Current Category Mediums, Diluents, Varnishes & Solvents > Acrylic > Matisse Dry Mediums

Overview

Derivan has explored an extensive variety of minerals and man-made additives before finalising their selection of eighteen Matisse Dry Mediums. These mediums, designed to mix with the existing Matisse and Derivan mediums, have a wealth of purposes. Many of them provide magnificent textural effects, never previously achievable. Others fulfill a more specific function, for example Microspheres, which provide bulk without weight – a great benefit for artists who work with texture on large canvasses.

Artists will be excited by the varying effects achievable with the different methods used to apply the Matisse Dry Mediums. Applied smoothly, or in troughs or peaks, the results will surprise and delight artist and viewer alike. Where a rough texture has been chosen, care should be taken – like nature herself a hard and rocky surface can scratch the unwary once the work is dry.

Artists gain total control over the effect, because Derivan has packaged Matisse Dry Mediums individually and in their raw state, giving you the flexibility to decide the proportion of dry medium to wet medium according to the effect desired. Matisse Dry Mediums come in a convenient 50ml size, providing the artist with an affordable means to try a selection of dry mediums, rather than having to purchase a larger quantity of one only. Suggested proportions of mix are listed overleaf. Overall, a generous amount will give a superior effect to a sparse amount in the case of texture effects.

Oil Painters

It is suggested that oil painters, wishing to use Matisse Dry Mediums for underlying texture, use the Matisse Mediums suggested to prepare their surface. However, those wishing to work totally in oils will find the Matisse Dry Mediums just as inviting as acrylic artists, as they can all be mixed successfully with oil paint and oil painting mediums. More information can be found on our website. It should be taken into account that oil paints and mediums, by their very nature, when used liberally will take much longer to dry than acrylics.

Every one of the Matisse Dry Mediums has a myriad of potential uses, limited only by your imagination.

http://www.derivan.com.au/pages/matisse_dry_mediums_col.html

Product Code Product Name Price  MDM50LG7  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Lang Gravel 7mm  MDM50LS05  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Lang Sand 0.5mm  MDM50LS1  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Lang Sand 1mm  MDM50LS3  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Lang Sand 3mm  MDM50LS5  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Land Sand 5mm  MDM50GLB3  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Glass Beads 3  MDM50GLB1  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Glass Beads 1  MDM50BF  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Black Flakes  MDM50CRG  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Crushed Granet  MDM50MFT  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Mt.Fitton Talc  MDM50GM  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Ground Marble  MDM50GQ  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Ground Quartz  MDM50WOL  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Wollastonite  MDM50MF  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Mica Flakes  MDM50PUM  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Pumice  MDM50FP  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Ferrous Powder  MDM50CB  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Calcined Bauxite  MDM50MIC  Matisse Dry Medium 50ml Microspheres  VMMLG7M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Lang Gravel 7mm  VMMLS05M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Lang Sand 0.5mm  VMMLS1M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Lang Sand 1mm  VMMLS3M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Lang Sand 3mm  VMMLS5M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Lang Sand 5mm  VMMGLB5M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Glass Beads 5mm  VMMGLB3M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Glass Beads 3mm  VMMGLB1M  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Glass Beads 1.5mm  VMMCRGM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Crushed Garnet  VMMMFTM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Mt Fitton Talc  VMMGMM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Ground Marble  VMMGQM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Ground Quartz  VMMWOLM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Wollstonite  VMMMFM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Mica Flakes  VMMPUMM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Pumice  VMMCBM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Calcined Bauxite  VMMMICM  Matisse Dry Medium 250ml Microspheres