Liquitex Modeling Paste

What it does 100% acrylic polymer and marble dust putty builds form and structure Dries to a very hard stone-like opaque white matte finish that you can sand, drill or carve Can be used on its own, mixed with color or painted once dry Gives minimal shrinkage Can be overpainted with acrylics, oils, watercolors, 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 color to make a colored paste Can be handled like 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 If cracks appear, allow to dry and fill in with another thin layer of paste Ensure paste is completely dry before sanding, carving or drilling into 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 Modeling 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 Modeling Paste, but you can mix Modeling Paste 50/50 with Gloss/Matte Gel/Gloss Heavy Gel For paper-mache, soak paper in a 50/50 mix of Modeling 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