PDT Buy It Now for only: $8.29 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Titanium White Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint 2 Ounce Tube 1045432 $10.33 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 12:15:46 PDT Buy It Now for only: $10.33 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 FLUORESCENT ACRYLIC PAINTS 12 TUBE PAINT SET NEW $7.99 (2 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 12:34:56 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list
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 Cobalt Blue Essentials Acrylic Paint 4 Ounces Tube RAA 103 $9.35 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 12:35:32 PDT Buy It Now for only: $9.35 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Dark Ultramarine Essentials Acrylic Paint 4 Ounces Tube RAA 114 $9.35 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 12:51:59 PDT Buy It Now for only: $9.35 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 Maries 12 tubes of 12ml Colors Paint Set Shipping Free $11.50 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 13:06:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $11.50 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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 12 NEW TUBES GE SILCONE ACRYLIC SPEED PAINT WHITE FRESH STOCK 101 FL OZ $35.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 13:49:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $35.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list
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I don't think that any artist is ever really happy with their work. It’s something ingrained in all of us. Maybe the ones that flip open their acrylic paints tubes and dab it on canvas quickly. The ones tha have that system down. But are you an artist if you have a system? Does everyone develop one sooner or later? Maybe I'm just making things harder on myself with my own stupid philosophy. When I get my acrylic paints tubes laid out and my brushes ready to go, I have no fast system. Whatever I create, I always put everything I have into it. I sit there and I give myself to the canvas. Sometimes, I wish I had some sort of way of doing things where I could just whip something up real fast for a job. But I'm afraid that, that's all it would be for me then - just a job. Then it would feel meaningless.
So there's the question. Why open the acrylic paints tubes at all? Are you in it for the money or in it for the love? I think every person, and especially the creative one's has to answer this question eventually. Because the two things don't always go together. Sometimes it's a defiite choice that you have to make between them. As for me, I'm still trying to balance them both out. Whenever I put those acrylic paints tubes to work, I want it to mean something. But sacrificing some of that for speed is very tempting these days. I need to eat too, don't I? And what about the long run? I want to get married some day. I want to have kids. Will it all change then, even if I do hold out for that long? I think having people really depend on you makes everything different. Makes you do things in ways that you wouldn't just for yourself. So, am I holding out just to eventually give in anyway? Maybe that's where luck comes in. I guess the bottom line is that as long as I can support myself and eventually my family with the things I create with acrylic paints tubes then I;m happy. Even if somewhere along the way I have to change the way I do things to accomplish it. Maybe that's just part of growing up.