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How to Varnish an Acrylic Painting

acrylic painting coat glosses shiny varnish Oct 23, 2025

Are you wanting to varnish your acrylic paintings?

Today, I will show you the best way to apply varnish in a way that maximizes longevity and protection against damage from the sun or ultraviolet rays. The first step is to use a gloss medium and varnish to seal the painting. I use the ...

What Product Do You Recommend for Glazes?

glazes glosses golden fluid acrylics mediums products supplies varnishes Jan 14, 2020

In our recent VLOG on YouTube you can see how I did a glaze over a painting and used Golden fluid acrylics (jump ahead to 5 minutes and 24 seconds to see how I do this) which is a great product to do glazes. Now this wasn't a step by step tutorial, so I thought I'd explain a little bit more here.

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What Type of Varnish Do You Use?

acrylic or oil paint glazes glosses mediums supplies varnishes Jan 09, 2020

What type of varnish do you use on your paintings? Gloss or matte or a combination of both? Any advice on the application?

I have a couple of different kinds of varnish that I use. For smaller works, I use the paint-on kind that you’d apply with a brush or a roller or a spray varnish that I use on ...