This quality allows for accurate color blending and achieving exact shades. Oil paint can be applied in linear brushstrokes, blobs, glaze, spray etc. Being so user friendly, it quickly found wide acceptance and, till present day, remains one of the most popular painting mediums. Acrylic - First acrylic paints were developed in Germany in 1930s. It is made up of acrylics, pigments dissolved in polymer binder.
Acrylic paint produces very clear and vivid colors.
However, achieving desired color shades using acrylic paint could often be very tricky. When in liquid state, acrylic colors appear significantly lighter than they will be after the paint dries. Therefore, work with this medium requires high degree of expertise. Tempera - This method of painting is the oldest ever known. B.C. Tempera painting pigment is usually carried in egg, casein or glycerin solution in water.