Matisse Impasto Medium is a full-bodied texture paste and modelling compound. It may be thought of as a "heavy-bodied paint", free of colour but not clear. This medium dries to a low subdued sheen which is similar to the sheen on a dried paint film of Matisse colours and it is equally water-resistant.
MM2 Impasto Medium allows for free intermixing with the Matisse colours in any proportion. There is very little visual colour loss when, up to equal volumes of a Matisse colour and MM2 Impasto Medium, are intermixed.
Although white in colour, Impasto medium will not alter the richness of Matisse colours in any substantial way. When used with Matisse Structure, the full bodied paint formula is thickened into a light modelling compound. It can be applied by knife or brush in heavy blobs onto the primed canvas and, when dry, fully over-painted with Matisse Colours.
