acrylic

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Recent Examples of acrylic Crosby used acrylic paint, colored pencils, charcoal, and transfers on paper to create the massive 9-by-10 piece. Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 15 June 2026 Made of clear acrylic, the entire back wall of the pool serves as a window into the wonderland around you. Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2026 In that same spirit, VF worked with Muñoz to create artistic portraits in pencil, watercolor, and acrylic at the dinner. José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026 Pouncey remembered the firm throwing hazardous acrylic wastes and other materials in the general trash or storing them in open containers for hours at a time. Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for acrylic
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Noun
  • Take the look even further by pairing it with trending tones and techniques, like sheer jelly bases or watercolor renditions of your go-to berry.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 3 July 2026
  • Melania announced the launch of her first NFT, Melania’s Vision—a watercolor of her eyes—in December 2021, available for purchase only in the second half of that month.
    Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The first iteration of the lottery was won by Jeffrey Gonano, a 25-year-old man from a suburb of Pittsburgh, who won a L’Homme au Gibus (1914), also a gouache on paper.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Ari Hodara, ​a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won Tête de femme (1941), or head of a woman, a gouache-on-paper portrait, according to Reuters.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Isla Fisher shines in pastel pink at the Serpentine Summer Party on June 23 in London.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • While the pastel was trending earlier this year, it’s officially been overtaken by its more summery sister.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Jagger didn’t offer any specifics, though, on the ideal diptych of years for a depiction of the band.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Adam and Eve After Cranach, 1971, an acrylic diptych modeled on Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1526 painting of the titular couple.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, fashion illustrator Talia Zoref was on hand and busy creating aquarelle sketches for guests to take home.
    Camila Hennessy, Vogue, 5 July 2017

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“Acrylic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrylic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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