Liquitex Professional Varnish

Many things need to be clarified about whether or not it is necessary to varnish an acrylic painting. Generally, it would help always to varnish your acrylic work when possible. Varnishes are applied over dry paint films and have several purposes.

The first and most important function is protecting the painting surface from the environment and the pigments from ultraviolet light.

Secondly, varnishes can change or unify a painting’s surface sheen. Liquitex varnishes come in several different sheens, which can all be intermixed for a customized sheen.

Liquitex Professional Varnish is lightweight, non-toxic and dries to a water-resistant, non-yellowing surface.

Liquitex Professional Varnish is intermixable with Liquitex Professional Acrylic Paint Colours and Mediums.