Winsor Newton galleria Acrylic

Professional-looking colour at an everyday price

Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic is made for artists who want good paint without artist-grade prices. The colours are strong and highly pigmented, with good covering power, so you get vivid results from the first coat. Galeria uses the same pigments as Winsor & Newton’s professional range, or similar ones in a lower concentration, which makes it a natural way to start and an easy step up to artist-grade paint later.

The paint has a smooth, buttery consistency that spreads easily and holds brush strokes, so you can paint flat colour or build textured layers. It dries to a satin finish, and once dry it’s permanent and water-resistant.

A colour for every project
The Galeria range covers the essentials and more: bright primaries, earth tones, deep blues and greens, whites, blacks, and metallic shades. Because the colours mix easily, you can start with a handful and build a full palette over time. If you’re not sure where to begin, a warm and a cool version of each primary, plus Titanium White and a black, will take you a long way.

Why you’ll like it

• Highly pigmented colours with good covering power
• Lightfast, so your colours stay true over time
• Smooth, buttery, heavy-body texture that holds brush and knife marks
• Dries to a satin finish and becomes permanent and water-resistant
• Can be used straight from the container, thinned with water, or mixed with acrylic mediums
• Works with Galeria mediums and varnishes for different effects
• Wide range of colours, including metallics
• Sold in different sizes, so you can match the amount to the colour’s use

Great for

• Painting on canvas, boards, and acrylic paper
• Students and beginners building a first palette
• Hobbyists and weekend painters
• Landscapes, portraits, abstracts, and still life
• Textured and impasto-style work
• Art classes, workshops, and painting parties
• Craft and mixed media projects

Tips for better results

1. Squeeze out only what you need, and keep the cap on so the rest doesn’t dry out.
2. Use a palette or tray, and mist the paint lightly with water to keep it workable while you paint.
3. Work in layers, and let each dry before adding the next, for cleaner colour and less muddiness.
4. Thin with a little water or an acrylic medium. Too much water weakens the paint film.
5. Use synthetic or hog brushes, or a palette knife, depending on how much texture you want.
6. Wash brushes with warm water straight after use, since dried acrylic is hard to remove.
7. Seal finished work with a suitable varnish for lasting protection.

• Acrylic dries slightly darker than it looks wet, so test on a spare piece first.
• Colours on screen may look slightly different in person.
• Prime or seal glossy and non-porous surfaces such as metal and plastic for the best adhesion.
• Keep out of reach of young children.