Build your art on a strong foundation with Matisse Background Colors: an all-purpose pure acrylic that can be applied to almost any surface.

Matisse Background Colors are a highly pigmented, low-tooth gesso. Used directly onto wood, the Background Color will not only cover and create a great surface to paint on, but will also seal the surface with its built-in sealer. All Matisse Background Colors are especially designed for use on canvas (and board, etc.); however, they have also been used extensively in interior domestic decoration.

These Background Colors can also be used with stencils, design painting, or simply as a flat decorative wall and ceiling paint. Apply directly from the jar and clean up with water. They spread easily with a brush or roller and dry fast to a matte-velvet finish.

Please note, Matisse Background Colors should be applied in thin coats (no more than 0.5mm thick) to reduce the risk of cracks forming. Matisse Background Colors, being a colored gesso, will mark more easily if left unvarnished.

This is a 250ml pot of Derivan Matisse Background in Midnight Blue.