A rich warm brown color made by burning raw sienna. Sienna is a natural yellow clay found in the earth and deepens in color when heated. It's one of the oldest pigments in its natural state and can be found in prehistoric cave art. Named after Siena in Italy, where the pigment was sourced during the Renaissance, it is a opaque color with red-brown tones. Whether you’re a beginner on a budget, an experienced artist doing underpainting or sketching, or a creative professional doing color scoping and exploration, Liquitex Basics Acrylic has you covered. Formulated with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in our professional range (just with a lighter pigment load), Basics Acrylic delivers a lightfast, medium viscosity experience that sacrifices nothing. It’s the perfect balance of quality, versatility, and economy. So, what are you waiting for? Jump straight in, go for it, and see what happens. Experience The Everyday Acrylic.

• Student-Grade Quality with Artist-Level Performance: Offers a great balance of quality and value, making it ideal for beginners, students, and artists who need reliable performance on a budget.
• Thick, Buttery Consistency: Retains brushstrokes and texture well, allowing for expressive techniques such as impasto, palette knife work, and layering.
• Mixable and Blendable: Colors blend smoothly and can be mixed with other Liquitex products, giving artists full creative control and endless color possibilities.
• Lightfast and Permanent: Made with high-quality pigments that resist fading, ensuring artwork maintains its color integrity over time.
• Safe, Clean Paint: BASICS acrylic paints are certified to contain no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or harmful to humans or to cause health problems, making them ideal for studio and educational use.
• Trusted Liquitex quality: Made by Liquitex, experts in fine art materials for students and professionals.