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What kind of glue should I use? I was wondering why when I use the glossy gel it leaves my art work sticky. Hi Valerie, if it’s gone solid there isn’t anyway of revitalising it. I want to add more texture and I have been told I can use liquitex moulding paste over pictures with painting brush. Hi Lin, not really , I would just mix us a few ‘tester mixes’ onto a palette, varying and making note of the different amounts of water added and then test these on some paper/canvas. I’m extremely grateful to you for taking the time to give me your advice. I read that using too much water destabilises the paint. Many artist use water as a medium to thin paint but too much water can dilute the binders in the paint and cause the paint to lift off your canvas. Acrylic colours mixed with Pouring Medium won’t go muddy or mix with each other. I hope you understand what I mean. Someone gave me a jar of Golden Regular Gel medium, but it is dried out. Lustre: Usually you will have a matte, semi-gloss and gloss finish. It might be a bit tricky with the tar gel because it has been specifically designed to level out and will never be able to stay in a fixed, hard shape. This is why we can use acrylic mediums in unlimited quantities, and mix them with each other in whatever ratios we want without changing the integrity of our painting. This will give a good strong bond to the surface. Others suggest using an airbrush medium on the gel “top coat” instead of a acrylic medium in order to get the translucent effect. For the latter one, I read that GAC800 is a good product. Winsor & Newton, along with other manufacturers, make an ‘Artist all purpose Spray Varnish’ that can be applied to all sorts of craft work including paper and acrylics, it is non-removable but the benefits are, it be applied in fine layers (so it doesn’t get too wet) and it’s more controllable. Hi Diane, I’ve always had good results with the Golden mediums, you’ll be able to achieve a matte finish. Any-who, this problem was the complete lack of plain acrylic paint medium, that is, acrylic paint, without the color, and i don't mean white paint, im talking about pigment-less paint. Someone suggested that i use a palette knife and apply a gel coating on top of the entire surface when I’m done. I want to use glass jars and give a dipped, dripped effect. Cheers, Will. Check out six types of acrylic mediums and see how they create different effects. They did have Liquitex Glazing Medium but I was unsure if this would be equivalent. I would like to be able to glue paper/magazine type paper to 180 lb hot press paper and seal it. Suggestion on how to experiment and with what? What con recipe would you recommend. Hello, I have a group of youngsters, wanting to experiment with painting in the style of Van Gogh, lots of texture. Cheers, Will. To increase the working time of the acrylic paint, it stays wetter for longer. Hi Chris, you just need to use a clear gel, such as these from Golden paints, the amount of texture and stiffness you’d like varies depending on the gel you use, soft gel being the softest and Extra Heavy Gels being the stiffest. Try glazing to alter colour effects And what ratio of paint to gloss would you recommend? I would try it out on a couple of test pieces first, (it’s rrp in the u.k is around £10 for 400ml). Hi Will, I’m finally making the jump into mixed media. Hi I am searching for some advice and can’t seem to find it anywhere. You can see more details here. Hi! Sorry if it is a silly question. I can see how much time you have spent replying to queries, there are so many and I may well have missed this information, so apologies if you have already answered this above. I bought some and have been experimenting with it. Is the answer just to use gel, rather than ‘medium’? Should I be using a varnish / Matte Medium coat at the end or should I try and source the Super Loaded Matter Medium (or equivalent?). Do you have any idea if gels can be made into hard molds in the shape of a ball?? Hi Toby, Yes, if you use a heavy gel or even a Molding paste gel you will be able to add texture and then paint ontop with the same colours. Can I mix a tiny bit of color in the gloss medium I am using for the finish on the whole painting? Can i use some medium to get the desired effect still keep the strength of the pigment. Hi Sandi, ‘acrylic tar gel’ would give you a stringy, dripped effect. A lady at Hobby Lobby told me to use gloss gel medium to get the perfect reflection but I have no idea how to use this with the paint. Hey Will, Hope you’re doing well. if its an acetate then a spray glue will probably be the best option to give a solid adhesion. Thanks so much! I’d start with 1:1 and see how it feels for the effect you’re after. A regular gel medium will work well for image transfers. This would be the same if you diluted the paint with water of course, but with water, it would make the consistency thinner whereas with the gel you can maintain the heavy body of the paint. I really would appreciate your advice. Fantastic article! VERY EASY TO WORK WITH. AND IDEAS AND EXAMPLES ON BEST WAY TO USE. Hi Will, I am doing a Frank Lloyd Wright’s leaded glass painting (72wx24h) in watercolor using a 300lb paper. Best wishes, Ulla, Thanks Ulla, pleased its been of help, So the protective layer/isolation coat is made by diluting ‘Soft gel gloss’ with water, Yes, either diluting soft gel gloss or Golden paints now product a readymixed ‘isolation coat’. I want to bring out the the colors, transparency, and sink the cutout Mylar pieces to the back for more uniform top? This thins the paint consistency from the tube (using GOLDEN heavy body acrylics) yet creates the perfect consistency for my initial ‘lay in’ stage of the painting. Liquitex Pouring Medium is designed not to craze in poured applications and has an ultra smooth glossy finish. Thank you for your precious advices. If you wanted the semi-gloss sheen without the raised texture you could paint over just the lines with a semi-gloss gel. Gel mediums can still keep a little bit soft in comparison to a harder varnish, so a polyurethane will always be more hardwearing. It comes a bit thick from he jar so is best diluted with water 20 – 40% first, but it very similar to the fine pumice gel, this is from the Golden website: The textural quality of Acrylic Ground for Pastels is similar to other GOLDEN Gels including the Pumice Gels. Kiran, Hi Kiran, pleased you’ve been finding the videos helpful, yes you can intermix gels and mediums to try and create the perfect flow. Acrylic paint pouring art is a kind of trendy technique in which you add a pouring medium to acrylic paint that allows you to pour it and keeps the colors from mixing together. Hi Will Thanks for that although i did try to add some water but the paint started to mix. Hi I have just finished a painting with moulding paste and that I painted acrylic over the top light moulding paste .do I have to varnish it after . Hi Maria, a thin wash of zinc white would do it. Yes, the gloss would give you more richness and saturation to the paint. I’ve never worked with any mediums or anything other than retarders (which I want to cut down on). Looking forward to wandering around your site some more. Hi Lynnette, yes that would work, I often use a glazing medium for adding thinner glazes of colour due to the more fluid nature of the medium, but a gloss medium with a tiny touch of water would also work well. From what the video shows, it seems like the best option so far. Thank you, Lori, Hi Lori, have you managed to create the effect you’re after with a self levelling gel on a small scale? Use absorbent, medium-to-heavy weight fabrics without deep texture for best results. I want it glossy but not ridiculously glossy. But what I want is to add texture to the finished painting. How can I adhere it? 2) You can also use any ratio with either of the heavy gels, but they won’t pour or flow onto the surface. You can use it for mixing colors directly on the canvas or your palette. You might find working on a very smooth primed board might suit your style. Did I make the right purchases? Cheers, Will, Had a quick question with regards to applying a gel medium directly to my pre-primed canvas as an underlay before painting with acrylic. My question is: what’s the best gel/medium to permanently adhere a clear transparency that has been painted on to a wood panel (that has also been painted on) smoothly and still look clear? I am attempting to emulate a painting that I have a photo of which was painted in all acrylic paint with deep troughs through the top layer to show the under coat of paint, which also then blended with the wet layer in the texture, so it was not just two colors, it was a graded color due to the dark undercoat mixing with the lighter top coat. I like to see richness of colours in my paintings – so does this mean that the gloss (rather than semi gloss) would be better for me to try? or add a little retarder gel into your water to give you slightly more time. Do you think painting glazing liquid gloss on top will restore the sheen. Not that I’m aware of Biggie. To dilute the paint consistency yet still keep visible brush marks. Hi Jewel, lots of coats of high gloss varnish, spray varnish works best, would give you a glass like finish – as if the painting is within the glass. A typical rule of thumb for medium body acrylics is 1 part paint to 3 parts pouring medium, meaning you’re using more pouring medium than you are actual acrylic paint. They all do the same job of adding texture, but some will be glossy when dry and others matte; some will dry completely transparent, others will be slightly opaque or stay white. I am working on a journal and my pages are getting stuck together! I plan to paint a glass shot glass then put it in the oven to set. If you think of them in cooking terms mediums are like pouring cream, gels can range from double cream to clotted cream! Hi Desi, glossy gel will often have a slight stickiness to the surface as it dries, it isn’t the best choice for in-between journal pages, you might find this article helpful on varnishing journal pages. Cheers, Will. Or is the overuse of mediums doing more harm than good? It is surprisingly sticky and is also available as a Matte medium which might give a better look for your anniversary present. So to sum it up, acrylic mediums are composed of the same “glue” that holds the paint together. Increasing Transparency. is this possible to do with a tar gel? yes, GAC800 is a good choice to reduce crazing. Acrylic Modeling Paste Modeling paste is the most commonly used texture medium. I would test on a couple of different surfaces just to see if there is a residue on the canvas that is being disturbed, let me know what you find out. I am working on an abstract right now in which I want to create a “dripping” effect with the paint. I have been trying to create a mixture of the two but no luck. It is look like painting but it is not, just need to add more texture to the picture, to be able to make it like a real painting?? Hi Silvia, I personally haven’t tried it but would imagine it would have a longer drying time, you could ask Golden technical department to be sure. You can change color opacity, drying time and texture, and protect your finished work. THANK U WILL!!! I have bought a primed canvas. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I am using a 300lb water colour paper. What would you recommend? IT WORKED BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. So far I’ve tried using gel to get the right stiffness but it doesn’t flow as well. could I sand and gesso before? If so, would I be able to do any glazing on top of the gel afterwards? If you use a medium it will keep a more solid consistency, but will still be the same level of intensity as if you dilute with water. The smoother the surface you’re after, the more layers and finer grit paper so there is no visible canvas weave. Whatever you do, make sure that it was designed for artwork. Hi Susan, You can use a gel coating to bring all the elements together in a unified film, so it is just for aesthetic reasons than anything else. The soft gel gloss won’t be as hard a finished surface as a varnish layer. Mix it with paint and use it in glazing. Hi Chris, it’s a personal choice regarding varnishing, you might find this article of interest: Why some artists varnish their work and other artists don’t Cheers, Will. Hi Ashley, all mediums are usually of a white base, and the inclusion into black can cause a slight greying of the colour, but not too much. This can help to increase the drying time by 50%. Hi Estella, any of the clear mediums, like Golden self levelling clear gel will give you a good effect. (2) I would like to add some texture so that some of my picture looks like oil paint, You can add texture with any of the gels, the heavy gels are good for more solid sculptural texture. Yes, you can use Gel medium as a glue ontop of your painting, it works best if you apply the gel medium to the painting, then apply paper, then apply another coat of medium over the top. Another quality of oil paint is that you can apply it in a thick manner. Cheers, Will. Could this be due to the cheapness of the pigment itself .? Hello You Designs. FUNNY U ASK, I JUST USED GOLDEN SOFTGEL (GLOSS) TO GLUE SOME STONES, AND WAS AMAZED AT HOW FAST IT HELD THEM DOWN. Thanks for this interesting article. If not is there something better to try? I like the effects of the smeared, heightened or darkend lines, and the fact that it helps to seal in the basework. I use Soft Gel Gloss & Glazing Liquid Gloss on 90% of my acrylic paintings. Thanks for the fast response and the reccomendation on the tar gel. I am painting a beach scene and want to add sand texture to the acrylic paints that I am using for the sand. Can you suggest what material I could use, and how? Do you just use a transparent gel after you are done and then scrape with a multiple ridged tool? I am new to using acrylics, it has been a long time but I do plan on practicing before going for the portrait. I applied it with a 4″ wide paint brush, fyi. You could call me a nap time painter because when my youngest is napping is when I have the time and energy. Hi Jennifer, I haven’t personally used the delta ceramcoat medium, but looks like its designed for transparent stain effects. Marion Boddy-Evans. I’ve bought, ‘flow enhancer’ also a milky substance called ‘painting medium’ and acrylic gloss medium – all the gear, no idea :D which one do I actually need?! The colour of the paste will dependent on the brand you use, but most are white. If it can be done, to reduce the stickiness afterward of the gel medium, should I seal/varnish it, or just let it be? Would adding a layer of Golden soft gel (matte) medium seal the canvas before painting and also give a smoother surface for painting fine lines, etc? Hi Ed, you would need to use something like the ‘acrylic tar gel’ this will give that stringy effect you’re after. Is there a way to accelerate the curing time? The acrylic medium that can also be used to great effect for collage techniques is “Golden – Soft Gel Gloss”. Hope it helps, Cheers, Will. My artwork is geometrical, detailed and lines have to be very precise with no bleed. I have a couple of pre-primed box canvasses. You should have a look at my Absolute Beginners Acrylic Painting Course, teaching you classical painting techniques with the modern medium of acrylics. I’m thinking of using something like a flat rock, coated with a thick layer of gel that will give me the right shape and the ice effect. (To protect, give a nice gloss surface, and perhaps prevent from UV fading…) Thanks from Anna, Hi Anna, you can use a non-removable permanent varnish and apply with one/two coats if you prefer. If you do not, your acrylic painting may discolor or become brittle as it ages. So I face some other issues such as splattering at the end of the drop and crazing. Rather than spending a bit on mediums to thicken a medium body acrylic, would mixing Tacky Glue or wood glue be appropriate, for the budding artists? Thanks so much Lynda. Cheers, Will. The glazing liquid just has a more liquid consistency and is a bit more ‘gluey’, so feels like it has a bit more hold in thinner layers. Hope this helps. Hi Lyn, you can get an acrylic ground for pastels which will give you a good surface. When sanding or spraying, use a NIOSH P100 dust and mist respirator. Can I paint over the sealer? Here is a video demonstrating the acrylic flow release on a raw canvas. I can’t find ingredients to either to know how similar they are. I can’t figure out, though, what the purpose of that would be? Just paint it straight on, swirl with a pallet knife and you’ll be away! I’m using Titanium white but find that when I add it to the painting, in the whitest parts of the sea foam, or the clouds, it’s not really coming out as white as I would like. I have been using the “Liquitex- gloss heavy gel” for collage. Would a self leveling gel be the best method to adhere the salt to the canvas? This way you can combine painted surface with printed text. Would they allow the second or third layers to cast shadows? Is this what the final product should look like or did I not wait long enough between applications? My question is about Acrylic Flow Enhancer. your knowledge is a tremendous help in wading through the plethora of gels, mediums and other additives. I am trying to attempt to do a mixed media painting for the first time and planning to add some Fimo Soft baked clay for some of the objects I have in mind. which one is better to use by itself? Too much medium? Do you recommend the spray or the brush on products (sorry for many questions; its these “technical” aspects of acyrilics above my regular medium that confuse me!). CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT RESIN? This should help prevent pages sticking together (a gloss finish would be the most suitable for non stickiness but it depends on the aesthetic finish you’re after, it comes in a matt finish also. I hope to be able to take some of your courses soon! Regular gel medium would be the closest to the binder used in heavy body acrylics. Hello and thank you very much for this website and for taking time to answer questions. This will tone them down and give the illusion of them being in the distance. I also want people to be able to get them wet and not have the design wash off. Most artist quality paints will show the level of opacity or transparency on the paint tube. Yes, it does extend the drying time of normal acrylics, but it wouldn’t be used in replace of a retarder. Pleased you’ve been enjoying the articles, to answer your questions: I am confused on whether to go for the semi-gloss or gloss finish. Clear Tar Gel, as the name suggests, has a very stringy, gloopy texture much like treacle. Nice to hear from you, yes, you can apply a glaze over an area of the painting and then work over the top with thicker paint. Hi Semira, yes you just need to use a clear gel. )… If you have any advice, I’d appreciate it! Is it possible to use too many layers? Your advice has given me more of an idea of the properties of this Gel, and so for that I thank you. Hello Will, I am so happy I found your site! join my Studio Notes email list by clicking here. I would like to install him on a base that will look like ice: shiny, translucent with a greenish glow. Which type should i use, the Gloss or Matte ? Pastes are essentially the same as gels, just with ingredients added to make them opaque. I’ve been trying an acrylic matte medium, but this doesn’t spread enough, and I’ve had to use a palette knife, which doesn’t really produce the desired effect. I tried mixing the powder with varnish and it was too runny and the “paint” was not uniformly pigmented. There are several different types of products you would use in addition to the paint itself: fluid mediums, gel mediums, additives, and texture gels. Yes, I’ve read oil and acrylic gels do NOT mix. Hi Nicole, yes, a thin wash of the colour and then the colour mixed into the gel can help to give you a good level of saturation and vivid colour. Cheers, Will. Hi Gabi, gel medium can work well for papers and thin fabric but I haven’t personally tried with heavier objects such as buttons and beads. Hope this helps. Some people are using PVA glue, but I worry about the longevity of that. Artists who work with acrylic paints have a few options when it comes to finishing a painting with a glossy finish. Hi, what is the difference between gloss and matte finish in final result? Any insight would be very much appreciated. It is based on acrylic paint, which can be brought into a liquid, pourable consistency with the addition of a Pouring Medium and other additives as required. Hi Jim, yes, the Acrylic glazing medium slows down the drying slightly. I live in Northern California where it is dry and hot, so acrylics continue to be a challenge to work with, but since I am deathly allergic to oil paints, acrylic is my medium of choice, and do love their versatility. Sorry if this is a really basic question! Cheers, Will. WILL, DO U EVER PAINT WITH GOUACHE? I’d start with 1:1 and see how it feels for the effect you’re after. Will. I have sculpted a white marble lying polar bear, about 10″ long. I am overwhelmed with all the products out there… Thanks for your help. And can i mix both types and get a good more realistic result like smi-gloss/semi-matte or mixing is not a good idea !! You can use Soft Gel Gloss to extend the paint and the drying time slightly. is there a way to ‘dilute’ ‘reconstitute the mediums like soft gel ,matte and reguular gel for instance. I do a lot of wine glasses. I don’t want to change the color. I AM SURE WILL WILL LET ME KNOW. You can also use a standard spray gloss varnish to build up 20 – 30 layers to give a glass-like finish, although this method can be quite delicate due to the brittleness of the varnish layer. I want my Golden Acrylics to look flatter on a painting I am about to start. I want fluidity but for the paint not to spread. I am confused on whether to go for the semi-gloss or gloss finish. If you want the paint to still feel like paint, retain brushstrokes, stay in peaks or texture then a gel with what is technically called a short rheology would be perfect. I appreciate your help! Hi Tressa, you could use an artist quality PVA and mix with plaster (that you’d use at home for wall repairs), then you can change the ratio of PVA to make it more flexible, but too much PVA can give a shiny surface for the subsequent paint layers to adhere to. Hi Natasha, if you’re working with acrylics you don’t need to use gesso, you can apply the paint straight to the canvas, it will just give you a different effect. Yes, that’s right. The high solid gels have a high gloss finish and have very little shrinkage so could be poured over the top of the heavy molding paste so you have a satin inner that could be carved and then a shiny gloss outer. I know I can use gels as a “paste” for the collage onto the canvas; but, my concern is how to paint on top of the collage without it affecting the collaged images. I am using the Gelli Arts gelli plate. On the au website for Golden products it lists both ‘extra heavy gel’ and ‘extra heavy gel/molding paste.’ Can you please explain the difference? Golden produce several specialist Acrylic Gels that add rough or granular texture varying from Pumice Gel that can be great for beach scenes to molding paste that is brilliant for building surfaces up, it can even be carved into! Hi Manvi, you could use a gel, the main issue would be in creating an even, smooth application if you wanted a raised texture. I didn’t use mod podge at all. You’ve probably brought a couple and had a play around, but are you using the right ones? Find a medium to help prep your surfaces, adjust paint consistency, flow and sheen. I created a skin of 3 layers of soft gel gloss on a printout of text (flipped, of course), let it dry and applied it to my collage. It sorta makes sense. Thank you so very much !!! Hi Will, I’m looking for a clear or transparent substitute for gesso. Acrylic Pouring is a fascinating fluid painting technique. I’ve looked high and low on the internet to see if I can use Golden Top Coat. My question is can you use different mediums together, such as a flow improver with retarder in the same mix. Hello. The only thing to be careful of is buckling. Gloss or matte? A few drops in your paint can aid with a more flowing line if you’re painting in more of a watercolour style. All looks nice and moist and beautiful. The only draw back is the paint might slide around a bit as you have lost the ‘tooth’ of the canvas. Thanks. its not a pouring medium but has a tar-like quality to it. Great to know (reg W&N)! My first question is… would Golden Matte Medium do the trick? I hard a painter say that if you mix a little liquitex gel medium and some water in a spray bottle it’ll help keep the paint fresh while working. Hi Linda, it depends which gels you have, these are the ones recommended from Golden paints for using as a clear ‘gesso’ (GAC 100 is most commonly used for sealing MDF boards). Out of the tube the Atelier Interactive paints are thick and luscious like an oil paint but this doesn’t suit every stage of the painting process. I bought a tube of the gel but it does not have any directions on the use of the gloss gel medium. Greetings! For techniques requiring continual hand exposure, gloves are recommended. Soft, regular or heavy? I paint with acrylic paints. IT DRIES SO MUCH MORE SLOWLY THAN ACRYLIC. Hi Shawn, yes you can add texture with gels ontop of a dried painting and then finish with a varnish. One I love but still have some difficulty with is self-levelling gel. If you don't want to buy an expensive pouring medium for now because you are barely dipping your toes into fluid art, then go ahead and mix a batch of your own. Many thanks . 2) You can also use any ratio with either of the heavy gels, but they won’t pour or flow onto the surface. Up to this point I have been using mod podge to “seal” the paint, but am worried that this will wear off over time. X, Hello, I would like to do some detailed linework with sakura micron archival pens onto white fabric lampshades and possibly wood. It produces some really neat effects and is a great way to paint abstract designs. Wood this work on a gourd if I use gesso for grip? My dad bought me a jar of Windsor & Newton’s Artists’ Acrylic Gloss Medium. Fluids, Gels & Pastes. I am more of a mixed media girl and having to learn things about paints and mediums has been daunting. If you want to apply pastels to the surface you can apply a coat of ‘Acrylic Ground for Pastels’ and then apply the pastel onto that, here’s a video with the pastel ground being applied. I would like to make the same painting in all black and then a third with alternating rows of gloss and matte peaks (still all black), but of course the white medium turns the black, grey. I enjoy using different mediums to obtain the desired look for a piece I create. The best way to achieve the kind of images/effects you’re after is to use image transfer techniques. Just like I’ve mentioned above, gel medium is great when it comes to adding the body to the paint for... 2. LOVE IT HOW IT MIXES IN WITH THE ACRYLICS. Nap time painter, great idea! Hi! Next I really want to transfer a black and white photo to a motorcycle gas tank I am designing. Hi Will you are so knowledgeable. Is that true? I also bought Regular Gel. is this correct? Hi Veronica, I would use a smooth surface and a soft brush such as a sable, you could dilute just with water, or use a pre-thinned paint such as ‘fluid acrylic’ or ‘high flow acrylics’ for more ink like effects. 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