Liquitex provides the widest selection of acrylic mediums to inspire creativity at every stage of the painting process. Liquitex Gel Mediums thicken thinner paint for impasto techniques while also extending colour volume and enhancing transparency. Gels typically dry slower than thinner paint films, offering more workable time.

Gel mediums can modify acrylic paints in various ways, and since they contain acrylic resins, they tend to enhance adhesion and durability. Liquitex gel mediums can add texture, enhance colour, and increase transparency in your work. Liquitex Gloss Gel Painting Medium is a transparent medium that dries to a gloss finish, with viscosity and body similar to Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Colour. It dries clear to translucent, depending on the thickness of the application, making it an ideal medium to mix with Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Colour to extend the paint while increasing the brilliance and transparency of the colour without altering the thickness of the paint.

APPLICATIONS:

AS EXTENDER: Mix with Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Colour to extend volume and increase transparency while maintaining the viscosity of the paint. Blend with Liquitex Soft Body Artist Colour to extend volume and increase transparency while simultaneously increasing paint viscosity.

AS GROUND: Use transparent ground for acrylic paint instead of gesso to allow the substrate to be seen. Wash cotton or linen canvas before use to prevent substrate-induced discoloration (SID). When applying Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium to raw canvas, use adequate pressure to force the medium into the canvas and weave to ensure proper bonding between the gel and canvas.

FOR COLLAGE: Excellent adhesion for collage and decoupage.

USING POWDERED PIGMENTS: Use as the binder for powdered pigments to create an affordable "student-grade" Heavy Body (thick) gloss acrylic paint or achieve unique paint films. The pigment must be compatible with the acrylic emulsion.