Subscribe to our newsletter. Virtually all hand-painted canvas you find is painted with acrylic paints. There are several reasons for this.
First acrylics dry quickly and because they are made from plastics, are waterproof once dry.
Second, they are available in a very wide range of colors from traditional artists colors in tubes to already mixed craft paints in bottles from many vendors. Third, depending on materials mixed in with them acrylics can be transparent, metallic, or pearlized. This make them very flexible for painting. There are some downsides to using acrylic paint. Most importantly, you need to be careful not to clog the holes of the canvas with the paint.