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title: "Liquitex Professional Acrylic Heavy Body Set of 12 x 22 ml Essential Colours"
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# 2-hour quick dry time 12 vibrant essential colors high viscosity for rich texture Liquitex Professional Acrylic Heavy Body Set of 12 x 22 ml Essential Colours

**Brand:** liquitex
**Price:** $167.88
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎨 Elevate your art game with Liquitex’s richest, most textured acrylics yet!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Liquitex Professional Acrylic Heavy Body Set of 12 x 22 ml Essential Colours by liquitex
- **How much does it cost?** $167.88 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/128159737-liquitex-professional-acrylic-heavy-body-set-of-12-x-22)

## Best For

- liquitex enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted liquitex brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Extended Open Time:** Balanced viscosity offers excellent blending without slipping or stickiness.
- • **Impasto Perfection:** Thick, buttery consistency ideal for bold textures and knife strokes.
- • **Pure Pigment Power:** High concentration of lightfast pigments ensures vivid, permanent color.
- • **Safe & Professional:** Non-toxic formula trusted by artists worldwide with a satin matte finish.
- • **Versatile Surface Grip:** Adheres flawlessly to canvas, wood, metal, ceramics & more.

## Overview

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Heavy Body Set includes 12 x 22 ml tubes of richly pigmented, high-viscosity acrylic paints designed for professional artists. Featuring pure, lightfast pigments and a satin matte finish, these paints dry quickly in 2 hours, are water-cleanable when wet, and adhere to a wide variety of surfaces. Perfect for impasto techniques, this non-toxic set delivers intense color and superior texture for versatile, long-lasting artwork.

## Description

From the manufacturer Heavy Body Acrylic This is a thick, high viscosity, pigment-rich professional acrylic colour, ideal for impasto and texture. With a high concentration of lightfast artist-quality pigment and a satin finish, Heavy Body Acrylic gives you rich, permanent colour, with crisp brush strokes and knife marks. HIGH VISCOSITY aplus content video Satisfyingly rich and smooth is our highest viscosity paint. With increased open-working time, good surface drag gives excellent handling and blending characteristics. Never too slippery, or too sticky. Heavy Body Acrylic delivers intense colour in the ideal consistency for a range of techniques. Multiple surfaces COVERAGE The finest quality PURE PIGMENTS Heavy Body Acrylic is known for its rich, permanent colour. Our chemists use the latest basket bead-mill technology to bring out the best in every pigment. Tiny reinforced ceramic beads give fine dispersion, great colour development, strength and brightness. Every colour is individually formulated to allow the unique character of each pigment to express itself – whether it’s naturally opaque, semi-opaque or transparent. Highly flexible, durable, UV-resistant and water-resistant when dry. EXPLORE DIFFERENT SIZES 59 ml tube Number of colours 116 Fluorescent Colours Ideal for Experimenting Learn More 59 ml tube Number of colours 116 Fluorescent Colours Ideal for Experimenting 138 ml tube Number of colours 36 Fluorescent Colours Ideal for Favourite colours Learn More 138 ml tube 36 Favourite colours 473 ml pot Number of colours 25 Fluorescent Colours Ideal for Large brushes Learn More 473 ml pot 25 Large brushes 946 ml pot Number of colours 25 Fluorescent Colours Ideal for Large surfaces Learn More 946 ml pot Large surfaces Sets Number of colours 11 different sets Fluorescent Colours Ideal for Whole painting Learn More Sets 11 different sets Whole painting What's the difference? HEAVY BODY VS SOFT BODY We're often asked this. If you thought Soft Body was just a watered down Heavy Body, you’d be wrong. This flowing, low viscosity formula was actually created first. The two paints have compatible binders and pack the same high pigment load. But if you thin Heavy Body with water or medium, you reduce concentration and get noticeably weaker colors. Paint feel, performance and stability is also impacted, so choose the right consistency of paint for the task.

Review: Best Acrylic paint for Artists - I love Liquitex paint, great to use, plenty of pigment, fabulous texture.
Review: Good Quality paint - Very good consistency. Nice paint. Good value.

## Features

- Contains sensitizing substances. May produce an allergic reaction.
- WHY HEAVY BODY? - Liquitex invented artists' acrylics back in 1955 and we've specialized in acrylics ever since. Thick, richly pigmented, lightfast colour is ideal for impasto and texture
- VERSATILE - Heavy Body acrylic dries quickly and can be cleaned up with water while wet. It can easily flex, and sticks to almost any surface including canvas, paper & board, wood, masonry, metal, styrofoam, stone, ceramics, and textiles
- PURE PIGMENTS - With a high concentration of lightfast artist-quality pigment and a satin finish, Heavy Body Acrylic gives you rich, permanent colour, with crisp brush strokes and knife marks. Pigments are ground with tiny reinforced ceramic beads to give fine dispersion, great colour development, strength, and brightness
- HIGH VISCOSITY - Satisfyingly thick and rich. This is our highest viscosity paint. Good surface drag gives excellent handling and blending characteristics, with increased open-working time. Never too slippery, or too sticky. Heavy Body Acrylic delivers intense coloUr in the ideal consistency, for a range of techniques
- SET INCLUDES - 12 x 22 ml of Essential Liquitex Heavy Body Colours. Colours: Yellow Medium Azo, Naphthol Red Light, Quinacridone Crimson, Dioxazine Purple, Ultramarine Blue (Red Shade), Cerulean Blue Hue, Phthalocyanine Green (Blue Shade), Yellow Oxide, Transparent Burnt Sienna, Transparent Raw Umber, Ivory Black, Titanium White

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07HQ13P47 |
| Age Range Description | Teens, Adults |
| Best Sellers Rank | 8,597 in Home & Kitchen ( See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen ) 51 in Paints |
| Brand | Liquitex |
| Brand Name | Liquitex |
| Colour | Essentiels |
| Colour Code | #F7DC6F |
| Container Type | Tin |
| Country of Origin | France |
| Coverage | 264 milliliters |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,246 Reviews |
| Dry Time In Hours | 2 |
| Finish Type | Matte |
| Finish type | Matte |
| Full Cure Time | 24 Hours |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00887452032106 |
| Included Components | Canvas Board |
| Indoor Outdoor Usage | Indoor |
| Is Waterproof | True |
| Item Form | Gel |
| Item Type Name | Heavy Body Acrylic Paint |
| Item Volume | 264 Millilitres |
| Item Weight | 204 g |
| Item volume | 264 Millilitres |
| Manufacturer | Liquitex |
| Model Name | Heavy Body Acrylic |
| Model Number | 3699357 |
| Paint Type | Acrylic |
| Part Number | 3699357 |
| Size | 39.42 ml (Pack of 12) |
| Special Features | Non Toxic |
| Special feature | Non Toxic |
| Specific Uses For Product | acrylic painting |
| Surface Recommendation | Wood |
| UPC | 887452032106 |
| Unit Count | 473.0 millilitre |
| Water Resistance Level | Waterproof |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Liquitex
- **Colour:** Essentiels
- **Finish type:** Matte
- **Item volume:** 264 Millilitres
- **Paint type:** Acrylic
- **Size:** 39.42 ml (Pack of 12)
- **Special feature:** Non Toxic
- **Specific uses for product:** acrylic painting
- **Surface recommendation:** Wood
- **Unit count:** 473.0 millilitre

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this a hue, or single pigment, and if a single pigment, what is the pigment number?**
A: Hi...as far as I can tell it's a single pigment and the number is PR 122...hope this helps, it is a gorgeous colour and spreads really well.

**Q: Is this paint UV activated (fluorescent)?**
A: the liquitex site explains that it's lightfast and UV fade resistant - you do not need to 'activate it' by shining UV over it. If you have doubts you could just ask them directly: https://www.liquitex.com/row/contact-us/ (I'll be amused if Amazon don't let me post the contact details for the manufacturer).

**Q: Would this work on wood?**
A: If you primed the wood with Gesso I think it would.

**Q: Can i use it for PC watercooling? Is it safe?**
A: Yes its safe used as their instructions advise. 
When using Acrylics remember they are thicker and cover better than watercolours, you can use both together no worries.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Acrylic paint for Artists
*by J***G on 7 December 2025*

I love Liquitex paint, great to use, plenty of pigment, fabulous texture.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Quality paint
*by M***K on 5 January 2026*

Very good consistency. Nice paint. Good value.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The strength of the paint when making it more fluid
*by K***. on 26 March 2025*

This is my first time using these acrylic paints was really pleased very impressed, the quality,colour, acrylic pouring with them the magic of The cells popping through the paint, I shall definitely be getting some more.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, 12 x 22ml (0.74-oz), Essentials Set
- Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, 2-oz (59ml) Tube, Titanium White
- Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint, 250ml (8.5-oz) Tube, Titanium White

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*Last updated: 2026-07-16*