Liquitex

This highly concentrated base coat primer prepares painting surfaces for acrylic and oil paint and makes them opaque. It can be applied on clean, non-oily surfaces and dries quickly. Once dry, this gesso provides the perfect tooth and adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces including canvas, paper and wood.

• 237 ml (8 oz) bottle

• High viscosity
• Highly pigmented
• Satin finish
• Holds knife marks and brush strokes

• All painting techniques
• Impasto
• Texturizing with brush or palette knife
• Alla prima

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Large, comfortable non-slip matte finished handle crafted from the highest quality wood has been paired with top-of-the-line synthetic bristle heads. The result is artist quality brushes that offer excellent durability in large scaled applications that require rugged tools. Ideal for covering wide areas in one movement and for varnishing large surfaces or walls.

Freestyle Large Scale Brushes meet the expanding needs of acrylic artists working in grandiose scales. 

Brush specifications:

• Sizes: 4 inch, 6 inch and 8 inch widths

• Ferrule: Stainless steel

• Handle: Contoured Black Satin

• Brush Type: Synthetic nylon

Techniques & Applications:

• Large surface covering

• Varnishing

Care:

Caring for paintbrushes is essential to prolonging their lifespan by keeping them in good working condition.
  

Acrylic: clean in soapy water and rinse in warm water.
 

Practical information:
 

Never let dry before cleaning.
 

Using a hydrating paintbrush cleaner after using taltine or soap prevents bristles from drying and keeps the supple shape of the paintbrush.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

• Lightfast & archival
• Permanent
• Non-yellowing
• Flexible & non-cracking
• Water-resistant when dry
• Intermixable with all Liquitex products

• Contains 118 ml (4 oz)
• Once dry, you can paint colour on freely
• Can be used with acrylic inks
• Can be used on all acrylic-friendly surfaces
• Recommended techniques: masking when painting or spray painting

• Dip your applicator in soapy water before dipping in Masking Fluid (this will make cleaning easier later)
• Wash your tools with warm soapy water straight after application
• Remove Masking Fluid as soon as possible for best results, carefully starting at the corners and peeling back slowly
• Do not use on damp or soft-sized paper
• Not recommended for thicker acrylic paint application
• Avoid abrading or overworking areas where Masking Fluid is applied

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Large, comfortable non-slip matte finished handle crafted from the highest quality wood has been paired with top-of-the-line synthetic bristle heads. The result is artist quality brushes that offer excellent durability in large scaled applications that require rugged tools. The long handle is easy to grip for quick gestural strockes on large-scale work, or reaching high places.

Freestyle Large Scale Brushes meet the expanding needs of acrylic artists working in grandiose scales. 

Brush specifications:

• Sizes: 1 inch, 2 inch, 3 inch and 4 inch widths

• Ferrule: Stainless steel

• Handle: Contoured Black Satin

• Brush Type: Synthetic nylon

Techniques & Applications:

• Large surface covering

• Varnishing

• Broad gestural strokes

Care:

Caring for paintbrushes is essential to prolonging their lifespan by keeping them in good working condition.
  

Acrylic: clean in soapy water and rinse in warm water.
 

Practical information:
 

Never let dry before cleaning.
 

Using a hydrating paintbrush cleaner after using taltine or soap prevents bristles from drying and keeps the supple shape of the paintbrush.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

• fluid viscosity
• fine art pigments
• highly versatile
• no dilution needed
• easy blending
• satin sheen

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

• Increases colour depth and transparency
• Lowers viscosity of heavier body paints, giving increased flow
• Extends colour further without affecting acrylic stability
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality

Basics Acrylics give you the perfect balance of quality and economy. Made for all artists, Basics Acrylics are student-quality – this means they are made with the same lightfast, fine art pigments used in the Liquitex Professional range, but just a lighter load. Ideal for so many uses: if you’re a beginner, if you’re on a budget, perfect for underpainting or sketching if you’re a serious artist, and even for colour scoping and exploration if you’re a creative professional.!

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

The world’s first non-cadmium acrylic with the same performance, vibrancy, and lightfastness as cadmium paints. Professional quality featuring a thick consistency and a high pigment load that produces rich, brilliant and permanent colours.

Ideal for traditional art techniques, as well as for experimental, mixed media, collage and printmaking applications. Good surface drag provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open-working time.

• Professional quality paint
• Exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency with a satin finish
• Retains brush strokes and palette knife marks
• Flexible when dry; thick films remain free of cracks and chips

Uses and techniques:

• Impasto: Thick applications with brush stroke and knife marks
• Traditional acrylic painting on canvas or panel
• Experimental acrylic painting
• Collage and mixed media
• Acrylic printmaking, including screen printing, mono prints, block prints, etc.

• Lightfast & archival
• Permanent
• Non-yellowing
• Flexible & non-cracking
• Water-resistant when dry
• Intermixable with all Liquitex products

• Contains 237 ml (8 oz)
• Can be used with acrylic paints and mediums
• Can be used on all acrylic-friendly surfaces
• Recommended techniques: airbrushing, spraying, staining, fine detail

• Slowly stir as much as you like into acrylic paint to get the metallic lustre and viscosity you want (transparent colours give the best results)
• Squeeze from the bottle and paint on neat for a semi-opaque gold effect
• If bubbles appear when stirring, let the medium sit while they rise and disappear