Mediums & Varnishes

Cold Wax Medium is made from naturally white, pure beeswax. Formulated to knife consistency, it makes oil colors thicker and more matte. It can be used to make Gamblin mediums and Gamvar more matte. It can be also applied alone as a matte varnish...

Designed not to craze in poured applications, this flexible, non-yellowing medium creates even poured puddles and acrylic sheets. It can be mixed with soft body acrylic color to promote drying with a smooth even colored film. It also retains high...

Liquin Original - 2.5 litre can - This reliable favourite is a general purpose semi gloss medium which speeds drying, improves flow and reduces brush stroke retention.Halves the drying time of conventional oil colour (touch dry in 1-6 days depending...

To achieve a variety of effects and expressions in your acrylic projects, reach for this quality medium from Golden. When used in conjunction with your favorite acrylic colors, this thick gloss gel alters your paint's working properties and open up...

When used in conjunction with your favorite acrylic colors, this matte gel alters your paint's working properties and open up new creative possibilities. With the same consistency as Golden Heavy Body Acrylics, this Regular Gel is ideal for extending...

When used in conjunction with your favorite acrylic colors, this matte gel alters your paint's working properties and open up new creative possibilities. With the same consistency as Golden Heavy Body Acrylics, this Regular Gel is ideal for extending...

When used in conjunction with your favorite acrylic colors, this matte gel alters your paint's working properties and open up new creative possibilities. With the same consistency as Golden Heavy Body Acrylics, this Regular Gel is ideal for extending...

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...

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,...

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,...

Molding Paste can also be used to create foundations for painting either 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...

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.

Gamsol is the safest solvent that allows artists to work in traditional and contemporary techniques without compromise. It can be used to thin oil colors and painting mediums, and for general studio clean-up. This 100% pure odorless mineral spirit is...

An odorless, very volatile, thin and colorless turpentine substitute, Turpenoid has the same painting properties and drying time as turpentine but is free from the strong characteristic turpentine odor. Compatible with oil colors as a painting...

This premium, heavy bodied bright white gesso has maximum opacity, adhesion and water resistance. It contains high levels of titanium dioxide, calcite grit and acrylic resin. Dries to a non-yellowing, flexible matte-finish.

Use this high sheen varnish to protect artwork. Ideal for use over any acrylic paint or stain, it will not crack or yellow on rigid surfaces such as wood. The easy to use and clean up. Water-based formula is sandable for furniture grade finishes.

Finish your acrylic paintings with a professional touch and protect them from dust and dirt. This fluid, low viscosity varnish produces a satin finish without yellowing or fogging and dries to a hard, non-tacky, flexible surface. Ensure that your work...

Ensure that every layer of your painting - from initial surface to final touches - is in harmony. Gamblin Ground makes a strong, bright foundation for oil paintings that makes canvas and linen stiffer than acrylic "gesso" and more flexible than...

This quality, heavy-bodied bright white gesso has excellent opacity, adhesion and water-resistance. It dries to a non-yellowing, flexible matte finish.WARNING: This product contains a chemical known in the State of California to cause cancer.

Cold Wax Medium is made from naturally white, pure beeswax. Formulated to knife consistency, it makes oil colors thicker and more matte. It can be used to make Gamblin mediums and Gamvar more matte. It can be also applied alone as a matte varnish.

Gamvar Picture Varnish saturates and gives greater depth to the colors in your painting and gives your work a unified and protective matte, gloss or satin surface. Developed in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, Gamvar goes on...

A gloss medium that is mixed with colors for transparency and glazing. Can also be used as a final gloss varnish.

Mix this medium with acrylic paint to create a flat matte finish. It can also be mixed with gloss medium & varnish to vary the paint sheen from matte to satin.

Designed not to craze in poured applications, this flexible, non-yellowing medium creates even poured puddles and acrylic sheets. It can be mixed with soft body acrylic color to promote drying with a smooth even colored film. It also retains high...

Montana Mural Protection Varnish Matte and Brilliant Gloss water-based varnish, quick drying with excellent properties, suitable for protection and evenness of shine of artistic murals, both indoors and out. Thanks to its UV filter, it significantly...

This waterborne acrylic polymer varnish from Golden provides a layer of protection that resists the retention of dirt and dust. It is removable in addition to containing Ultra Violet Light Stabilizers (ULVS) to provide protection from exposure to...

Acrylic Clear Gesso is an ideal high-tooth, stable surface for pastel, graphite, acrylic and oil colors. Use it for masking underpaintings and as a unique ground in preparation for overpainting. It will dry to form a clear to semi-opaque finish,...

A white acrylic primer used to prepare painting surfaces for acrylic and oil colors. It is non-yellowing, flexible and non-cracking. It provides the perfect tooth and adhesion to a wide variety of supports such as canvas, paper and wood. Use...

Brush Cleaner & Restorer - 32 oz. bottle - For dried acrylic, oil, and alkyd colour, this is a non-toxic, biodegradable,nonflammable, non-abrasive, low vapor product that safely and easily cleans both natural and synthetic brushes without damage to...

Turpenoid Natural is an extraordinary brush cleaner which conditions as it cleans. It keeps brushes like new and restores aged brushes by removing dried hard paint. After cleaning brushes or tools with Turpenoid Natural, rinse with water. Unlike...

Black Gesso 32oz - 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 preparation...

To achieve a variety of effects and expressions in your acrylic projects, reach for this quality medium from Golden. Used to increase the open time of acrylic paints, this additive is a must-have for acrylic artists. Useful for "wet in wet"...

To achieve a variety of effects and expressions in your acrylic projects, reach for this quality medium from Golden Artist Colors®. When used in conjunction with your favorite acrylic colors, this gel alters your paint's working properties and open...

The MSA (Mineral Spirit Acrylic) Varnish with UVLS is a mineral spirit based acrylic resin system that forms a tougher, less permeable film than waterborne acrylic varnishes and can be applied to acrylic, oil and alkyd painted surfaces. It reduces dirt...