Product Description:

Americana is an all-purpose, premium quality acrylic paint used for decorative painting, home decor, and
general craft painting projects. Americana is water-based, non-toxic and has a matte finish that can be
varnished to create various sheens. This paint can be used on almost any surface.

No wonder Americana is the brand of choice of more painting teachers and published artist than any other
brand. Its versatility is unmatched; it can be used by the most talented artist on canvas or by a beginner for the
simplest furniture or craft projects.


Number of Colors / Items:  235


Painting Surfaces:

  •  Ceramic Bisque
  •  Wood
  •  Canvas
  •  Plaster
  •  Resins
  •  Papier mache
  •  Candles
  •  Walls
  •  Fabric
  •  Leather
  •  Styrofoam
  •  Polymer clay
  •  Watercolor paper
  •  Posterboard
  •  Metal


Features and Advantages:

  •  Highly pigmented
  •  Excellent coverage in one coat
  •  Smooth and creamy
  •  Rich, true colors
  •  Color consistency bottle to bottle
  •  Highest quality control
  •  Non-toxic
  •  Blends easily
  •  Consistent viscosity
  •  Durable finish
  •  Intermixable
  •  Best lightfast pigments
  •  Soap and water clean-up while wet


Additional Decorating Ideas/Applications:

  •  Sponge painting
  •  Faux finishing
  •  Craft and decorative painting
  •  Create a wash: Thin with Brush 'n Blend Extender for making paint transparent, floating or shading color.
  •  Create a glaze: Mix with Faux Glazing Medium for home decor faux finishing techniques like marbleizing and sponging.
  •  Create a fabric paint: Mix with Fabric Medium to create a washable paint for decorating fabrics. Let dry 24 to 48 hours. Heat set.
  •  Create crackle finishes: Use with Weathered Wood Crackling Medium. Basecoat with Americana, apply Weathered Wood, and
         then paint a contrasting color of Americana over the Weathered Wood.
  •  For canvas painting: Add Control Medium to extend blending time and improve brushability.
  •  For air brushing: Thin with 30 percent water or Brush 'n Blend Extender for ease in air-brushing.
  •  For watercolor: Add Brush 'n Blend Extender or water for transparent watercolor effects.
  •  For stenciling: Americana can be used as is. Apply with a stencil brush or other preferred stenciling techniques.


Helpful Hints:

  •  Shake well
  •  Apply one well-brushed coat using a large, soft brush for larger areas and a smaller soft brush for small areas and design work.
  •  Paint can also be applied with a synthetic or sponge brush
  •  With some transparent colors, additional coats may be required.
  •  Allow to dry thoroughly before applying additional coats or varnish.  (A hair dryer, using a low setting, will help shorten drying time.)
  •  For candle painting, mix equal parts Americana with Paint Adhesion Medium.
  •  For textural painting, tint Decorating Paste with Americana.
  •  Add Brush 'n Blend Extender to slow drying time.