September 14, 2016 - by Ruth Collis

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What is Super Heavy Gel Medium?

 

Super Heavy Gel Medium is the thickest medium in gel form that can be formed into sculptural effects that form shapes in a painting, especially when the paint is dried first, shaped, then placed in a painting. It dries flexible, clear, shiny, smooth, and has glue-like properties, which enables heavier objects and dried paint shapes to be adhered in a painting. It does everything Gel Medium does and a LOT more. It enables the thickest goopy fun painting strokes possible for palette knife painting.

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So with the Liquitex paint manufacturer, there's Gel Medium which is the thinnest of the thick stuff, then Heavy Gel Medium for a medium viscosity, then Super Heavy Gel Medium being the thickest sculpting quality.

 

Gloss Super Heavy Gel dries very shiny, and Matte Super Heavy Gel dries flat. There are good uses for both.