Gloss Medium vs. Matte Medium: The Epic Battle - who will emerge victorious?

Really, it's not a contest. Both are use fluid mediums for thinning out acrylic paints. You can mix them in any ratio of paint to medium you desire.

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Liquitex Gloss Medium
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Liquitex Matte Medium
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If you are new to acrylics, matte medium and/or gloss medium are a good introduction to using mediums in your paintings.

If you mix them with heavy body paints, they will make the color more smooth and brushable, less thick and textural. Acrylic paints have a slight shine to them when they dry. Using a matte medium will decrease the shine and make it more velvety in sheen. The more matte medium you add, the less shine. Keep in mind, as you add a greater percentage of the medium, the less pigment you will have in the mixture and the less coverage you will have.

Matte mediums have aggregates in the acrylic polymer emulsion that inhibit the reflection of light off of the painting surface. Therefore, it can have a cloudy appearance.

Gloss medium has the same viscosity (or thickness) as matte medium but it dries completely clear. It also INCREASES the shine of paint when mixed in. The more gloss medium, the more glossy the paint will appear when it dries.

(By the way, both of these mediums will appear shiny when wet. The difference is only apparent upon drying.)

Ask yourself if you prefer shine or no shine?
Do you want to get transparent layers?
Do you want to thin down the tube paint and make it more smooth and brushable?

Try one or both of these mediums and allow yourself to play and experiment with that they can do. The only way to really know is to try it out. Mediums can really change the depth and character of the paint and increase the expressive and color possibilities.

Why not just add water? Water dulls the paint and if you add to much (more than about 30%) it could have long-term detrimental effects on the paint film. Watch my video on underbinding (the danger of adding too much water) here. [ Ссылка ]

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