Mediums & Grounds
Chroma's A2 Art Students' Acrylics are perfectly suited to be used with the Atelier® Range of Painting Mediums & Varnishes. We recommend starting with Atelier's Mid-Viscosity Clear Painting Medium as your launching pad into the magical world of Mediums.
MAKING ACRYLICS VERSATILE
The choice of the correct medium for the job in hand, or for the particular style and technique of a particular artist can be critically important to the development of the artist who uses them.
There are very simple ways of gaining control over the painting process, which do not involve learning new techniques: these are procedures for sealing against moisture loss, maintaining moist humid conditions while working and using final varnishes to protect the completed art work.
We would like to introduce a new simplified system of acrylic painting designed to assist the above and make painting with acrylics more flexible. The following three processes have been developed:
- Ground Preparations
- Mediums & Additives
- Varnishes
Ground Preparations
Grounds are products used to prepare a surface for acrylic painting. Effective grounds should have good adhesion to the painting surface, particularly for canvas boards. They should be flexible, have suitable "tooth" for overpainting and create a good sealing barrier between the painting surface and subsequent layers of paint.
Atelier Binder Medium
Il peut être utilisé comme un médium quand il est nécessaire de renforcer la peinture pour des techniques acryliques conventionnelles comme le grattage. Ajouté à la peinture, il accélère le séchage et augmente la brillance.
Autres usages :
- Comme liant pour le collage.
- Comme première couche pour préparer des surfaces poreuses soit avant l'utilisation d'un gesso ou comme préparation de fond un peu glissant.
Gesso Primer
C’est un fond acrylique souple avec une haute teneur en grès. Il est conçu pour fournir une surface à peindre blanche et stable. Atelier Guesso peut être utilisé directement pour tous les effets de texture épaisse.
Liquid Gesso Primer
Sa consistance plus fine s’étale plus facilement pour obtenir une surface à peindre plus lisse.
