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Liquitex Modeling Paste Acrylic Mediums

Liquitex Modeling Paste Acrylic Mediums

Acrylic and marble putty to build texture on rigid supports and create 3d forms.

What it does:

  • 100% acrylic polymer and marble dust putty builds form and structure.
  • Dries to a very hard 'stone-like' opaque white matte finish that you can sand, drill or carve.
  • Can be used on its own, mixed with colour or painted once dry.
  • Gives minimal shrinkage.
  • Can be overpainted with acrylics, oils, watercolours, graphite or dry pastels.
  • Maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality.

How to use it:

  • Fully intermixable with all liquitex products.
  • Use on rigid supports only.
  • Apply with knife or tool.
  • Tint with acrylic colour to make a coloured paste.
  • Can be handled like clay - for best results remove the lid to let some of the water slowly evaporate until you get the texture you want.
  • For sculptural texture, build up in thin layers (each no more than a quarter of an inch thick), allowing each to dry.
  • Dry slowly by covering loosely with plastic wrap to avoid shrinkage cracks.
  • If cracks appear, allow to dry and fill in with another thin layer of paste.
  • Ensure paste is completely dry before sanding, carving or drilling into.
  • Overpaint once dry with acrylics or most other media.
  • To use as a ground - apply a thin layer to rigid surface with knife/trowel/roller, leave to dry, sand smooth and repeat if needed.
  • To make an absorbent ground, mix 1 part modelling paste to 3 parts liquitex gesso, apply with a trowel/roller, leave to dry, sand smooth and repeat if needed.
  • For flexible supports, ideally use flexible modelling paste, but you can mix modelling paste 50/50 with gloss/matte gel/gloss heavy gel.
  • For paper-mache, soak paper in a 50/50 mix of modelling paste and gloss/matte gel/gloss heavy gel.
  • Can be mixed with acrylic-compatible powdered pigments or aggregates.

How not to use it:

  • Do not use with any non-acrylic compatible media.
  • Drying too quickly will cause cosmetic (not structural) cracks.
  • Do not use on flexible supports unless mixed with another medium.
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Description

Acrylic and marble putty to build texture on rigid supports and create 3d forms.

What it does:

  • 100% acrylic polymer and marble dust putty builds form and structure.
  • Dries to a very hard 'stone-like' opaque white matte finish that you can sand, drill or carve.
  • Can be used on its own, mixed with colour or painted once dry.
  • Gives minimal shrinkage.
  • Can be overpainted with acrylics, oils, watercolours, graphite or dry pastels.
  • Maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality.

How to use it:

  • Fully intermixable with all liquitex products.
  • Use on rigid supports only.
  • Apply with knife or tool.
  • Tint with acrylic colour to make a coloured paste.
  • Can be handled like clay - for best results remove the lid to let some of the water slowly evaporate until you get the texture you want.
  • For sculptural texture, build up in thin layers (each no more than a quarter of an inch thick), allowing each to dry.
  • Dry slowly by covering loosely with plastic wrap to avoid shrinkage cracks.
  • If cracks appear, allow to dry and fill in with another thin layer of paste.
  • Ensure paste is completely dry before sanding, carving or drilling into.
  • Overpaint once dry with acrylics or most other media.
  • To use as a ground - apply a thin layer to rigid surface with knife/trowel/roller, leave to dry, sand smooth and repeat if needed.
  • To make an absorbent ground, mix 1 part modelling paste to 3 parts liquitex gesso, apply with a trowel/roller, leave to dry, sand smooth and repeat if needed.
  • For flexible supports, ideally use flexible modelling paste, but you can mix modelling paste 50/50 with gloss/matte gel/gloss heavy gel.
  • For paper-mache, soak paper in a 50/50 mix of modelling paste and gloss/matte gel/gloss heavy gel.
  • Can be mixed with acrylic-compatible powdered pigments or aggregates.

How not to use it:

  • Do not use with any non-acrylic compatible media.
  • Drying too quickly will cause cosmetic (not structural) cracks.
  • Do not use on flexible supports unless mixed with another medium.