Gel Medium | Gloss Finish

Gel Medium is Matisse Medium MM4 and has come about because of Modern paint technology, facilitating the production of a true Gel Medium. The purpose of the MM4 Gel Medium is to act as a clear transparent colour extender in producing brilliant coloured glazes and as a transparent impasto for thick 3-dimensional brush and knife applications of matisse structure. Its prime requirement is to be thick and buttery whilst remaining fully transparent. MM4 Gel Medium is perhaps the most versatile medium in the Matisse range because of its multiple effects, particularly when intermixed with other mediums. 

What is Gel Medium 

Add brilliance and transparency to your acrylic paintings with the Gel Medium by Matisse. This colourless medium extends the colour of your paints while also providing a thick, impasto finish. Matisse Gloss Gel medium acts as the primary intermixing medium in acrylic painting when its rich buttery consistency is required for impasto work, 3-dimensional extrapolations, multi-layer work and heavy, smooth or textural glazes.

Does Gloss Medium Dry Clear?

MM4 Gel Medium dries to a glossy finish. Matisse artist's acrylic colours are designed to dry with a subdued low sheen. Liberal additions of MM4 Gel Medium to Matisse paint will tend to increase the gloss level of the finished work. Artists who find this undesirable can intermix Gel Medium with Matt Medium, producing a non-glossy gel medium.

When dry, it maintains the structure, brushstrokes and textural effects of undiluted Matisse Structure colours. Its inherent firm, buttery consistency makes it ideal for application by a palette knife to achieve heavily textured transparent grounds.

Reduced with water and MM8 Spreader medium, it adapts for thick but smooth flowing glazes.