Liquitex Medium Modeling Paste Light 237ml / 8oz

An airy, lightweight acrylic and marble putty to build heavy texture and 3D forms in situations where weight is a factor.

What it does

100% acrylic polymer and marble dust lightweight putty builds form and structure
Dries to a hard, opaque white matte finish
Can be used on its own, mixed with colour or painted once dry
Gives minimal shrinkage
Can be used to add body to paint and create pastel tints
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 a lightweight 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
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