Painting Mediums and Varnishes

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

GAC 500 Extends Fluid Acrylics for a unique balance of film hardness and flexibility offering increased leveling, increased mar resistance and decr...

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...

Gel Topcoat with UVLS (Gloss, Semi-Gloss) are not intended as a commercial topcoat for high wear items. They dry to a permanent, flexible, non-remo...

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...

All GOLDEN Mica Flake products offer larger particles for more textural metallic surfaces. 120ml jars.

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...

The GOLDEN Introductory Set of Professional Acrylic Gel Mediums and Molding Pastes offers the opportunity to experiment with a representative sampl...

Isolation Coat is a ready-to-use sealing coat for acrylic paintings. Previously acrylic artists only recourse was to dilute Soft Gel Gloss with wat...

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...

Polymer Varnish with UVLS (UltraViolet Light Stabilizers) is a waterborne acrylic varnish that dries to a protective, flexible, dust resistant surf...

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...

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...

A high gloss, fast drying final varnish intended for use as a protective coating over finished artwork. Ideal for acrylic paintings on paper and ca...

Increases the transparency and gloss finish while slowing drying time of DUO. DUO Linseed Oil can be thinned with water, this may cause it to becom...

Highly viscous, thermal polymerized linseed oil that increases the transparency of DUO. DUO Stand Linseed Oil produces a leveled and enamel gloss e...

DUO Painting Oil Medium enhances transparency and gloss finish while accelerating drying time. Aids in brush ability and flow. Great for detail. Us...

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

An Artist grade medium which will, when mixed with watercolors, enhance gloss and transparency. Mixing with opaque colors, like gouache and posters...

Gum Arabic is a water-soluble natural resin commonly used as a binder in watercolor painting. It helps to improve the flow of paint on paper, incre...

This artist-grade medium is designed to facilitate iridescent (pearlescent) effects when used with water based media including watercolor, acrylic,...

A matte varnish intended for use as a protective coating over finished artwork. Ideal for acrylic paintings on paper and canvas. Can be used on cla...

Holbein Ox Gall Medium is an artist-grade wetting agent that improves flow and enhances wet-into-wet techniques when mixed with watercolors. It als...

The perfect blend of linseed oil, turpentine, siccatif and resin this medium is made to speed up your drying times, add lustre to dry paintings, an...

Protect your oil paintings with Holbein's Picture Varnish. Apply 6 months after completing your painting this varnish will restore the lustre of yo...

The traditional choice for thinning oil paints and creating a natural lustre linseed oil is extracted from the flax plant. Smooth and thin this oil...

Thin your oil paint with purified poppy oil to create a residue free natural lustre on dry oil paints and create thin glazing layers with no yellow...

Oil's dry times can be long and tricky if you need to get multiple layers on fast. Holbein's mix of stand oil, resin, and refined petroleum oil wil...

Built to be light and allow your oil paintings to breathe. Retouching varnish can be applied as a temporary varnish to protect your oil paintings a...

This viscous linseed oil is heavy to support levelled brush strokes while producing surface transparency and maintaining colour brightness. Mix thi...

This highly viscous oil is made to improve drying times, self levelling of brush strokes, and even offers protective qualities to stabilize your oi...