Liquitex Professional Fluid Medium, 946ml (32-oz), Gloss

I bought this to get a matte finish with my acrylic paints, as I do a lot of illustration work and matte surfaces are easier to photograph and scan. I work semi-regularly with gouache and I like the flat, velvety finish. The finish of this medium is similar, though using it with satin or glossy acrylic paints doesn’t create the same smooth, level surface that you’d get from using either traditional or acrylic gouache. It thins the paints a bit, so that thick, velvety consistency isn’t there. But the surface sheen is comparable. This ultra matte medium mixes with both heavy body and soft body/fluid acrylics very well, and I imagine it would also work with acrylic inks. It extends the drying time a little, works with water and a little goes a long way! I found that I needed very little of this medium to get a matte finish with most of my acrylics. Increasing the amount of medium reduces the pigmentation and coverage of the mix, which is fine if you’re glazing with it or using watercolor painting techniques, but it can also make the paint a bit more streaky, especially if you’re using soft body/fluid acrylics. With heavy body acrylics, the paint consistency, pigment load and color are also a factor. So, finding the right balance for what you’re doing at the time, as well as the consistency and pigment load of the acrylic paint you’re working with, is essential. Since I build up my colors slowly with a lot of layers most of the time, this medium suits a lot of my acrylic work nicely. Oh, I also have tried using a fine layer of this medium on finished work to create a matte surface. While it definitely works, it adds the slightest cloudiness to the paint surface that’s is visible on some colors. It’s probably best to go with a matte varnish if that is needed, but in a pinch for work that will be scanned/photographed and processed digitally (illustration, hand-painted motifs for design, etc), it’s not much of an issue. How does this compare to Liquitex’s Matte Medium? I also have the regular matte medium and, in comparison, this one is definitively more matte. It creates a flat finish very similar to gouache, even with acrylics that are pretty glossy to start with, while the regular matte medium leaves more of a satin finish with glossier paints and really only gets to a truly matte finish when mixing it with more satin-looking paints. When they say “ultra matte”, they really do mean ultra matte!

I use this product for mixed media projects. High quality product.

The best! Love to work with this great glossy material.

I have been having a heckuva time this winter with my painting. The house is dry, and the acrylics dry so fast that Ive messed up otherwise nice paintings because I was unable to blend my endges and paint to my satisfaction. This stuff really helps you with blending and with the paint. Unlike adding water, which makes it runny, for the most part this allows the paint to keep its consistency, only slightly thinning, but more importantly it keeps the paint from drying so quickly so you can blend colors.

Not all products included. The 250ml tube of paint is not included. The only option is to contact the company through their website contact us section. Edit. After contacting liquitex i was told it was a mistake that it was listed on this ad. And they would send me the missing paint.

Its a must for toning images and integrating the whole object or painting. The mix can be 15 to one or as desired. This allows many glazes. I wouldnt be without it or retarder. Acrylic dries so fast to that plastic look on the pallette, and what a waste. Have journal ready for excess to make backgrounds if into that.

I don’t like how it goes over the painting sometimes it looks tacky. Will definitely be looking for something else.

I love this. Will probably order it again.

Could not find this at my normal places so I was very happy to see this is 16 oz size. I love it and use it all the time.

This is a good quality product, unfortunately the packaging has a malfunction, the atomizer pump it stops working right after the first use. I tried 3 different bottles and they are all the same. Very sad Liquirex