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Rahele Jomepour Bell’s deft use of acrylic paint and soft pastels evokes a world of hazy tranquility, a palette of greens, golds and oranges imbuing each page with a palpable warmth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The film is made from acrylic and covered with extremely small structures known as nanopillars.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
Rounding out the exhibition are a series of ink, watercolor and acrylic works on paper that “express the energetic motion of fish in networks of black line and clouds of color,” a news release said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
“It was driven by the largest size hemisphere I could get in acrylic to make the visor,” Shearn, based in Colorado, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Her nails are acrylic and have heart decals on them.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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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
His depictions of familiar images, often made in a palette of bright acrylics, earned him the mantle of one of the fathers of British pop art.
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
But also missing is an example of the bright, abstract acrylics Sam Gilliam saturated into expanses of cotton duck or linen, which he gathered and draped from the ceiling and across the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
I pack my best pencils and feel a horrible ache in my heart when I leave all my acrylics and brushes in the corner.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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Visual Arts - Introductory
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