Article · Cowling & Wilcox
How to Use Pouring Medium When Painting with Acrylics
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
An art-supply retailer's guide to pouring medium: what it does to paint flow, a 1:3 paint-to-medium starting ratio, a five-step flip-cup process, and a warning against thinning with water instead, since it can wash out pigment.
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