accent acrylic paints

[regsart]

Hello All,
RE- Accent acrylic paints in 2oz bottles

I have been using these paints and I LOVE them - nice consistancy and colors- But there hard to get . Does anyone know of other equally excellent liquid acrylics OR where to find this stuff.
Or does anyone have stories similar
Thanks - Regan

[paintinpat]

Hi,
I have used Ceracoat acrylic paint for the past several years. They are every bit as good if not better than Accent. I use them on various surfaces including watercolor papers, wood, canvas...
I have been a decorative, tole, folk art painter for about 25 years now and can honestly say they have proven to be the best for me..
Pat

[tammy]

I'm so glad you were able to answer that question as I had no idea myself. I thought that with Accent in the word that they were glittery paint or something. (Tammy, showing her dummy side) :D

[TeAnne]

This is the one I use
http://www.josonja.com.au/
http://www.josonja.com.au/b1_gif/products_group.jpg
http://www.chromaonline.com/gif/top_right_josonja.gif

[regsart]

Thanks Pat and TeAnne. I did get a sample tube of Jo Sonja not to long ago - I'll have to try it out! And I'll check into the Cera coat.
Have a nice Day!:)
Regan

[tammy]

Actuallly I think I've tried several of the Cera coat paint and everytime I look around a book I have is doing demos in Jo sonja's. I'm gonna have to get me some of that stuff.

Have you ever done that before? I bought a basic portrait book and didn't realize until I tried the demos in it that they all used Jo sonja's gouache colors, therefore not having them I was left with the deliemma of trying to figure out substitutes for the colors. Not good.
Yep, guess I'm gonna have to get some yet. :D

Actually I've heard that they are pretty good!

[regsart]

Hi Tammy,
I went to the jo sonja site TeAnne posted a link for. It has a very handy conversion chart. Made me more willing to try new paints since I can create the same or maybe better colors. :) .
Have a nice Day Everyone!
Regan

[ausiland]

I have heard from several reputable dealers that they had gone out of business. I too loved their paints, especially Indian Sky. They seemed to cover better than the others.

HOWEVER, I just cheked, and their site is still up. I haven't been able to brouse it as I keep losing this message when I try. I just typed in "Accent Acrylic Paints" and got 2 sites- the first didn't work, but the second one did. Good Luck - I'm going there now to check it out.

[regsart]

Hi Ausiland,
When did you here they went out of buss.? I heard last year that they changed hands. I can find some of there stuff at Chroma that's probably a local store. And Joann Fabric. But not a regular stock of the stuff. I have purchased from alpine imports
www.alpineimport.com . They actually discouraged futher orders because it was so difficult. You can only get the accents via mail because they can't get the paints either and they sell em!!
I think this paint covers the Best also! I also love indian sky and so many other colors! 1-800-346-3278 is Accent's # it's in New Jersey USA. Anyway I think I called that # and they don't sell to the public but they'll tell you where to find there stuff. I think pearl paint carries it also. I hope they don't fold I love there paint Oh well,
Regan

[ausiland]

Hi again Regsart:

I e-mailed Accent when I last posted to you, but they haven't replied yet. I get the feeling that whoever now owns the company doesn't WANT to sell the paint! Maybe they want it to fade out so their own stuff will sell.?