Nowadays painting in acrylics has been adopted by many artists as their medium of choice having many of the strengths of oil paint in terms of colour translucency, opacity and body without the need to use toxic solvents for mixing and cleaning. Its versatility can be extended further with the use of mediums that increase the drying time, change the finish and alter the viscosity or fluidity of the paint largely without affecting the colour strength.
Acrylic mediums make your acrylic paints an extremely versatile painting technique. You will be able to create different effects and finishes by making the paint thicker, thinner, glossy, matte, textured, slow drying and much more. For more information on varnishing acrylic painting please feel free to read our article 'Varnishing Acrylic Paintings'.
