The Matisse Dry Medium 40ml in Hollow Glass Microspheres is an ultra-lightweight, high-tech structural additive specifically engineered to give artists complete creative control over bulk, texture, and weight. Composed of microscopic, hollow glass bubbles that resemble a fine white powder, this medium acts as a structural filler. Packaged in its raw, dry state by Derivan Matisse, it allows you to add massive volume to your acrylic paints or mediums with virtually zero added weight, preventing heavy impasto canvases from sagging, bowing, or cracking under their own mass.
Key Features:
Ultra-Lightweight Bulking: Because each tiny sphere is completely hollow, this additive expands the physical volume of your paint dramatically without increasing the weight of your canvas. It is perfect for building extreme, high-relief peaks.
Reduces Paint Sagging: Adding these spheres to heavy paints or gels thickens their structure and introduces a buttery paste consistency that holds crisp palette knife marks and peaks perfectly without flattening out as it cures.
Sanded Matte Texture: When dry, it imparts a beautiful, fine-grained matte finish reminiscent of delicate stucco or limestone. The cured surface provides an excellent "tooth" for drawing over with pastels, charcoal, or pencils.
Reduces Cracking in Heavy Layers: The structural geometry of the microspheres relieves internal shrinkage stress as the acrylic resin dries, significantly minimizing the risk of deep mud-cracking or shrinking in extra-thick applications.
Flawless Ecosystem Synergy: Combines smoothly with all water-based Matisse paints and mediums. For creating a custom, lightweight modeling paste, simply blend the dry powder directly into sticky vehicles like MM2 Impasto Medium or MM4 Gel Medium.
