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.

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