I paint in acrylic but find acrylic paper is quite hard. The other day I used watercolour paper and brushes and found them much better - is it possible to continue with these materials while painting with acrylics?

Cathy Gosling replies: This extract from Collins Complete Painting courts answers these questions for you. 'One of the most intriguing aspects of acrylic is that it can 'imitate' both oil and watercolour. It is thus the perfect starter medium allowing you to experiment with widely different painting methods with little financial outlay. It can be tinned with water and applied with soft brushes just like watercolour or gouache. It can also be used as thickly or more thickly than oil paint, and put on with a bristle brush or painting

I often use watercolour paper for painting in acrylic (atilier interactive) and do not use gesso,I start off with dilute paint and build up, it gives a lovely finish but then I am no expert just someone doing my own thing my way!!
Mary

Hello OldWoman (??!!) Well done for trying out new ways with existing products! I quite often use Rough Watercolour Paper for Pastels, and find that it works very well.
I don't really like using Acrylic Paper for those paints as I think it is too absorbant so that the Acrylic paint dries too fast, but you may have found the solution by using Atelier!

Very best wishes,

Steve Williams
RSC