So I have Glaze medium by Liquitex, and Matt medium by Liquitex. I a lot of painters are using GW lahmian? ( think i spell it wrong) medium, or those that still have there every metal medium which is the same thing.
I always took it as Liquitex matt medium is the same thing as lahmian medium, and using as such. So I would use that to thin all my paints for brush work, to get nice smooth layers, and I noticed it would often settle like a wash. I just assumed the mix was off, going with the knowledge that you can thin wash with to make them even thinner, I use secret weapon washes so sometimes i need them thinner. But the paint wasn't getting to thin it would just settle in details. Some painters call this a shadow or shade. I was mixing the layer effect I was trying to get.
Than picked up glaze medium and got the transparency I was looking for without the paint settling in the cracks. This was giving me the layers I wanted and wasn't over powering the darker shadows i was looking at doing.
So Do I have it backwards?
I was under the assumption that the matt medium was for thinning to get better blends and smoother layers and glaze was for making washes.
So now I use the Matt medium on the first few layers to get the shadows I want and without adding wash all over the place. And than use the glaze medium to build up the colors and blend them together with the bottom layer.
Did I finally figure it out or still using the backwards?
Does the same hold true for the secret weapon washes, matt for shadow and glaze for the highlights?
I always took it as Liquitex matt medium is the same thing as lahmian medium, and using as such. So I would use that to thin all my paints for brush work, to get nice smooth layers, and I noticed it would often settle like a wash. I just assumed the mix was off, going with the knowledge that you can thin wash with to make them even thinner, I use secret weapon washes so sometimes i need them thinner. But the paint wasn't getting to thin it would just settle in details. Some painters call this a shadow or shade. I was mixing the layer effect I was trying to get.
Than picked up glaze medium and got the transparency I was looking for without the paint settling in the cracks. This was giving me the layers I wanted and wasn't over powering the darker shadows i was looking at doing.
So Do I have it backwards?
I was under the assumption that the matt medium was for thinning to get better blends and smoother layers and glaze was for making washes.
So now I use the Matt medium on the first few layers to get the shadows I want and without adding wash all over the place. And than use the glaze medium to build up the colors and blend them together with the bottom layer.
Did I finally figure it out or still using the backwards?
Does the same hold true for the secret weapon washes, matt for shadow and glaze for the highlights?
