Acrylic Paint Mediums & Varnishes

Chromacryl Binder Medium is an excellent primer used to seal and prepare all painting surfaces or extend paint. Highly versatile, Chromacryl Binder Medium is ideal for glazing, and is also an excellent adhesive for collage or papier mache applications. Dries clear.

Chromacryl Clear Gel Medium is a clear medium extender that changes the coverage quality of paint and ink to achieve colour glazes without affecting pigments. Chromacryl Clear Gel Medium is ideal for monoprinting and overprinting. Use as a paint extender, for transparent glazing or as a release agent when applied to a surface prior to paint application. Chromacryl Clear Gel Medium can also be used as a reduction paste in silkscreen painting.

Chromacryl Finishing Varnish is a water-based varnish for acrylic paintings which provides a tough, clear and non-tacky surface. Chromacryl Finishing Varnish is perfect for all artworks and surfaces where hard, heat-resistant varnish is required.

Chromacryl Impasto Gel can be mixed with acrylic paint to add more body. Milky when wet, but clear-drying, Chromacryl Impasto Gel remains flexible, making it best-suited to building thick structure and texture.

Also an excellent adhesive for mixed media, Chromacryl Impasto Gel can be used for thick glazing and heavier objects in collage work or 3D construction.

Chromacryl Painting Medium & Varnish gives good colour saturation and is ideal for enriching and protecting finished artwork. Use Chromacryl Painting Medium & Varnish to seal paper surfaces or rejuvenate dried acrylic paints.

Chromacryl Textile Medium is great to use for printing or free-hand painting on fabric. Add one part Chromacryl Textile Medium & two parts paint, to convert your acrylic paint into an immediate and washable textile & fabric paint. Paint your image, heat set with an iron and then wash to release the acrylic binder.

Chromacryl Texture Paste is a brushable, translucent modeling compound ideal for multiple texturing methods with acrylic paint. Dries to a clear finish and will not become brittle or discolour with age. Chromacryl Texture Paste cleans up with cold, soapy water.

Derivan Cracking Medium, when sandwiched between two layers of Matisse Background Colours, creates a cracked & weathered look. Derivan Cracking Medium is water-based and may not perform as well with other brands of paint.

Derivan Impasto Medium is a full-bodied texture paste and modelling compound that dries to a water-resistant, low subdued sheen which is similar to the sheen on a dried paint film of Matisse Acrylic Paint.  Although Derivan Impasto Medium is not fully transparent when dry, it will not alter the richness of colours substantially.

Derivan Polymer Gloss Varnish is versatile, ideal for use as a glue for paper and as a varnish in collages. When intermixed with colour, Derivan Polymer Gloss Varnish increases gloss and flow characteristics. Derivan Polymer Gloss Varnish is water-based and may appear slightly milky when wet.

Derivan Print Gel can be mixed with acrylic colours to keep paint wet & from clogging the screen mesh. For use on paper, board or fabric (in conjunction with a fabric fixative), Derivan Printing Gel increases colour transparency while also being suitable for use as a craft glue.

Derivan Spreader is a transparent, flowing paste which is hardly discernible when dry. Imparting fine flow, controlled spreadability & lubrication, Derivan Spreader is primarily used for glazing and spreading large volumes of colour.