Acrylic Mediums & Varnishes
Acrylic paints are remarkably versatile and can be mixed with a large variety of mediums to create different characteristics. Gel mediums increase flow, molding pastes build texture and dimension, fluid mediums help control transparency and viscosity, texture gel mediums create 3-dimensional effects, and pouring mediums form brilliant poured color films! Don’t forget a varnish to add a protective layer to your finished artwork.
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Liquitex Pouring Medium
$17.25Liquitex Pouring Medium is a flexible, non-yellowing medium that creates even poured puddles, thick and flowing applications of color and acrylic skins. Upon drying, the medium does not craze (unwanted surface defect from uneven drying), crack or hold...$17.25 -
Liquitex Acrylic Varnishes
$11.20Liquitex Acrylic Varnish protects completed acrylic works from harsh elements, dirt and other impurities in the environment and shields colors from ultraviolet light. Offered in different finishes, Liquitex varnish can be used to change or unify a...$11.20 -
Golden Soft Gel Mediums
$16.30Golden Soft Gel Medium are thinner than Heavy Body Colors. Mix with acrylic colors to produce a brilliant glaze. Soft gels can be used as a base for wet blending or as an adhesive for collage and mixed media. Gels are essentially colorless paint,...$16.30 -
DecoArt Fabric Painting Medium
$3.28When mixed with acrylic paint, DecoArt Fabric Painting Medium produces a washable, permanent paint for fabrics. It improves penetration and bonding to the fabric and helps to prevent cracking, peeling and fading. It will not dilute the color and it...$3.28 -
Golden Matte Medium
$15.59Matte Medium is a viscous, pourable acrylic medium that works to extend colors, increase translucency and decrease gloss. As a general all purpose liquid medium, it provides an appearance of matte transparency when mixed with colors. The versatile Matte...$15.59 -
Liquitex Matte Mediums
$17.25Liquitex Matte Mediums create a matte, non-reflecting finish when added to acrylic colors. Mix into any acrylic paint to increase transparency and extend color, increase matte sheen, increase film integrity, ease flow of paint and add flexibility...$17.25 -
GAC Acrylic Polymer Mediums
$15.59GAC (short for Golden Artist Colors) Specialty Acrylic Polymers are based on 100% acrylic polymer emulsions. GACs are designed as mediums or modifiers of acrylic paints. They can be blended with Golden Acrylic Paints to extend the paint, regulate...$15.59 -
W&N Acrylic Flow Improver
$11.95This additive increases the flow of acrylic colors, which allows for the application of flat, even color without changing color strength. Flow Improver is also very effective for hard edge painting techniques, staining and watercolor techniques. Acrylic...$11.95 -
Golden Gloss Medium
$16.30Gloss Medium is a general purpose liquid medium useful for creating glazes, extending colors, enhancing gloss and translucency and increasing film integrity. It has a unique feel that is more oil-like and resinous in nature. This consistency allows the...$16.30 -
Golden Fluid Matte Medium
$15.59Fluid Matte Medium is a liquid medium designed to extend colors, decrease gloss and increase film integrity. Blend with Golden’s Fluid Acrylics to decrease any gloss without increasing viscosity. Fluid Matte Medium is a very useful general purpose...$15.59 -
Liquitex Gloss Medium
$17.25Liquitex Gloss Medium increases gloss, transparency and color adhesion. It lowers viscosity and thus extends color. Designed exclusively for use with acrylics, this non-yellowing fluid medium is good for blending, glazing and as a collage adhesive. It...$17.25 -
Golden Molding Pastes
$15.59Molding Paste can be used to achieve a variety of effects and expressions. Unlike gels, pastes are opaque because they contain Marble Dust or other fillers that create a white or clay-tone finish with a variety of textures and properties...$15.59 -
Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquids
$11.98This Glazing Liquid, originally designed for interior decorative finishes, is a slow-drying acrylic medium that brushes onto many standard and alternative surfaces very easily. When mixed with acrylic colors, it retains its slow-drying quality, allowing...$11.98 -
Golden Acrylic Retarder
$10.95Golden Acrylic Retarder is an additive used to slow the drying time of acrylic paints. It is very useful for “wet in wet" techniques and for reducing any skinning of the paint on a palette. Simply mix in with the desired color to prolong its...$10.95 -
Golden High Flow Medium, 1 oz
$5.10High Flow Medium is a 100% acrylic binder system that is designed to modify Golden High Flow Acrylics for increased transparency and film hardness. Engineered to meet the highest standards of professional airbrush illustrators, it possesses...$5.10 -
Golden Regular Gel Mediums
$16.30With the same creamy consistency as Golden’s Heavy Body Acrylics, Regular Gel Mediums are ideal for extending paint and regulating translucency without changing the consistency of the colors. Essentially colorless paint, these gel mediums will hold...$16.30 -
Golden Airbrush Medium
$9.50Airbrush Medium is designed to modify Golden’s Acrylic Colors, especially their Fluid Acrylics, for easy and effective use in airbrush/spray applications. The medium brings the paint to the proper viscosity and successfully decreases clogging and...$9.50 -
Gamvar Gloss Picture Varnish
$16.95Gamvar Gloss Picture Varnish is a protective semi-gloss varnish that is ready-to-apply on any painting, oil or acrylic. It gives greater depth to the colors in your painting and provides a unified finish. Gamvar is virtually odorless and can be...$16.95 -
Golden Heavy Gel Mediums
$16.30With a consistency thicker than Golden’s Heavy Body Acrylics, Heavy Gel Medium is designed to be blended with colors to increase body. It also works well for holding peaks and adding distinctive texture. Heavy Gel dries translucent and when added...$16.30 -
Golden Fiber Paste
$16.30Fiber Paste, with the look of handmade paper, offers an opaque, flexible, rough surface that is ideal as a ground or a texture. The artist can skim it with a wet palette knife for a smooth, paper-like surface. When dry, it has an off-white color and is...$16.30