What are golden fluid acrylics used for?
Golden Fluid Acrylics are viscous, with high tinting strength, flexibility and durability on many surfaces. They are recommended for mixing, tinting, and shading. Ideal for spraying, brushing, or mixing with all Golden colors. When used with Acrylic Flow Release the Fluids work as staining or watercolor techniques.
What is golden matte medium used for?
GOLDEN Matte Mediums are liquid, 100% pure acrylic polymer mediums that have matting solids added to lower sheen. They can be used to extend paints, increase translucency, and decrease gloss.
What is the difference between acrylic paint and fluid acrylic paint?
Heavy body acrylic paints have no fillers, dyes, extenders, toners, or opacifiers added. Fluid acrylic paints are just as intense as heavy body but flow evenly and work well for dry brush application as well as pouring or even spraying. They mix well with other acrylics, heavy or fluid.
Can you mix fluid acrylic with heavy body?
Applications of Fluid Acrylics The Fluid Colors can be mixed with all other GOLDEN paint lines, including Heavy Body Acrylics, Airbrush colors, High Load Colors, Iridescent Colors, Paste Paints, and Matte Acrylics.
What is the difference between gesso and matte medium?
Gesso is basically a primer for surfaces to be painted. It could possibly be used to seal your “rock” faces. Matte medium is a better sealer/adhesive. Think of Mod Podge as super matte medium that adheres to a wide variety of surfaces (I use it as glue to stick paper to styrene).
Can I use matte medium as a glue?
Matte medium can be used as glue when you’re collaging, and it’ll also allow you to paint or draw on top of it later. To use it this way, paint on both the image you’re gluing and the surface you want to adhere it to.
What is the difference between fluid matte medium and matte medium?
Fluid matte medium decreases gloss and increases film integrity. This medium also extends colors. Matte medium decreases gloss, increases film integrity and extends colors. This pourable medium can also be used as a ground (like gesso).
Why is acrylic paint so expensive?
There are a dizzying number of colors available for acrylics. If you’re looking to buy artists’ quality paints, you’ll notice that some colors are much more expensive than others (although still cheaper than oil paints). This is because some pigments are very hard to obtain.