Matisse Mm26 250ml Transparent Gesso

Introducing Matisse MM26 250ml Transparent Gesso, your essential art supply for creating the perfect painting surface. This versatile primer is ideal for artists looking for a flexible base on canvas, board, or paper without the distraction of pigmentation. Unlike traditional gesso, MM26 offers a lightweight and slightly opaque layer, ensuring that your paint adheres beautifully while allowing your underlying colors to shine through. With excellent tooth, it significantly enhances paint manipulation, making it perfect for both beginner and professional artists alike.

Matisse MM26 Transparent Gesso is particularly well-suited for mixed media applications and pastel work. Combine it with Matisse Background Colours by mixing 1 part MM26 Transparent Gesso with 2 parts Matisse Background Colour for a unique colored primer that holds pastels securely. Whether you’re working with chalk pastels or oil pastels, this formula gives you the control and texture you need for stunning results.

Additionally, decorative painters and folk artists have found MM26 Transparent Gesso beneficial for preparing craft wood pieces, minimizing rough edges and ensuring a smooth painting experience. Its quick-drying properties and low visibility brush strokes make it a favored choice for layering techniques.

Perfect for artists seeking quality and versatility, Matisse MM26 250ml Transparent Gesso will elevate your artwork while giving you the surface you need for creativity to flow. Elevate your craft with this essential art primer—available now at Smartfox NZ.

MM26 Transparent Gesso is similar to MM10 Gesso and MM25 Black Gesso only without pigmentation; therefore, giving a transparent (although not altogether clear) flexible primer for canvas, board or even paper with an excellent tooth for easy paint manipulation. If working on canvas, Matisse MM26 Transparent Gesso will tighten the canvas, making a firmer ground to paint on.Pastel primerMM26 Transparent Gesso has been specifically formulated to be mixed with the Matisse Background Colours to give a coloured primer with extra tooth for painting and especially as a pastel primer. Mix 1 part MM26 Transparent Gesso with 2 partsMatisse Background Colour (up to equal parts), stir well; the resultant mixture will give a brilliant surface on paper, board or canvas with which toaccept and hold pastels including oil pastels.(Hint: Vary the ratio of MM26 Transparent Gesso mixedwith Matisse Background Colour to vary the degreeof roughness or tooth in the primed surface.)FolkArtistsAlthough not formulated for Folk Art use, many decorative painters have contacted us to let us know how much they like using this product to prepare craftwood pieces.We have been told that by applying a coat of this and sanding before your first coat of Matisse Background Colours will help to quickly reduce furry routed edges.You can even apply MM26 Transparent Gesso between coats of Backgroundcolours, as it is relatively transparent, and shows little to no brush strokes when applied str