Liquitex 

Liquitex
Liquitex was the first water-based acrylic paint created in 1955 and since then we have partnered with artists to ensure that we continually evolve and innovate –resulting in a long history of acrylic innovation that includes:  
  • The first Acrylic Gloss and Matte Mediums.
  • The first lecture demonstration program in 1965, which continues today as The Fine Art Collective.                
  • The first removable acrylic varnish in 1967, which has evolved into today’s Soluvar Removable Varnish.     
  • The first paint to be labeled for ASTM standards, toxicity, quality and lightfastness.
  • The first value series acrylic paint available in the U.S.: Liquitex® Basics Acrylic Colors.
  • The first to manufacture "Hue" colors: offering alternatives to heavy metal and fugitive colors.
  • The first artist acrylic available in archival tubes: seven layers of plastic, paper and metal.
  • The first to create iridescent acrylic paint; acrylic enamels and a variety of innovative acrylic mediums including acrylic opaque extender mediums – Ultra Matte Fluid and Gel Mediums; among many others.
Today, Liquitex offers the largest array of vibrant acrylic paints, mediums and tools to enable acrylic artists to continually explore their art and take it to new and unprecedented boundaries. With our innovative drive, our creative passion and our intense desire to share the joys of artistic expression through unparalleled education and community outreach programs, Liquitex is and will continue to be a strong partner to help artists explore their art for decades to come. 

Some More Liquitex History
In 1955, a company in Cincinnati, Ohio named Permanent Pigments that had been milling oil colors since 1933 and run by a man named Henry Levison launched a new product. This new artists’ color was formulated with an acrylic polymer resin that was emulsified with water. The new color could go from thick to thin and everywhere in between; it would adhere to anything – from canvas to paper to metal to wood to plastic– and it dried quickly for easy re-working, layering, and masking. Most important, it could be thinned and cleaned up with water.Levison tried to come up with a name that captured the essence of the medium and the fact that it could go from fluid liquidity to heavy texture and everyplace else in between. The color was called liquid texture or Liquitex .
Liquitex was the first water-based acrylic paint created in 1955 and since then we have partnered with artists to ensure that we continually evolve and innovate –resulting in a long history of acrylic innovation that includes:  
  • The first Acrylic Gloss and Matte Mediums.
  • The first lecture demonstration program in 1965, which continues today as The Fine Art Collective.                
  • The first removable acrylic varnish in 1967, which has evolved into today’s Soluvar Removable Varnish.     
  • The first paint to be labeled for ASTM standards, toxicity, quality and lightfastness.
  • The first value series acrylic paint available in the U.S.: Liquitex® Basics Acrylic Colors.
  • The first to manufacture "Hue" colors: offering alternatives to heavy metal and fugitive colors.
  • The first artist acrylic available in archival tubes: seven layers of plastic, paper and metal.
  • The first to create iridescent acrylic paint; acrylic enamels and a variety of innovative acrylic mediums including acrylic opaque extender mediums – Ultra Matte Fluid and Gel Mediums; among many others.
Today, Liquitex offers the largest array of vibrant acrylic paints, mediums and tools to enable acrylic artists to continually explore their art and take it to new and unprecedented boundaries. With our innovative drive, our creative passion and our intense desire to share the joys of artistic expression through unparalleled education and community outreach programs, Liquitex is and will continue to be a strong partner to help artists explore their art for decades to come. 

Some More Liquitex History
In 1955, a company in Cincinnati, Ohio named Permanent Pigments that had been milling oil colors since 1933 and run by a man named Henry Levison launched a new product. This new artists’ color was formulated with an acrylic polymer resin that was emulsified with water. The new color could go from thick to thin and everywhere in between; it would adhere to anything – from canvas to paper to metal to wood to plastic– and it dried quickly for easy re-working, layering, and masking. Most important, it could be thinned and cleaned up with water.Levison tried to come up with a name that captured the essence of the medium and the fact that it could go from fluid liquidity to heavy texture and everyplace else in between. The color was called liquid texture or Liquitex .
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Liquitex Medium and Varnish

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Flow-Aid Fluid Additive
 Increases the flow, absorbency, and blending of any water-based paint, ink, or dye. Minimizes brushstrokes. Use with Liquitex Soft Body color to create very fluid washes without hard edges; create staining effects on raw canvas and produce a fluid spray when mixed with acrylics in airbrushes or air guns.

Gel Mediums add dimension to paint, extend drying time, create thick transparent glazes, enhance colors and textures and can act as an archival adhesive.

Modeling Paste Extra Heavy Body and very opaque. A marble paste made of marble dust and 100% polymer emulsion. Used to build heavy textures on rigid supports and create three-dimensional forms. Dries to the hardness of stone. It can be sanded or carved when thoroughly dry. Can be handled like clay if the top of the container is removed and some of the water is allowed to slowly evaporate until it reaches a clay-like consistency. Adheres to any non-oily, absorbent surface. Drying too quickly causes mud cracking that is usually cosmetic, not structural. When mixed with acrylic colors will act as a weak tinting white, while increasing thickness and rigidity. Excellent substrate for acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastel, oil bars, watercolor, graphite or dry pastel.

Matte Varnish is will not crack as surface expands and contracts during temperature and humidity changes. Applicable for any acrylic painted surface (flexible and rigid) on canvas, paper, wood, stone, Plexiglas, etc. Not for use over oil paint. Flexible, archival, non-yellowing and water resistant when dry. For interior use only. This product is an essential for any collection of acrylic painting supplies.

Slow-Dri Gel Retarder retains brushstrokes and adds body when added to to lower-viscosity colors such as Liquitex Soft Body Artist Color and Soft Body Mediums. Add no more than 25% to paint, as the absence of a binder may weaken the stability of the paint film if too much is added.

Basics Acrylic Gesso is formulated to produce an absorbent, smooth, finely-textured ground for painting on most porous surfaces, including canvas, paper, fabric, wood, or plaster. This gesso does not require thinning for proper consistency. It dries in minutes to a non-yellowing, brilliant white. Its suitable for use with Liquitex Basics and other student-grade acrylic paints.

Super Heavy Gesso An innovative, impasto acrylic gesso used to prepare painting surfaces for acrylic and oil paint.Create thick sculptural applicationsExcellent ground for acrylic and oil paint.Mix with acrylic color to have a tinted ground.Flexible, non-cracking and non-yellowing when dry.Provides the perfect "tooth" and adhesion to a wide variety of supports such as canvas, paper and woodExcellent base coat primer for many applications such as muralsOne coat is usually enough.

Liquitex White Gesso The classic white sealer and ground for absorbent surface, such as canvas, paper, or wood. Provides the proper surface sizing, tooth and absorbency for acrylic and oil paints. One coat is usually enough. Traditional gesso is meant to be opaque titanium white for good coverage. Two coats are recommended under oil color.

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink

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Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink! is a range of extremely fluid acrylic paints that use super-fine pigments in a state-of-the-art acrylic emulsion. They dry quickly, are permanent, water resistant and non-clogging, which makes them ideal for a variety of techniques from watercolor effects to stamping.

  • Intense bold lightfast colors
  • Extremely fluid, no need to dilute for airbrushing or calligraphy
  • Superior water resistance
  • Non-clogging
  • Fast drying
  • Ideal for watercolor effects, color blocking and under painting
  • Intermixable with all other Liquitex acrylics and mediums
  • A balanced color line of opaque and transparent colors

    USES AND TECHNIQUES

    • Dip Pen 
    • Brush 
    • Technical Pen 
    • Stamping 
    • Ink Brayer 
    • Screen Printing 
    • Fabric Painting 
    • Book Arts 
    • Calligraphy 
    • Stippling 
    • Photo Tinting 
    • Airbrush 
    • Drybrush 
    • Stenciling 
    • Pouring 
    • Watercolor 
    • Collage 
    • Drafting