Mediums & Varnishes

To achieve a variety of effects and expressions in your acrylic projects, reach for this self-leveling clear gel from Golden. When used in conjunction with your favorite acrylic colors, this gel produces an even film with excellent clarity resulting...

This pourable gel produces brilliant glazes when mixed with acrylic color. It can be used as a base for wet blending of color or as a nonremovable isolation coat before adding removable topcoat varnishes.

This pourable gel produces brilliant glazes when mixed with acrylic color. It can be used as a base for wet blending of color or as a nonremovable isolation coat before adding removable topcoat varnishes.

To achieve a variety of effects and expressions in your acrylic projects, use this gloss gel to alter your paint's working properties and open up new creative possibilities. This gel has a unique resinous consistency that produces a flexible,...

Airbrush Medium 8oz - Modifies GOLDEN Fluid Acrylics for spray application by reducing clog?¡ging and tip buildup during spraying. Recommended for spraying on garments, Airbrush Medium may also be used to thin other prod?¡ucts for spraying such as...

Use this molding paste to create foundations for painting, create texture over a smoother surface or to smooth out a textured surface. The absorbent qualities of Molding Paste make it suitable as a ground for nearly every painting and drawing media...

Explore the unlimited possibilities of color pouring! This Color Pouring Medium is a low-crazing extender for pouring acrylic colors, allowing you to create exquisite pours and unique paintings. Crazing is the formation crevices in surfaces that...

This liquid medium is useful for extending colors, increasing translucency and decreasing gloss without altering viscosity.

This multi-purpose acrylic primer and extender helps prevent Support Induced Discoloration (SID) caused by impurities that are drawn up as acrylic paint dries. GAC-100 is also useful for diluting and extending colors, increasing flexibility and film...

This acrylic extender is the least flexible polymer in the Golden collection, designed especially for non-porous surfaces. It is ideal for mixing with acrylic colors to increase film hardness, reduce dry film tack and increase adhesion.

Gesso White Gesso 8oz - Gesso can be thought of as the bridge between your support (canvas, board or whatever you paint on) and the paint. GOLDEN Gesso is designed to penetrate supports and provide a surface to which paint can adhere. Proper...

This molding paste can be used to create foundations for painting, to create texture over a smoother surface or to smooth out a textured surface. The absorbent qualities of Molding Paste make it suitable as a ground for nearly every painting and...

Golden Matte Medium is a pourable medium useful for extending color, decreasing gloss and increasing film integrity. It is also used as a nearly clear ground on canvas instead of gesso.

This paste dries to a hard, opaque film. Although still flexible, it is more rigid than gel mediums and is able to hold stiff peaks. It offers significant weight reduction when building thick layers.

This paste dries to a hard, opaque film. Although still flexible, they are more rigid than the gels and able to hold stiff peaks. This paste offers an opaque, matte finish. Useful for creating tough, durable finishes.

This medium is designed for use with OPEN Acrylics and will stay wet on the palette for extended periods without skinning over. It can be used to extend paint, regulate transparency, create glazes, reduce viscosity or improve adhesion and film...

OPEN Acrylic Medium 8oz Matte

Turn nearly every surface, wood, metal, ceramic, plastic, glass, board and more, into one ready for painting with watercolors! This ground creates a soft, absorbent watercolor surface with a slightly cottony texture thats similar to cold press paper...

Turn nearly every surface, wood, metal, ceramic, plastic, glass, board and more, into one ready for painting with watercolors! This ground creates a soft, absorbent watercolor surface with a slightly cottony texture thats similar to cold press paper...

Golden® Acrylic Glazing Liquid is a slow-drying acrylic medium originally designed for interior decorative finishes. Blend with artist acrylic paints or house paints to create an incredible variety of color glazes. If you prefer techniques that...

Golden® Acrylic Glazing Liquid is a slow-drying acrylic medium originally designed for interior decorative finishes. Blend with artist acrylic paints or house paints to create an incredible variety of color glazes. If you prefer techniques that...

This isolation coat can be applied to acrylic paintings to unify and protect the surface. Sealing an acrylic painting with an isolation coat prior to varnishing ensures an even application of varnish and provides a layer of protection if/when varnish...

This MSA varnish solvent is designed especially for use with Golden® MSA varnishes. It can be used for tool and paintbrush clean-up and assures clear, clean, even application. This mineral spirit based acrylic (MSA) varnish forms a tougher, less...

Silkscreen Medium 8oz

OPEN Thinner is designed to thin the consistency of OPEN Acrylics without altering open time and maintain or adjust the workability of colors on your palette. It can also function as a thin-bodied retarder when used with heavy body or fluid acrylics...

This medium is designed for use with OPEN Acrylics and will stay wet on the palette for extended periods without skinning over. It can be used to extend paint, regulate transparency, create glazes, reduce viscosity or improve adhesion and film...

This medium is designed for use with OPEN Acrylics and will stay wet on the palette for extended periods without skinning over. It can be used to extend paint, regulate transparency, create glazes, reduce viscosity or improve adhesion and film...

OPEN Thinner is designed to thin the consistency of OPEN Acrylics without altering open time and maintain or adjust the workability of colors on your palette. It can also function as a thin-bodied retarder when used with heavy body or fluid acrylics. It...