Painting Mediums & Varnishes

Chromacryl Texture Paste is a brushable, translucent modeling compound ideal for multiple texturing methods with acrylic paint. Dries to a clear finish and will not become brittle or discolour with age. Chromacryl Texture Paste cleans up with cold, soapy water.

Chromacryl Textile Medium is great to use for printing or free-hand painting on fabric. Add one part Chromacryl Textile Medium & two parts paint, to convert your acrylic paint into an immediate and washable textile & fabric paint. Paint your image, heat set with an iron and then wash to release the acrylic binder.

Chromacryl Impasto Gel can be mixed with acrylic paint to add more body. Milky when wet, but clear-drying, Chromacryl Impasto Gel remains flexible, making it best-suited to building thick structure and texture.

Also an excellent adhesive for mixed media, Chromacryl Impasto Gel can be used for thick glazing and heavier objects in collage work or 3D construction.

Chromacryl Clear Gel Medium is a clear medium extender that changes the coverage quality of paint and ink to achieve colour glazes without affecting pigments. Chromacryl Clear Gel Medium is ideal for monoprinting and overprinting. Use as a paint extender, for transparent glazing or as a release agent when applied to a surface prior to paint application. Chromacryl Clear Gel Medium can also be used as a reduction paste in silkscreen painting.

Atelier Fast Medium & Fixer allows you to paint with quick progression, as layers dry fast and resilient. Use Atelier Fast Medium & Fixer to thin paint or to reinforce & isolate a paint layer. Water-based & non-toxic.

Atelier Liquefying Medium is an acrylic paint extender, designed to provide the most efficient means of reducing paint viscosity whilst maintaining covering power. Ideal for flow applications, including airbrushing & detailed line work. Atelier Liquefying Medium is water-based and best suited for slow-drying wet-in-wet techniques.

Atelier Interactive Unlocking Formula allows you to re-open an uncured paint layer, even after it is touch-dry! Using Atelier Interactive Unlocking Formula, new paint can be blended, existing paint edges feathered and whole sections can be removed to reveal underlayers.

Art Spectrum Shellac Flakes dissolve in methylated spirits to make fresh shellac. Ideal for artists who need a faster drying time. Shellac is versitile and may be used as a natural primer, sanding sealer, tannin-blocker, odour blocker and high-gloss varnish. It can also be used to prevent bleeding of pigments when working on wood and prevent uneven finishes when wood staining. Use Art Spectrum Shellac Flakes as a protective coating on paintings.

Art Spectrum Oil Varnish (Damar) protects oil and alkyd paintings from dust and other contaminants with a traditional gloss finish. Use Art Spectrum Oil Varnish (Damar) in a well ventilated area.

Art Spectrum Wax Medium is added to oil colour to achieve a translucent effect. Low odour, ideal for artists' who are sensitive to the turpentine fumes.

Art Spectrum Glazing Gel Medium is used to achieve moderate impasto effects and glazing in oil painting. When mixed with oil paints, Art Spectrum Glazing Gel Medium becomes liquid and will increase the transparency of oil colours. Dries quickly with a soft sheen.

Archival Odourless Solvent is formulated for artists who are sensitive to the odours of traditional oil mediums and solvents. A low-toxicity & low-odour alternative, to mineral turpentine, Archival Odourless Solvent is ideal for the home or shared studio. Suitable for use as a paint thinner and brush cleaner.