A2 Art Students Acrylics are specially designed for the needs of students, beginners or hobby painters who wish to avoid the expense of buying artists colours, especially during the earlier stages when they are learning how to handle paint. It has the same in consistency and handling as an artists quality paint but the pigments are not lightfast and paint is not permanent Chromas A2 Art Students Acrylics are perfectly suited to be used with the Atelier Range of Painting Mediums & Varnishes. The 20 colours in the A2 range have been carefully matched to colours in the Atelier Professional Artists Quality range, so that experience in colour mixing gained by learning with A2 is not lost.