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3. At some point you might want more texture than you normally get from quick drying...
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 12:46 PM
Sep 2019

and often flat, even dull acrylic. There is of course retarder medium to slow the drying of acrylic but there is also neo megilp which can add thick, interesting textures. Also gloss and gel mediums can spark up the dull, flatness of just straight acrylic.

With these mediums you can get the thick richness of oils but still have much quicker drying times.

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