Matisse Mm36 1l Encaustic Gesso

Elevate your encaustic art with Matisse MM36 1L Encaustic Gesso, the perfect flexible water-based ground designed for maximum creativity. Tailored for artists working on canvas, wood panels, paper, or board, this high tooth gesso offers an unparalleled bright white matte finish that enhances the bite and absorbency crucial for encaustic techniques. Unlike standard gesso, MM36 delivers a unique surface that ensures your wax adheres beautifully, allowing you to craft stunning artwork without the difficulties of homemade alternatives. Homemade encaustic gesso can be a tedious and messy endeavor, not to mention its susceptibility to mould and limited shelf life. Matisse MM36 is a reliable, ready-to-use solution that enables you to skip the hassle and dive straight into your creative process. Enjoy the ability to customize your painting surfaces effortlessly with this economical choice, which works perfectly for oil pastel and soft pastel applications too. Let your innovation flow with Matisse MM36 High Tooth Gesso, where vibrant encaustic techniques meet stability and brilliance in your artwork. Experience the difference today and transform your artistic journey with Smartfox NZ's selection of premium art materials!

Matisse MM36 is permanent, flexible water-based ground, with a high tooth finish, for canvas, board, wood panels or paper. High Tooth Gesso dries to a bright white, matte surfacethat provides much more bite and absorbency than astandard gesso, making it a recommended ground forencaustic work or as a soft and oil pastel primer. While it is possible to make your own encausticgesso, to prepare your substrate, it can also be a time consuming, messy and expensive process. Homemade encaustic gesso must also be used within a fewdays as it is susceptible to mould growth. In response to this problem, Matisse has created MM36 High Tooth Gesso (Encaustic). This unique product provides an easy alternative to creating a surfacefor encaustic painting. Used straight from the container, High Tooth Gesso dries to a white, matte surface that provides much more bite than standardgessoes. More importantly, it is water-based and contains no acrylic resins that would make the surfacetoo smooth and refined for the application ofwax.Although pre-treated encaustic painting boards are available, using Matisse High Tooth Gesso allowsthe artist to customize the surface sizing of their project and is also more economical. The techniques and methods of encaustic painting are many, and the us eof Matisse High Tooth Gesso catersfor them all and ensures that your artwork will remain stable for as long as possible.