Heavy Body
Acrylic
Thick, richly pigmented,
lightfast color


This is thick, high viscosity, pigment-rich professional acrylic color, ideal for impasto and texture.
With a high concentration of lightfast artist-quality pigment and a satin finish, Heavy Body Acrylic gives you rich, permanent color, with crisp brush strokes and knife marks.
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THE FORMULA
At the forefront of acrylic innovation, Heavy Body represents the latest in acrylic resin technology. The low-odor acrylic resin base gives you increased open time and colors of great clarity and vibrancy, with minimal wet-to-dry shift. The paint film is highly flexible, durable, non-yellowing, UV-resistant and water-resistant when dry.

PURE PIGMENTS
The finest quality artists’ pigments used in high concentration. Heavy Body Acrylic is known for its rich, permanent color. Our chemists use the latest basket bead-mill technology to bring out the best in every pigment. Tiny reinforced ceramic beads give fine dispersion, great color development, strength and brightness. Every color is individually formulated to allow the unique character of each pigment to express itself – whether it’s naturally opaque, semi-opaque or transparent.

THE RANGE
Choose from a range of sizes....
The 2oz (59ml) tube in 105 colors
The 4.65oz (138ml) tube in 36 colors
The 16oz (473ml) pot in 25 colors
The 32oz (946ml) pot in 25 colors
And the smaller 0.74oz (22ml) tube, which you can find in our sets

Heavy Body Acrylic
2oz (59ml) tube

Heavy Body Acrylic
4.65oz (138ml) tube

Heavy Body Acrylic
16oz (473ml) pot

Heavy Body Acrylic
32oz (946ml) pot

Heavy Body Acrylic
0.74oz (22ml) tube
SURFACES
If it sticks to it, you can use it. Use Heavy Body on:
stretched canvas
photo paper
plaster & brick
clay & pottery
paper & board
wood, fabric & glass

HIGH VISCOSITY
Satisfyingly thick and rich. This is our highest viscosity paint. Good surface drag gives excellent handling and blending characteristics, with increased open-working time. Never too slippery, or too sticky. Heavy Body Acrylic delivers intense color in the ideal consistency, for a range of techniques.

Archival
On a client’s wall. In a gallery. Your work needs to stay as you intended. As with all Liquitex products, the pigments in Heavy Body have passed extensive tests for lightfastness. Each pigment is rated according to the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM), and we only use pigments rated ASTM I or II*. This means your work will have the greatest archival permanence possible – at least 50 years+ in gallery conditions – with no color shifting or fading, to stay vibrant and true.
*Some pigments, such as fluorescents, are not rated

Sets
Our professional sets bring new colors to your palette, in a choice of sizes
Tips & Techniques
Useful guides for working with Heavy Body Acrylic
Heavy Body FAQs
Other artists have asked us...
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DPP stands for the pigment DiketoPyrroloPyrrole. It's a new gen hybrid pigment – an innovation that brings different qualities together in one new pigment. Hybrid pigments provide an alternative to traditional pigments, helping to bridge the gap between performance and environmental considerations. A hybrid pigment could combine organic and inorganic pigment properties for example. Organic pigments have chroma and tint strength but are weaker in lightfastness and opacity; it is the other way round with inorganic pigments. -
The pigment PR206 used for Quinacridone Burnt Orange was discontinued by the supplier. After trying to develop an alternative hue, we realized we couldn’t identically replace this unique Quinacridone pigment, and decided to discontinue the color in Heavy Body and Soft Body. -
Due to pigment PR206 discontinuation by the supplier, we reformulated this color and replaced PR206 with PR179. The new color compared to previous can be considered brighter and more luminous in masstone. In undertone, the shade is slightly bluer than previous with the same color strength. Transparency (transparent color) and lightfastness remain the same. -
You can achieve so many effects with Heavy Body. As well as brushes, you should definitely try applying with a knife - different shaped blades will give you different finishes. Combs and shaped scrapers will also give some interesting relief textures and patterns. -
Heavy Body Acrylic is our nearest paint in terms of viscosity and behaviour, but has many other characteristics that are different to oil paint. Try it out and see how you go. -
One word: viscosity. They have the same pigmentation and color vibrancy but Heavy Body is a much thicker, high viscosity formula.