Video · YouTube
6 Acrylic Mediums That Changed the Way I Paint
By Chris Breier
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 24 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
Six mediums and additives demonstrated inside one still-life painting: super heavy and clear gesso, three slow-drying products compared, super heavy gel for texture, and glazing mediums.
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:37SUPER HEAVY GESSO
- 1:00Tinting super heavy gesso
- 2:20Drawing
- 5:27CLEAR GESSO
- 7:10Slo-Dri Medium vs Retarder Gel
- 9:01SLO-DRI MEDIUM
- 11:52SLO-DRI GEL ADDITIVE
- 13:55SLO-DRI FLUID ADDITIVE
- 21:12SUPER HEAVY GEL
- 22:19GLAZING MEDIUMS
- 23:15Finished painting
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