Painting Mediums and Varnishes

Want an antique look? Add stylish flare to wood, metal, paper, mirrors etc. The thicker the application, the greater the cracking. Drying time will...

Decorate just about anything; clothing, hats, bags, etc. Combine the medium with acrylic paints and apply with a brush, screen print or block print...

Add 2-3 drops of Silicone Oil to the mix (Pouring Medium + a few drops of Fluid Acrylics + 3-4 drops of Silicone Oil) and pour onto the painting su...

Looking to add a touch of luxury and intrigue to your walls or furniture? With GOLDEN Acrylic Glazing Liquid, you can create beautiful glazes and f...

Introducing Golden Retarder, the perfect additive to increase drying time and help prevent skinning on your palette. With this product, you can ach...

Clear Granular Gel is made with granular acrylic solids and has excellent clarity and durability with a coarse texture that dries translucent. Clea...

Clear Tar Gel has a pully, tar-like feel, but in a clear, colorless gel. This extremely resinous and stringy consistency makes it feel very differe...

Coarse Molding Paste - thick, warm white colored medium, translucent up to about 1/8 inch thickness. Dries to a hard, stiff but flexible film with ...

Crackle Paste is a thick, opaque material that cracks as it dries. The size and extent of the cracking pattern depends on the thickness of applicat...

Extra Heavy Gels (L-R: Gloss, Matte, Semi-Gloss) are thicker than Heavy Body Acrylic Colors and may be blended with colors to increase body. Excell...

Fiber Paste when dry has the appearance of handmade paper. It can be skimmed with a wet palette knife to make a smoother surface. The dry off-white...

Fluid Matte Medium is useful for extending colors, decreasing gloss and increasing film integrity. Particularly useful with GOLDEN Fluid Acrylics t...

GAC 100 Multi-Purpose Acrylic Polymer is a sealer that helps prevent Support Induced Discoloration (SID) caused by impurities that are drawn up thr...

GAC 200 Promotes Adhesion / Film Hardness and is the hardest and least flexible polymer offered. It is Ideal for mixing with acrylic colours to inc...

GAC 400 Stiffens Textiles / Fibers and is useful for stiffening unprimed canvas or sculpting and shaping fabric. Fibers saturated with GAC 400 will...

GAC 800 Reduces Crazing in puddles, pours, and other thin, pourable paint applications. "Crazing" is the formation crevices in surfaces that develo...

GAC 900 Fabric Painting Medium, when heat-set properly, offers a very soft hand and laundering stability. Mix with High Flow Acrylics to produce "t...

Glass Bead Gel made with genuine glass beads, offers a unique effect similar to condensation on glass - best seen in thin films over a light color ...

Hard Molding Paste - Dries to a extremely hard, opaque film, it is useful for creating tough, durable finishes for smooth or textured surfaces. Onc...

Heavy Gels (L-R: Gloss, Matte, Semi-Gloss) are thicker than Heavy Body Acrylic Colors and may be blended with colors to increase body. Excellent fo...

High Solid Gels (L-R: Gloss, Matte) are similar in body to Extra Heavy Gels. Because they contain less water and more acrylic solids, they shrink l...

Light Molding Paste - Offers dramatic weightreduction used in thick layers. Wet product is over 50% lighter than GOLDEN Molding Paste. This dramati...

Matte Medium is a pourable medium useful for extending color, decreasing gloss and increasing film integrity. It is also used as a nearly clear gro...

Golden OPEN Acrylic Medium is formulated to a lower viscosity than OPEN Acrylic Colors and is used to maintain properties when a more fluid mixture...

OPEN Gel and Medium can be thinned and extended with OPEN Thinner, water, or faster drying GOLDEN Mediums. For most painting techniques the followi...

Pumice Gels (R-L Fine, Coarse, Extra Coarse) textures dry to hard films. They mix well with GOLDEN Acrylic Colors. Fine Pumice Gel is useful as a d...

Regular Gels (L-R: Gloss, Matte, Semi-Gloss) have the same viscosity as Heavy Body Acrylic Colors and are ideal for extending paint and regulating ...

Pastes can be used to achieve a variety of effects and expressions. When used in conjunction with acrylic colors they broaden working properties an...

Self Leveling Clear Gel produces an even film with excellent clarity. It has a unique resinous, stringy consistency resulting from its leveling pro...

Silkscreen Medium is a waterborne system designed for use with GOLDEN Acrylic Colors. It increases the working time and retards drying in the scree...

Soft Gels (L-R,Gloss, Matte, Semi-Gloss) are thinner than Heavy Body Colors. Mix with color to produce a brilliant glaze. Soft gels can be a base f...

Super Loaded Matte Medium is useful for reducing gloss. The high level of matting agents lower the sheen of other products with minimal addition to...

Acrylic Wetting Aid is an additive used to reduce surface tension of the water in the acrylic emulsion, thereby increasing the slickness and flow o...

A painting and glazing acrylic medium resulting in a durable finish. Transparent and waterproof when dry. Holbein Acrylic Fluid Medium should not b...

Mixing Opaque Mediums with acrylics ink will increase the opacity and give your artwork a smooth matte finish. Use opaque medium together with Holb...

Transparent and waterproof once dry, Holbein Acrylic Painting Medium is excellent for glazing, while diluting and extending colors. Available in 20...

Modeling Paste Pumice is gritty with fine particles, which makes it ideal for pastel grounds. Available in 300ml poly bag.

Gritty with extra coarse particles make this paste ideal for building textured surfaces. Available in 300ml poly bag.

Retarding Medium is intended to slow the drying time of acrylic paints. One or two drops will keep paints fresh on the palette. *Available in 180ml...

When mixed with acrylic color it increases softness and improves flow properties. Available in 300ml poly bag. Gloss finish.

Increases the flow of acrylic colours on all surfaces. This handy medium will give more even lay-down in flat brushing techniques (i.e., hard edge ...

This medium is 100% polymer that can be used as a medium to increase the flow and transparency of acrylic colours, and can be used as a final varni...

Create three dimensional works that boost structure and dimension, texture and relief. Use on non-oily, absorbent surfaces, applying with a palette...

Pouring Medium is permanent and waterproof when dry. When mixed with fluid acrylic colours, it creates a smooth coloured film. The pouring medium g...

This medium decreases the speed of drying time for acrylics. Do not add more than 25% retarder to acrylic paints.