Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Matte Medium, 8.4-oz (250ml) Jar

Excellent acrylic modeling paste but the bottle design with a squeeze spot hole is worthless.

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Does a good job at thinning my acrylic paint.

I was very disappointed that when I opened the jar it just flows out. Really need to have a safety seal on this like most liquids do!

I'm using this as a matte topcoat for model planes and tanks. It works great!! I've tried a whole bunch of other matte clear coats like dullcote, klear with a flattening agent, tamiya flat, and vallejo matte. None of them come close to how well this stuff works!! You can see it in action in the photo I uploaded: The plane's right wing still has the Alclad Aqua Gloss that I put on it (by far the best gloss clear coat you can use, I highly recommend that as well). The plane's left wing has been hit with just enough of the galeria varnish to bring down the shine to a good level. You can also bring this baby to a DEAD FLAT finish if you want. I just prefer to keep a little satin finish on my planes.It goes on super easily using an airbrush. I thin it about 1:4, DI water to the varnish, and spray it from 15-20 psi from about 3 inches away. Just go back and forth lightly over the model, building up super thin coats at a time. It really helps if you mist the varnish lightly enough to where it's hard to detect if it's even going on. Hold the model at an angle to where it's reflecting the light. Just mist on enough of the varnish to bring it down to the right level of matte that you want. I don't even need a satin topcoat because I can control how much I bring the gloss down with this bad boy.I honestly can't recommend this stuff enough for model planes and tanks. Two huge thumbs up!

I find the product to be very good for what I use it for. I bought it so I could apply some medium to some Burnt Umber acrylic paint & distilled water and place all contents into a 120mL squeeze bottle and then I have my very own Agrax Earthshade wash like Games Workshop produces. Since Agrax Earthshade wash is probably the most used shade from Games Workshop I decided to make my own and I found a YouTube video on how to make it and so this matte medium is great stuff to help me make it. I also make an equivalent Lahmian Medium as well from this product too.The only complaint that I have is that the label on the bottle was so bad I couldn't read either side of it and it seemed as though mine was previously opened and used. I wish Winsor & Newton placed some type of seal on it so in the event that the seal was broken I would have known it was open straight away and asked for a replacement. I had to dock it one star for this.All in all the product is top notch and it works great.

I have a large painting that I wanted to cover and paint over, this painting was mostly acrylic with some mixed-media paint.This product Took me quite a few layers to get to a decent coverage. I believe I had to paint over four times in order to make it more of a clean canvas and even so I can still see some evidence of my previous painting underneath.This doesn't bother me because I know I will be using other colors over at but if you get distracted by a not clean/fresh canvas this might be an issue for you unless you're okay with putting about 5 to 6 thin layers.You do get a lot of product so if you have the time this really shouldn't be an issue and I do want to mention that my canvas is pretty big and I still have more than half of the container left over.It also made a very nice Textured drawing surface so I wouldn't call it completely smooth but it is very Nice to drawn from my point of view.I do recommend this product because it is fairly basic in quality and has a good price but just keep in mind all of the above.

I often use gel mediums in my acrylic paintings. Glass beads is my favorite. This brand is high quality.

I use this all the time to prime canvases for acrylic painting. Good product.

Love this stuff, really works well if you layer your work and allow adequate drying/molding time. Easy to use and has a smooth consistency.

Mix 50:50 with water and add small drop of dish soap/washing up liquid per 15/30ml.Can be used to thin acrylic paint, create glazes and washes, bind powdered pigment to make paint, affix dry pigment to scenery/bases and much more.A far cheaper way solution than buying ready made products like Citadel Lahmian Formula.

I’m having so much fun using this paste with stencils in my journal - I mix it with white gesso, or acrylic paints, for different colours and effects and it looks fantastic. Works so well. Easy to use, spreads well and it’s easy to clean the stencils afterwards.

This glass jar arrived securely packaged and in perfect condition.This is a brand I use often, and am confident with.I usually prefer satin varnish for my painting, but needed gloss for a different project. I use the same brand for satin, which I am happy with so it made sense to try their version of gloss.It's a decent sized bottle, with a secure lid. It doesn't smell too strong but I would still advise using it outside or near an open window, just in case.It seems to work best using two thin coats rather than one thick one, and give it more time to dry than stated.Watch out for tiny air bubbles, these can be gently pricked with a sharp pin.I like it, i don't know if it's the glossiest finish around, but for the price and the ease of using it, it's definitely worth trying.Thanks for reading, I hope you find this review helpful.