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Reactions To Atelier Interactive

by Keith Norris Jun 12, 2007 Last comment posted on Feb 23, 2010

I have been teaching at major art seminars for many years and Atelier Interactive is the first genuinely new and exciting acrylic paint I have seen since I started out.

“New” could mean confronting and frightening, demanding difficult new skills. With the new Interactive paint the only new skill required is to operate a water atomiser.

I am finding that my novice and less experienced students make faster progress with the new paint. They get better results more easily and feel encouraged to continue.

It is interesting to see the reaction of experienced painters who have got used to being fenced in by fast drying paint. They find it difficult to believe that a water spray could give them control over their painting process; it seems just too easy and we have all heard the word “new” so often that we don’t really expect to have a genuine, and useful, new experience.

Most of them have become bored about rehashing “old” techniques so this is exciting for them, but they still like to know that they can use “old” fast techniques when they feel like it.

Let me know what you have been able to achieve when painting with Interactive.

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    romi commented on August 24, 2007, at 4:09 pm.

    i am a user of the old atelier and loved them, i find the new atelier takes too long to dry and smell like peroxide. has anyone else experienced this

    thanks
    romi

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    Jan Blencowe commented on January 17, 2008, at 11:44 am.

    I've been an oil painter for many years and just recently tried the interactives at a friends urging. WOW! I love them. Tomorrow I will begin my 20th painting using them. I've painted in many sizes from small 6x8in. to 30x30in. and find that I paint quickly enough to use only water to keep the paints workable. Occassionaly if I have a really large passage I will use the slow-medium. The longer working time is exactly what I needed in an acrylic to create the atmospheric softness I like in my landscapes. Also I'm glad to see that they don't have that shiny, plastic-y look of conventional acrylics. The feel of this paint is truly different than any acrylics I previously tried. I'm finding them extremely versatile; glazing, scumbling, pushing and pulling edges, overpainting, detail... all possible within in one painting session. I'm using the gloss solvent Finishing Varnish and they look just like oil paintings. Really amazing!

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    kezza commented on March 14, 2008, at 3:07 pm.

    Hello Everyone,
    I am new to Atelier Interactive Acrylics, I usually use Gouache.
    I am only a beginner & I would like to share one of my first attempts with you.
    It is a little built up with some modeling compound.
    Any comments or thoughts would be appreciated.
    I love these paints.
    Thank you
    Kezza.

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    Gill commented on March 19, 2008, at 10:47 am.

    This message came in via email.

    Hello my name is Rebecca and i have just completed a 2 day workshop with Sue Nelson using the Atelier Interactive paints. I would just like to tell you that i found these paints absolutely brilliant and the way that Sue teaches it is so easy to follow and you pick up some great ideas and techniques. We painted a seascape complete with seagull this time.

    As i live in outback NSW ,300kms west of Dubbo, it is great that Sue is able to come out here and share her knowledge. All in the class are extremely gratefully to Chroma for making it possibly for Sue to come out here. However it would be great if other teachers could be encouraged to travel to remote areas to teach as not all students are in the cities and not all students can travel to the city due to family commitments.

    Workshops are a great way to try new mediums and products many of which country people have heard of but never used or seen due to lack of suppliers in our area. 2-3 workshops a year in any medium(oil,pastel,watercolour.ect) would be greatly appreciated by country people

    I would just like to thank you for at least reading this and hopefully in the not to distant future we may have more workshops

    Regards
    Rebecca


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    jeremy scott commented on February 23, 2010, at 9:16 am.

    Personally after being used to the old product, and just having come back into the studio after a few years, I think the product is garbage... The phrase clutching at straws comes to mind when I wish it (the original), was still available... The colours were bright and bold..., oh..., and actually dried the same colour as they went on (pretty much)... The gloss factor has been lost too..., it's like like half the "stretch" has been taken out of it. Don't EVEN get me started on this new gloss medium either... I'm SURE it has been thinned to all hell to improve results, and not to improve it's profit margin... Yeah..., uh-huh... righto then.
    At least after all this it'll be fun finding new brands to use....

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