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The Liquitex Basics 36-tube set is a starter acrylic range built around a student-grade formula: heavy-body consistency, water-based, and mixable with the professional Liquitex lines. It covers a broad spread of colors, including metallics and neutrals, so you can work without mixing every shade from scratch. Compared with artist-grade acrylics, Basics uses less pigment and more filler, so colors are less saturated and some mixes go muddy faster. It suits beginners, students and hobby painters who want a wide palette to learn on rather than a small set of premium tubes.
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Lowest price we've seen: $55.99 on Nov 9 at Staples. Tracked across 2 stores since Nov 9.
Reviewers treat the Basics line as a solid, affordable entry point: they like the range of colors, the thick consistency and the easy cleanup. Experienced painters say the pigment strength and lightfastness fall short of artist-grade acrylics, and a few find some colors chalky or weak when diluted.
