How to Make Acrylics Thicker

Описание: 0:00 Intro
0:26 Acrylic gel vs Liquitex super heavy gel
1:15 Modeling paste
1:34 Super heavy gel demo painting
2:34 Using gels with fluid acrylics
3:13 Thickening acrylics with joint compound
4:04 Thickening acrylics with flour
5:05 Flexibility test

Materials used in this video. These are affiliate links to Blick Art Materials which means if you click on the link and make a purchase, I earn a commission at no cost to you.

Liquitex Gels http://shrsl.com/2bu85
Golden Gels http://shrsl.com/2bu87
Utrecht Modeling Paste http://shrsl.com/2bu8f
Liquitex Modeling Paste http://shrsl.com/2bu8m
Golden Fluid Acrylics http://shrsl.com/2bu8r
Golden High Flow Acrylics http://shrsl.com/2bu8w
Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics http://shrsl.com/2bu92
Liquitex Acrylic Goauche http://shrsl.com/2bu98

Learn how to make acrylics thicker by using gels, modeling paste and some DIY solutions.

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To make acrylics thicker, you have to use a gel that's actually thicker than the paint you're using. Adding regular gel to heavy body acrylics won't do much to make it thicker.

You'll want to use thicker gels such as the super heavy gel from Liquitex or the extra heavy gels from golden.

Of course, if you're using fluid acrylics then you can use regular gel to thicken them up.

Flour and joint compound are cheap way to thicken acrylics but they're not archival. In my testing they dried brittle and cracked easy when I bent the watercolor paper.

Acrylic mediums are much more flexible and are less likely to cause cracking. In the video, I fold a piece of palette paper that has a layer of acrylic paint and gel medium in half. I couldn't get it to crack at all.