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Acrylic Mediums & Varnishes
Atelier Binder Medium can be used as a medium for acrylic paint or as a sealer. When used as a medium, it will speed up the drying time of your paint when you need multiple layers in a short space of time. Use, on its own, to seal porous surfaces where minimal tooth is required. Atelier Binder Medium will increase gloss when mixed with acrylic paint. It is water based and dries to flexible film. P…
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Atelier Clear Painting Medium allows paint to spread over a surface and dilutes viscosity for more blendable gradations of acrylic colour. Atelier Clear Painting Medium can be used to prevent runs in diluted paint applied vertically on an easel. Quite viscous, can be used as a glaze – thicker than the Glazing Medium. Packaging may vary.
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Atelier Fast Fixer Medium is ideal when you have no time to wait for your painting to dry. It speeds up drying time and is great for achieving glazing techniques and applying thin layers of colour. Suitable for traditional painting techniques. Atelier Fast Fixer Medium can be used to seal completed dry paintings before varnishing. It toughens paint layers making it perfect for hardening tender lay…
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Atelier Gesso Primer is a water based, flexible acrylic ground with a high grit content. Designed to provide a stable white surface on which to paint. Atelier Gesso Primers may be used directly from the container for all over thick textural effects. Gesso works for both acrylic and oil paintings to provide good paint adhesion and prevents loss of moisture. Apply to canvas, boards and similar surfa…
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Atelier Glazing Liquid (Gloss) is a low viscosity medium perfect for creating translucent glazes. Slightly extends open time and is waterproof when dry. Mix with paint for added translucency with a rich oil-like gloss sheen. Promotes flow and levelling. This product is part of the Atelier Traditional range. Packaging may vary.
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Atelier Gloss Medium is a general purpose mid viscosity medium that adds translucency and increases gloss to your acrylic paints. It will extend your colours making them flow much easier which is ideal for glazing techniques. It can be mixed with the paint as a medium or used to seal a paint layer before overpainting. This product is part of the Atelier Traditional range. Packaging may vary.
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Atelier Traditional Gloss Varnish can be used as a final varnish for artists’ acrylics to protect artwork and increase gloss levels. It is non-removable, however can be over painted. The acrylic varnish may be mixed with acrylics as a low viscosity medium to change the sheen levels or to dilute for glazing. Atelier Interactive will dry fast and waterproof if used in this way. Packaging may vary. P…
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Atelier Traditional Heavy Gel Gloss Medium exaggerates structure and sharpens textural edges of Atelier Interactive Acrylic Paint. It can be used as a very strong adhesive for bonding objects in mixed-media. Atelier Traditional Heavy Gel Gloss Medium can be mixed with Atelier Interactive Acrylic Paint, over painted once dry or applied on top of a paint layer for a translucent textural effect. Pack…
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Use Atelier Holding Medium to create a more tactile paint effect with a matte finish. Ideal when canvas is in an upright position on an easel and you want to avoid the paint dripping or want a thicker more controlled painterly application. Packaging may vary.
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Atelier Liquefying Medium is a water-based medium which increases the fluidity of acrylic paint. It is ideal for detailed fine line work and airbrushing techniques. Atelier Liquefying Medium reduces the viscosity and increases the flow of paint which allows you to easily cover large areas evenly. Packaging may vary.
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Atelier Liquid Gesso Primer is perfect when you need a smooth surface to paint on. It offers a thinner consistency than traditional gesso primers. Dries to a thin flexible white film. Preparing your surface before you begin painting is fundamental in the painting process. It allows adhesion to the painting surface, a longer working time and maintains the quality of the paint after dry. Packaging m…
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Atelier Middle Painting Medium expands and advances on the formula of the popular Clear Painting Medium. It is used to lubricate the painting process but has a mid viscosity for spreading paint, and wet blending, but it also useful for edge blending wet over dry, and for scumbling and glazing. The Thick Painting Medium and the Middle Medium are the key to easier acrylic painting and some artists m…
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Atelier Retarder is a paint additive designed to slow down the drying time of acrylic paint. It may be added to other Atelier mediums to increase open time. Note: Retarder does not contain a binding agent so to avoid creating an unstable mixture, it is recommended to mix no more than 10% with acrylic paints. Packaging may vary.
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Atelier Thick Painting Medium has a viscosity similar to that of paint itself enabling it to blend seamlessly with paint and also be used in mixed media pieces. Ideal for wet in wet techniques, this medium must be mixed with paint in an even one-to-one ratio as the purpose of this medium is to create a wet blanket layer of paint also meaning an unlocking formula is not needed. This medium allows y…
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Extend the drying time of your acrylic paint with Atelier Slow Medium. It allows you more time to work on details and blending before drying. Great for painting large areas and glazing techniques. When mixed with acrylic paint and dry to the touch, Atelier Slow Medium will allow the layer to be re-blended. Use to create smooth finishes. Works in the same way as the more fluid Slow Medium (extendin…
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Atelier Thin Painting Medium is a flow aide and its very liquid viscosity is useful for airbrush dilution or for liquefying heavy bodied paints for detailed work or thin glazes. Packaging may vary.
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Atelier Universal Medium & Varnish is versatile as it can be used as both a medium or a varnish to create multiple effects and finishes. When used as a medium, add small amounts added to acrylic paint reduces the viscosity of the paint to give paint more fluid consistency and a quicker drying time. This is useful when you want to layer paint. As a varnish, it is easy to apply and water-based. Atel…
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Chroma Incredible Brush Cleaner is ideal for revitalizing old hard paintbrushes. This product is made from a special formulation which is designed to break through hardened acrylic, oil or lacquer on natural and synthetic paintbrushes, bringing them back to life. A superb soap for cleaning and maintaining and preserving all brushes.
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Black Gesso Primer is a unique formulation which needs no dilution. This product is highly adhesive and is ideal for directly sealing all semi-absorbent surfaces before applying colour – both acrylics and oils. Daler Rowney’s Black Gesso Primer is suitable for both interior and exterior applications. It dries quickly to produce a matte black surface, with a slight tooth, which is easily sanded for…
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*Clearance range- available while stocks last* A white translucent cream which increases the flow and transparency of acrylic colour to facilitate the production of fine glazes which will dry to a glossy finish. Drying times will be slower and transparency and gloss will develop fully as the colour dries.
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*Clearance range- available while stocks last* A white translucent cream which increases the flow and transparency of acrylic colour to facilitate the production of fine glazes which will dry to a matte finish. Drying times will be slower and transparency and gloss will develop fully as the colour dries.
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*Clearance range- available while stocks last* Daler-Rowney Impasto Gel Gloss Medium is used as an extender for more economical use of acrylic colour on large impasto areas. Retains the intended stroke of brush or knife. Used in moderation, it has minimal effect on the opacity of colour.
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*Clearance range- available while stocks last* Daler-Rowney Slow Drying Gel Medium slows down the drying of acrylic paint to allow more time to manipulate colour on the surface. 75ml tube.
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Helmar Silicone Oil is a dispersing agent and can be used to create a variety of effects including cells in resin or acrylic artworks. Repels ink & water. Silicone oil can be dropped directly onto the resin or mixed with resin before applying. Note: Silicone oil may cause marking in the resin if applied from a great height. If using a resin/silicone oil mix, allow the base resin layer to sit for a…
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Acrylic medium for varnishing paintings
Hi Devon.
Good question. If you do a search of the forum, type in varnish, you will get many threads where varnishes have been discussed.
There are many acrylic mediums, some of which are varnishes. There are retarder mediums, impasto gel mediums, flow control mediums etc etc. Some of the mediums are also varnishes, and can be used during the painting process to control gloss, matt or satin effects. These varnishes are not removable, and are usually called something like a “varnish medium”. Acrylic varnishes are usually applied as the final coat, are permanent, and should be non-yellowing. Being acrylic, they can be overpainted if desired, or even used during the paintng process like a medium.
The final varnish is removeable turps or mineral based varnish, which may be called an acrylic varnish, but this should not be used during painting. It is a final layer only, and should not be overpainted. These types of varnish usually will say they are strippable varnishes.
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October 17, 2005 at 11:56 pm #1059770
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Thanks Marty; I didn’t find a clear answer to the physical differences between acrylic matte medium and acrylic matte varnish so I have emailed Liquitex. I will post their reply if it satisfies my question.
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October 19, 2005 at 7:55 am #1059768
Hi Devon, Liquitex’s website is actually one of those where you can see how they define any difference between a medium and a varnish: if you look here you’ll see they offer a medium and varnish in addition to their actual final picture varnish, Soluvar. If you check the Online acrylic resources thread you’ll see some more links to their education section where you can read more about this sort of thing in The Acrylic Book (well worth having on the computer for reference) and The Varnished Truth. Golden’s website also covers this topic. A few years back the varnishes offered for acrylics were a type of medium, being water-thinned acrylic emulsions, although they were often of a different type to the ones intended for mixing with the paint. Now varnishes for acrylics are generally spirit-soluble (like Soluvar and MSA) as they can be removed from an acrylic paint surface with minimal risk to the paint. Einion
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October 19, 2005 at 7:22 pm #1059771
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Einion; thanks for the info. I may be getting too technical but I am just curious what makes one polymer a varnish and one a medium.Maybe one is just a bit harder than the other? I am still waiting for Liquitex to reply. Devon.
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October 21, 2005 at 9:42 pm #1059772
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I received a reply from Liquitex and am sharing it with anyone who is interested. My students often ask me what the difference is between the two products and now I have the answer.
Devon “Our Matte Varnish and our Matte Medium have the same non-yellowing, flexible polymer base. The main difference is that the Matte Varnish is formulated to preserve paint film clarity, by using less matting agents in the formulation. Matte Medium can be applied as a final, non-removable top coat for acrylic paintings. Be aware, however, that the colors, especially darker values, will lose some visual intensity and clarity. Likewise, Matte Varnish may be mixed with the acrylic color, however, it will not reduce color sheen to the degree that Matte Medium will.”
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