A thick acrylic putty to create texture on rigid supports and make 3D forms. Dries to a hard 'stone-like' opaque white matte finish that you can sand or carve Can be used on its own, mixed with color, or painted once dry Can be painted with acrylics, oils, watercolors, graphite or dry pastels when dry Can be handled like clay Maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products - Basics and Professional Use on non-flexible supports only Apply with knife or tool Mix with acrylic color to make a tinted paste For sculptural texture, build up in thin layers, allowing each to dry Dry slowly by covering loosely with plastic wrap to avoid shrinkage cracksIf cracks appear, allow to dry and fill in with another thin layer of paste Ensure it's completely dry before sanding or carving Overpaint once dry with acrylics or most other media 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 The Cincinnati, Ohio based company Permanent Pigments created Liquitex, the first water-based acrylic paint for artists in 1955. The name Liquitex stands for "Liquid texture." The Liquitex brand has been at the forefront of paint ever since, leading the industry with a number of firsts, Gloss and Matte Meduims, Hue colours in place of more expensive pigments, iridescent acrylics and many more.
