Liquitex - Professional Acrylic Satin Medium (237ml)
Designed for use with acrylic paint
Provides a satin finish
Thins colours
Extends volume
Flexible & non-cracking
Water resistant when dry
Permanent
Lightfast & archival
Translucent, non-yellowing
Intermixable with all other Liquitex materials
Alternative uses include:
As a non-removable varnish
As a collage adhesive
For photo transfers
Formulated to enhance the creations of artists working with Liquitex Acrylic Paint, but equally effective when mixed with any Acrylic Colour.
Liquitex Professional Satin Medium is formulated especially to be mixed with acrylic paint to extend their volume without threatening the stability of the colour & drying to a satin finish.
What is a Medium, how does it work?
Generally speaking, any liquid that changes the consistency of the paint into which it's mixed with may be classed as a medium.
By changing the properties of paint, a medium extends the possibilities of how an artist works with the colour, and affords a plethora of exciting techniques and effects.
Specifically, Liquitex mediums are designed for use with acrylic paints, making them suitable for a range of alternate techniques & producing effects ranging from a thin glaze to a thick impasto, with a myriad of choices in between.
Another benefit is that Liquitex mediums are fully intermixable with their entire range, water resistant, archival, PH neutral, non-yellowing and permanent once dry.
Acrylic Mediums: Exploring The Possibilities gives further information on the Liquitex range of acrylic mediums, and how they can be used.
Click here for a glossary of Acrylic painting terms, including the different types of medium.
Why choose Liquitex Satin Medium?
Although designed to extend acrylic paints & dry to a satin sheen, there are many other benefits, including:
Increasing colour depth and transparency
Lowering viscosity of heavier body paints, giving increased flow
Extending your colour further without affecting acrylic stability
Maintaining paint adhesion, durability and archival quality
Use as a non-removable varnish to protect paintings and establish a satin surface sheen
Ideal to use as a glue when collaging with lightweight materials
Transferring printed images
How to use Liquitex Satin Medium:
Can be thinned by diluting with up to 25% water (distilled water will give the best results)
Mix as much as you like into acrylic colour to create the viscosity and transparency you want
The more you add, the thinner and more transparent your colour will become
If bubbles appear when stirring, leave to sit while they rise and disappear
This is semi-opaque when wet, transparent when dry
To fix pastel, graphite or chalk, mix 1 part medium to 1 part distilled water and apply with an atomizer or airbrush
Apply with a brush/sponge as a lightweight collaging glue
Fully compatible with all Liquitex products
How not to use Liquitex Satin Medium:
Do not shake or vigorously over-brush as this can result in a foggy, hazy look when dry
Do not use with any non-acrylic media
Who are Liquitex?
Founded in 1933 in Cincinnati, Ohio by Henry Levison, Permanent Pigments, then producers of oil colours, developed the first water-based artist acrylic paints in 1955.
This new formulation was launched the same year, simultaneously with the new company name "Liquitex" (an abbreviation of "Liquid texture"), which Levison believed better captured the product's essence.
Today, Liquitex offers a vast array of intermixable acrylic paints, mediums, varnishes, brushes & countless other options to better enable everyone from amateurs, students, hobbyists, artists & professionals to continually explore new and innovative ways of working with Acrylic Colour.
"I'm only happy when I'm trying to create something new"
Henry Levison
