How to Remove Shine from Magazine images

This is a tutorial on how I remove the shine from my magazine or shiny book images to use in Junk Journaling.
I use either Ranger Collage Medium, or Liquitex Matte Medium or Liquitex Matte Varnish. All work, but have some slight differences. The Matte varnish is water resistant, so once coated with that you won’t be able to coat with say watercolor, and inks may not dry as well.
The Matte Medium is made to paint on, so a good choice if you plan to color or ink.
The Ranger Collage medium is kind of between the other two as far as taking paints. I found the Ranger Collage medium had a texture that was similar to a crackle finish which is interesting.
In a nutshell it all depends on the effect you want, but all will make the shiny magazine paper a lot more matte.
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[@lynnboyd33]

Very interesting tips, thank you!

[@4evaMrsBrentWeston1]

This is very similar to how we take the shine out of our reborns after they've been painted... makes sense for anything with these products.. thnks for sharing

[@miriammoore1261]

A very light gentle sanding will do the trick too.

[@Jimba01]

Thanks for sharing your tips