Leading the way in acrylic innovation, Heavy Body Acrylic features advanced acrylic resin technology with a low-odour formula that offers extended open time and brilliantly clear, vibrant colours with minimal wet-to-dry colour change. Once dry, the paint film is flexible, durable, resistant to yellowing, UV damage, and water.

Crafted with the highest-quality artist-grade pigments in concentrated amounts, Heavy Body Acrylic is renowned for its rich, permanent hues. Using cutting-edge basket bead-mill technology and tiny reinforced ceramic beads, Liquitex achieves exceptional pigment dispersion, resulting in outstanding color intensity, strength, and brightness. Each color is carefully formulated to highlight the unique characteristics of its pigment—whether naturally opaque, semi-opaque, or transparent.

With its thick, buttery consistency, Heavy Body is Liquitex’s highest viscosity acrylic paint. It offers excellent surface drag, allowing for superior control, blending, and extended working time. It’s never too slippery or sticky, making it ideal for a wide range of painting techniques.

Whether displayed on a client’s wall or in a gallery, your artwork will remain true to your vision. Heavy Body pigments undergo rigorous lightfastness testing and meet ASTM I or II standards, ensuring your work maintains archival quality with vibrant, fade-resistant colours that last 50 years or more under gallery conditions.

*Some pigments, such as fluorescents, are not rated.

GESSO

• Primes surfaces while adding a pronounced tooth for superior colour adhesion and stability.
• Provides a matte white, opaque finish that creates a professional, archival-quality base to help preserve the longevity of your artwork.
• Strengthens your canvases and ensures optimal absorbency for paint application.
• Creates an ideal surface for preliminary charcoal or pencil sketches.
• Always choose a high-quality artist’s gesso if you want a lasting, archival base. When applied correctly and stored under proper conditions, professional gesso can endure for generations.

CLEAR GESSO

• Primes surfaces and adds strong tooth for excellent colour adhesion and stability.
• Offers a transparent matte finish that lets the original surface show through, providing a professional, archival base to protect your work’s longevity.
• Strengthens canvases and creates ideal absorbency for paint application.
• Provides a suitable surface for preliminary charcoal or pencil sketches.

GRAY GESSO

• Contains a blend of pigments to deliver a matte neutral grey, opaque base that instantly neutralizes surface colour and enables depth building.
• Primes surfaces and adds strong tooth for excellent colour adhesion and stability.
• Strengthens canvases and ensures optimal absorbency for paint application, offering a professional, archival base to help preserve your work.
• Provides a suitable surface for preliminary charcoal or pencil sketches.

BLACK GESSO

• Features a blend of pigments to give a matte black, opaque base that immediately blocks out surface colour and allows you to build depth.
• Primes surfaces and adds strong tooth for excellent colour adhesion and stability.
• Strengthens canvases and creates optimal absorbency for paint application, delivering a professional, archival base to preserve your work.
• Establishes a suitable surface for preliminary charcoal or pencil sketches.

SUPER HEAVY GESSO

• Provides a textured matte white, opaque finish that creates a professional, archival-quality base to extend your artwork’s longevity.
• Adds dimensional, 3D texture, making it perfect for thick, sculptural shapes and weight.
• Primes surfaces with maximum tooth for outstanding colour adhesion and stability.
• Strengthens canvases and creates optimal absorbency for paint application.

GLOSS MEDIUM

• Enhances surface gloss, colour depth, and transparency.
• Reduces the viscosity of heavier body paints, improving flow.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Can be used to transfer printed images or as an adhesive for collaging lightweight materials.

MATTE MEDIUM

• Lowers surface gloss while increasing colour depth and transparency.
• Reduces the viscosity of heavier body paints to improve flow.
• Extends your colour without affecting acrylic stability.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

ULTRA MATTE MEDIUM

• Significantly reduces surface gloss to achieve a completely matte, no-sheen finish.
• Preserves paint opacity, colour intensity, and hue.
• Economically extends opaque colour up to twice the amount without affecting colour or acrylic stability—ideal for underpainting or when running low on colour mid-project.
• Slows drying time to enable more subtle colour blending.
• Lowers the viscosity of heavier body paints, enhancing flow.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

GLAZING MEDIUM

• Boosts colour depth, transparency, and surface gloss.
• Dries quickly, allowing for rapid layering.
• Lowers viscosity and reduces brush strokes for a smooth finish.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

SLOW-DRI MEDIUM

• Extends the open working time of your colour or medium by 40%, allowing for longer blending and workability.
• Extends your colour without affecting acrylic stability.
• Produces softer edges and excellent colour blends while increasing transparency.
• Lowers viscosity of heavier body paints to improve flow.
• Increases surface gloss, colour depth, and transparency.

SATIN MEDIUM

• Provides a satin finish while enhancing colour depth and transparency.
• Lowers viscosity of heavier body paints for improved flow.
• Extends your colour without affecting acrylic stability.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Can be used as a non-removable varnish to protect paintings and establish a satin sheen.
• Ideal as an adhesive for collaging lightweight materials.
• Transfers printed images.

PALETTE WETTING SPRAY

• Keeps your colour and medium fresh and workable for longer periods.
• Slows drying time, thins paint, and prevents ‘skin’ formation on paints left on the palette.
• Enhances colour blending when applied to the painting surface.
• Maintains acrylic stability, paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Perfect for use in dry and hot climates.

GLOSS GEL

• Enhances surface gloss, colour depth, and transparency.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Gives heavy body paint an oil-like colour brilliance.
• Increases the viscosity of soft body paints, resulting in a thicker consistency.
• Slows drying time and enhances the appearance of brush marks.

GLOSS HEAVY GEL

• Increases viscosity to create an oil paint-like consistency that holds knife and brush marks.
• Boosts surface gloss, colour depth, and transparency.
• Extends your colour without affecting acrylic stability.
• Slows drying time.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

GLOSS SUPER HEAVY GEL

• Dramatically increases viscosity to create a stiff, oil paint-like consistency that holds high peaks and sculptural shapes.
• Enhances surface gloss, colour depth, and transparency.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Slows drying time with minimal shrinkage.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

MATTE GEL

• Reduces surface shine while increasing colour depth and transparency.
• Extends your colour without affecting acrylic stability.
• Increases viscosity of soft body paints for a thicker consistency.
• Slows drying time and enhances brush mark texture.
• Primes rough exterior walls for gesso application prior to mural painting.

MATTE SUPER HEAVY GEL

• Dramatically increases viscosity to create a stiff, oil paint-like consistency that holds high peaks and sculptural shapes.
• Reduces surface gloss while increasing colour depth and transparency.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Slows drying time with minimal shrinkage.
• Acts as a heavy-duty adhesive for collaging.

ULTRA MATTE GEL

• Transforms satin paints to a dead matte finish with absolutely no sheen.
• Extends heavy body paints up to double volume without affecting acrylic stability, viscosity, or colour integrity—ideal when running low on colour mid-project.
• Maintains opacity better than any other Liquitex gel.
• Increases viscosity of fluid paints for a thicker consistency.
• Slows drying time and enhances brush mark appearance.
• Maintains durability and archival quality.

SATIN GEL

• Extends open working time of colour/medium by 40% for longer blendability and workability.
• Increases transparency, producing softer edges and excellent colour blends.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Increases viscosity of soft body paints, giving a thicker consistency.
• Mix as much as you want into acrylic colour or medium to adjust viscosity and transparency—the more added, the more transparent the colour becomes.

SLOW-DRI GEL

• Keeps your colour and medium fresh and workable for longer.
• Slows drying time, thins paint, and prevents skinning on paints left on the palette.
• Improves colour blending when applied to the painting surface.
• Maintains acrylic stability, paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Ideal for dry and hot climates.

MODELING PASTE

• A 100% acrylic polymer and marble dust putty for building form and structure.
• Dries to a very hard, stone-like, opaque white matte finish that can be sanded, drilled, or carved.
• Can be used on its own, mixed with colour, or painted once dry.
• Can be overpainted with acrylics, oils, watercolours, graphite, or dry pastels.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

LIGHT MODELING PASTE

• A 100% acrylic polymer and marble dust lightweight putty for building form and structure.
• Dries to a hard, opaque white matte finish with minimal shrinkage.
• Can be used on its own, mixed with colour, or painted once dry.
• Adds body to paint and creates pastel tints.
• Can be overpainted with acrylics, oils, watercolours, graphite, or dry pastels.

FLEXIBLE MODELING PASTE

• • An acrylic and marble putty designed to build textures on semi-flexible supports and create 3D forms.

SILKSCREEN MEDIUM

• Adjusts colour to the perfect consistency for printing.
• Improves flow to capture more detail.
• Allows thicker colour application through the screen.
• Slows drying time for longer print sessions while maintaining opacity.
• Extends volume without affecting acrylic stability.

FABRIC MEDIUM

• Enhances blending and workability of acrylics on textiles and unprimed canvas.
• Improves adhesion, colour penetration, and flexibility while reducing dry paint stiffness.
• Helps control colour bleeding.
• Provides a smooth, even application.
• Once dry, finished fabrics can be machine- or hand-washed.

GLASS MEDIUM

• Gives acrylic colour a smooth, flowing, non-drip texture that dries to a glossy, scratch-resistant finish when cured.
• Improves adhesion on slick, non-porous surfaces like glass, ceramic, and porcelain.
• Extends your colour without affecting acrylic stability.
• Slows drying time to allow more subtle blending.
• Increases long-term surface durability.

IRIDESCENT MEDIUM

• Creates a smooth, iridescent finish.
• Increases transparency of paint.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Slows drying time to help achieve softer blends.
• Lowers the viscosity of heavy body paints.

GOLD METALLIC MEDIUM

• Adds a metallic gold effect to acrylic colours.
• Can be used straight from the bottle for shimmering gold highlights.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Slows drying time to allow for subtle blending.
• Lowers viscosity of heavier body paints.

SILVER METALLIC MEDIUM

• Adds a metallic silver lustre to acrylic colours.
• Can be used directly for silver surface highlights.
• Extends your colour without compromising acrylic stability.
• Slows drying time for better blendability.
• Lowers the viscosity of heavy body paints.

AIRBRUSH MEDIUM

• Pre-filtered and pre-reduced to thin all consistencies of acrylic paint and mediums for spray applications.
• Reduces airbrush clogging and paint build-up around the nozzle.
• Increases transparency.
• Makes acrylic paint behave like a watercolour, wash, or stain.
• Mixes well with other mediums to adjust handling and body.

GLOSS POURING MEDIUM

• Creates smooth, high-gloss, wet-look pours.
• Mix with any acrylic paint for even colour films without increasing transparency.
• Resistant to ageing—non-yellowing, flexible, waterproof, and durable once dry.
• Maintains adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Prevents hairline cracks and bubbles in pours, even with puddles or acrylic skins.

MATTE POURING MEDIUM

• Produces smooth matte pours, skins, and puddles with no crazing, cracking, or bubbling.
• Dries to a consistent matte finish.
• Mix with any acrylic colour for even films without increasing transparency.
• Resistant to ageing—non-yellowing, waterproof, flexible, and durable once dry.
• Maintains paint adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Prevents surface flaws in drip and pouring techniques.

IRIDESCENT POURING MEDIUM

• Creates even pours and skins with an iridescent shimmer, free of crazing, cracking, or bubbles.
• Dries to a shimmering finish.
• Mix with any acrylic paint for smooth, even colour layers without affecting opacity.
• Resistant to ageing—non-yellowing, waterproof, flexible, and strong when dry.
• Maintains adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Prevents imperfections in poured and drip applications.

STRING GEL

• Gives acrylic paint a sticky, honey-like consistency perfect for creating strands and trails of colour.
• Dries to a 3D, glossy finish.
• Enhances surface gloss, colour depth, and transparency.
• Extends your colour without affecting stability.
• Maintains adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

GLASS BEADS

• Glass microspheres suspended in acrylic gel create a shimmering, textured surface.
• Dries to a reflective, bubble-like finish.
• Flexible and adhesive—will not chip or crack on canvas.
• Use on its own, mixed with colour, or overpainted once dry.
• Apply thickly for dramatic 3D texture, or thinly for subtle surface effects.
• Suitable as a textured ground for acrylics and oils.

NATURAL SAND

• Fine natural sand particles give structure and a matte, beach-like texture.
• Highly flexible and adhesive—won’t chip or crack.
• Dries to an opaque/semi-opaque finish that becomes more opaque with thicker application.
• Use for 3D effects or surface texture.

CRACKLE PASTE

• Creates a crackled, aged look with a hard, opaque finish.
• Ideal for antique and weathered effects.
• Maintains adhesion, durability, and archival quality.
• Provides a strong, non-flaking surface for painting.

CERAMIC STUCCO

• Hollow ceramic spheres in acrylic gel create a matte stucco texture.
• Dries to a light grey, opaque/semi-opaque finish.
• Flexible and adhesive—won’t chip or crack.
• Use on its own, mix with colour, or overpaint once dry.

WHITE OPAQUE FLAKES

• Acrylic flakes in varying sizes create a rough, textured white finish.
• Highly flexible and adhesive.
• Dries to an opaque, flaky texture.
• Can be used alone, mixed with colour, or overpainted once dry.
• Suitable for dramatic 3D texture or subtle surface interest.
• Maintains colour adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

BLENDED FIBERS

• Contains specialty aggregates for unique textural, dimensional, and reflective effects.
• All Liquitex texture gels can be intermixed for custom results.
• Extremely flexible and adhesive—won’t chip or crack.
• Suitable for a wide variety of surfaces including canvas, paper, and wood.
• Lightweight, non-toxic, and dries to a non-yellowing, water-resistant finish.

RESIN SAND

• Contains irregular polymer particles for a semi-gloss, cement-like texture.
• Flexible and adhesive—dries without cracking.
• Dries to an opaque/semi-opaque finish that intensifies with thickness.
• Use alone, mixed with colour, or overpainted.
• When blended with Black Lava or Ceramic Stucco, it forms an absorbent, granite-like ground ideal for Soft Body Acrylics.
• Can be applied thickly for bold 3D work or thinly for texture.
• Maintains colour adhesion, durability, and archival quality.

GLOSS VARNISH

• 100% acrylic polymer varnish that adds a glossy sheen while protecting the surface and resisting dirt retention.
• Boosts brightness and colour saturation; dries clear to a flexible, non-tacky, hard finish.
• Enhances surface durability—ideal for shipping or exhibiting.
• Resists discolouration from humidity, heat, and UV exposure.
• Appears semi-opaque when wet, transparent when dry.

HIGH GLOSS VARNISH

• Acrylic polymer varnish that creates an intense glossy finish and resists dirt build-up.
• Increases colour vibrancy and brightness; dries clear to a flexible, non-sticky, hard surface.
• Improves surface durability—perfect for transportation or display.
• Guards against yellowing and fogging due to heat, humidity, or UV.
• Semi-opaque when wet, becomes transparent as it dries.

SATIN VARNISH

• 100% acrylic polymer varnish that provides a smooth satin sheen and protects against dirt.
• Enhances brightness and colour saturation; dries clear, flexible, and non-tacky.
• Boosts surface strength—ideal for handling, shipping, or displaying artworks.
• Resists humidity-, heat-, and UV-induced discolouration.
• Semi-opaque when wet, dries to a transparent finish.

MATTE VARNISH

• Acrylic varnish that delivers a subtle matte sheen and resists dirt retention.
• Brightens and saturates colour without gloss; dries clear and durable.
• Flexible, hard surface protection—excellent for shipping or display.
• Prevents yellowing and fogging from environmental exposure.
• Dries transparent from a semi-opaque wet state.

SOUVLAR GLOSS VARNISH

• Mineral spirit-based varnish that adds a glossy finish and strong surface protection.
• Increases colour depth and brightness; dries clear to a hard, flexible, non-tacky surface.
• Ideal for artworks that will be transported or shown.
• Resists yellowing, fogging, and other effects of heat, humidity, or UV.
• Can be cleaned easily without damaging the underlying acrylic paint layer.

SOUVLAR MATTE VARNISH

• Mineral spirit-based varnish with a matte finish and excellent protective qualities.
• Enhances colour clarity while drying to a clear, flexible, hard surface.
• Durable enough for transport or display; resists environmental discolouration.
• Allows for safe cleaning without disturbing the acrylic paint film.

FLOW AID ADDITIVE

• Breaks water tension to improve flow and reduce viscosity.
• Helps achieve a smoother finish with fewer brush strokes by reducing surface friction.
• Increases transparency and makes colours more absorbent and easier to blend.
• Do not use undiluted – it can compromise adhesion, causing cracking, tackiness, and water sensitivity.
• Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products.

LIQUITHICK ADDITIVE

• Lets you build a wide range of viscosities—the more you add, the thicker it gets.
• Produces unique, aerated textures with a spongy or cake-like feel.
• Dries to a matte finish.
• Does not affect colour transparency.
• Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products.

SLOW-DRI FLUID ADDITIVE

• Extends open time of acrylic colour or medium by up to 40%, allowing for longer blending and manipulation.
• Maintains existing transparency.
• Lowers viscosity for a more fluid handling quality.
• Especially helpful in dry or hot climates.
• Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products.

SLOW-DRI GEL ADDITIVE

• Extends the working time of gel colour or medium by up to 40% for enhanced blendability.
• Preserves transparency while thickening the paint.
• Increases viscosity and holds brush or knife marks.
• Well-suited for warm or arid environments.
• Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products.