Question for acrylic painters

[bif]

Can anyone recommend a yellow paint that has good coverage? I have several tubes of yellow paint. And they all tend to be watery. I usually have to mix in a bit of white, and even then, have to give it several coats. I have tried Liquitex, Golden, W&N and a couple others. Is there one out there with better coverage or is that just the nature of yellow acrylic paint?

[brush]

1. Try cadmium yellow deep, and if you want thicker texture add neo-mcgilf

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mnet-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mnet&p=neo+mcgilf#id=1&vid=fe5ed09eae923df93e5b0a7ecbd414fa&action=clickhttps:

[bif]

5. Thans!

I'll check the video out. Is there any brand of paint that covers better than others?

[brush]

7. Most brands, with a good gesso ground, will work.

[Jamastiene]

2. I just use the cheap little DecoArt Americana

acrylic paints and they seem to do just fine with one coat, but I do prime pretty much everything I paint with a coat of white paint (same brand) first. Mostly, I paint woodworking projects and whatever things that I carve.

One really cool yellow effect I got one time was using Spice Islands Turmeric mixed with alcohol and soaking a bamboo chopstick in it. It turned the chopstick into this beautiful yellow color and you could see the veins more clearly. I was experimenting that night for a moss terrarium stand decoration I needed to make and had all kinds of things mixed together.

[bif]

4. Very cool. Yep, turmeric is pretty intense

When I cook with it, it tends to turn the mixing spoon yellow!

[mopinko]

3. i second brush, and

i was gonna say add a medium of some kind. there are tons out there.

but also, have you tried using washes? push the paint around w a wet brush, and see how you like it.
i didnt use acrylics for long, but that was where i started back in high school. my sister had painted in oils. i tried both ways- washes, and also did a seascape w a thick gel that turned out pretty good. they both did. i still have the wash one, and my niece has the sea scape hanging in her house, and wont give it back.

most of my work is inks and caron d'arch- water color crayons.
start w an ink outline, draw on the color, then push it around w a wet brush.
really fun process. most satisfying.

i've been watching you. you are doing just fine.
i will pass on the best advice i got from my very spendy education-
these are great. do more.

[bif]

6. I haven't tried washes yet.

Thanks. Another thing I need to explore.

[mopinko]

8. do more, do more, do more.

buy stuff at the art store that is a mystery to you, and figure it out.