Give your paint an ultra matte, opaque finish, while thinning and extending its volume.
Sizes 8oz/237ml | 16oz/473ml
Use with
Acrylic paints/mediums
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Use on
All acrylic-friendly surfaces
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Techniques
Painting
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Underpainting
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Murals & large-area coverage
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Character
Lightfast & archival
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Permanent
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Non-yellowing
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Flexible & non-cracking
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Water-resistant when dry
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Intermixable with all Liquitex materials
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What it does
Dramatically reduces surface gloss to give a dead matte finish with no sheen
Maintains paint opacity, color intensity and hue
Economically extends opaque color to double amounts without affecting color or acrylic stability - perfect when underpainting or running out of color mid way through
Slows drying time to help you create more subtle color blends
Lowers the viscosity of heavier body paints
Maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality
Makes a weak tinting white when you add over 50% of the medium, increasing the value of your original color by one level
How to use it
Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products
The matte effect is most obvious when mixed with opaque colors
Can be thinned by diluting with up to 25% water - distilled water will give best results
Mix as much as you like into acrylic color to create the viscosity and transparency you want - the more you add, the thinner and more transparent your color will become
Stir gently to avoid creating foam - if bubbles appear, leave it to sit while the bubbles rise and disappear
When running out of a color mid painting, just add an equal volume of this medium to extend it further
This is semi-opaque when wet, transparent when dry
How not to use it
Do not shake or vigorously over-brush as this can result in a foggy, hazy look when dry
Our Acrylic Gouache paints are designed to be semi-opaque and opaque, so opt for a transparent Soft Body, Heavy Body or Acrylic Ink mixed with Ultra Matte Medium or Ultra Matte Gel. This will help you achieve a more transparent super-matte finish.
It depends what kind of finish you want. Ultra Matte Medium will double your volume without changing the viscosity, color position or opacity, but will give a matte finish. Alternatively Gloss and Medium Mediums will keep the viscosity but increase transparency a little.
Top quality, professional paints are always going to be more expensive than house and craft paints due to the pigments and formulations. However, you can try some tricks like extending your professional color with a Liquitex medium when you're underpainting or sketching. Liquitex Ultra Matte Medium is a good one if you're using Soft Body Acrylic and are happy with matte for underpainting, as you can double the volume without changing the viscosity, color position or opacity of your paint. You can also use Basics colors for experimenting and drafting - all our colors are all compatible and work well together across professional and Basics ranges to give you the same archival finish.
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