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Liquitex Professional Mediums, Gloss Pouring Medium
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Professional acrylic gessoes, mediums, additives and varnishes - to prep your surfaces all the way through to protecting your finished work. Each medium is uniquely formulated to deliver a different result. From gloss gels to experimental texture effects and finishes, each lets you adjust your paint to suit your practice. Effects alter the behaviour of your color, add texture and prepare it for specific techniques while maintaining the strength of the acrylic formula.
$20.39$
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Use with
Acrylic paints & mediums | check |
Use on
All acrylic-friendly surfaces | check |
Techniques
Pours & puddles | check |
Acrylic skins | check |
Flow painting | check |
Character
Lightfast & archival | check |
Permanent | check |
Non-yellowing | check |
Flexible & non-cracking | check |
Water-resistant when dry | check |
Intermixable with all Liquitex materials | check |
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What it does
- Gives even poured puddles and acrylic skins
- Results in a smooth surface, with no crazing, cracking or bubbles
- Dries to a high gloss, wet-look finish
- Lowers viscosity of heavier body paints, giving increased flow
- Extends your color further without affecting acrylic stability
- Maintains color opacity
- Maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality
How to use it
- Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products
- For best pours, start with with a tablespoon of Soft Body color to a cup of Pouring Medium (around 5% color to 95% medium) and adapt to suit your technique
- To use with Acrylic Ink or Heavy Body Acrylic, adjust ratio to get your desired consistency
- Stir gently to avoid creating foam - if bubbles appear, leave it to sit while the bubbles rise and disappear
- Use as a regular fluid medium extender - mix as much as you like into acrylic color to create the volume and viscosity you want
- Crazing and cracking can occur when the flow heights are very uneven so ensure your poured surface is level when drying
- To achieve a matte-look pour, a final application of Matte Spray Varnish over a dry Pouring Medium/Soft Body pour will give a smoother, more fluid result than using a matte paint or medium
How not to use it
- Do not shake or vigorously over-stir as this can impact the smooth appearance when dry
- Do not use with any non-acrylic media
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Pouring Medium FAQs
Other artists have asked us...
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Yes, but some need to be used in combination with a more flowing vehicle (a color or medium). You can add Liquitex Glass Beads, Black Lava or White Flakes to create texture, or use something like Liquitex Iridescent Medium with a color or in combination with Flow Aid Additive or a Pouring Medium. The different Matte, Gloss and Iridescent Pouring Mediums give you a range of lustre effects options to experiment with. Have a play and see what you end up with. -
The best way to get a matte pour is to use Liquitex Matte Pouring Medium. This will give the right consistency and the smooth, crackle-free surface you're after. Liquitex Matte Medium will create a flow with acrylic colors, but be aware that it may give a crackled finish, so it all depends what effect you want to create. -
The three Liquitex Pouring Mediums are designed specifically for this purpose, with a slow surface drying time to give a stable, crack-free finish. Choose from gloss, matte and iridescent options.