Is acrylic paint really that different?

Is it different than all the others?Is acrylic paint really that different?
All paints use the same or similar pigments. The differences is in the base that the pigments are suspended in.





Acrylic and watercolor paints are water based, so they dry quickly (often within 15 minutes). Watercolors are quite transparent and often applied in thin layer after layer, until the desired depth or darkness is achieved. In watercolors, the paper white is usually the ';white'; used, rather than white paint. Acrylic can be thinned to get an effect much like watercolors, or can be applied thickly, straight from the tube to give a look similar to oil paints. White paint is usually used to create the whites.





Oil paint, on the other hand, is easily workable for two or more days, depending on the kind of oil emulsion. So, you have to plan ahead more what colors you are going to paint onto or into the wet paint, or wait as long as several weeks (or months) for each layer to dry before applying the next. Oil paint can also be thinned and used as a glaze over a dried acrylic or oil painting.





The kind of paint is often a very personal decision, depending on what effects the artist wants to accomplish and what the artist is most comfortable working with.Is acrylic paint really that different?
Oh yeah!





It dries faster. it smells better... unless you are an oil paint addict and you actually like the turp smell.