DERIVAN PARMANENT & REWETTABLE LIQUID PENCIL SET (Set of 12, BLUE, RED, SEPIA, YELLOW, GREY 3,GREY 9)

Have you ever been sketching and wanted to cover a larger area quickly? Or wanted to just variegate the tone very subtly similar to using a watercolour? Well, Derivan Liquid Pencil is capable of all these things and more. It's a truly revolutionary way to create sketches.

DERIVAN MM3 | SURFACE TENSION BREAKER

MM3 Surface Tension Breaker is a dispersant and is used to break down the surface tension of the acrylic paints.It acts as a powerful penetrating agent. It is also known as "watercolour medium" or "flow medium".Used correctly, it will make Matisse paint more "runny" by increasing its flow properties. Its presence within a water and paint mixture will greatly facilitate colour penetration into absorbent paper...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM9 | Acrylic Painting Medium

MM9 Acrylic Painting Medium is a pure acrylic binder used in formulating Matisse Colours and acts as the principal paint "dilutant" when not using water.Water may be used with the Matisse colours. However, the addition of more than 30-50% water to Matisse Colours will reduce not only their colour strength (which, of course, is generally the required result) but will also reduce the "binding" capacity...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM8 | Spreader Medium

Matisse Structure Formula paint offers a thick buttery consistency suitable for impasto, oil painting and brush stroke techniques: its high tintorial strength permits ready dilution with water or mediums to allow the artist free expression by selective use of these mediums, for the results desired.The purpose of MM8 Spreader Medium is to spread large volumes of colour over selected areas while maintaining a controlled paint...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM7 | Polymer Gloss Varnish

MM7 Polymer Gloss Varnish & Medium serves both as a gloss finishing varnish and as a glossy additive to the paint. The use of this varnish will help maintain colour intensity with a gloss finish comparable to that of oil paintingsMixed with Matisse Colours, it increases gloss and flow characteristics. Used as a finishing varnish, it produces a strong, protective, tack-free, clear film. Pictures treated...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM6 | Polymer Matt Varnish

MM6 Polymer Matt Varnish can be used as a final varnish over a dried, well-cured acrylic painting when a flat, matt or very low sheen is required (and the use of MM15 Matt Varnish (turps-based) is not appropriate). Most suitable as a protective coating particularly over large works exposed to damage in public galleries, commercial paintings required for floodlit photographic reproduction and paintings that would...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM5 | Matt Medium

This is an additive for intermixing with Matisse Colours (not a finishing varnish). Incorporation of the medium within the paint will reduce the sheen of Matisse to a very flat or low sheen finish suitable for work to be photographed. Resultant dried films of Matisse Colours will look more like tempera colours or gouache. The use of MM5 Matt Medium in hard edge painting, particularly...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM4 | Gel Medium (Gloss Finish)

Modern paint technology has facilitated the production of a true Gel Medium. The purpose of the MM4 Gel Medium is to act as a clear transparent colour extender in the production of brilliant coloured glazes and as a transparent impasto for thick 3-dimensional brush and knife applications of Matisse Structure. Its prime requirement is to be thick and buttery whilst remaining fully transparent. MM4 Gel...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM38 | Acrylic Thickener

Use MM38 acrylic thickener as an alternative to adding gels and other impasto or building mediums to paint which work by imparting their own thicker bulk to a paint mix. This medium chemically thickens the paint. It is a rheology modifier, that is, it changes the flow and viscosity of the paint, without losing any colour. You may notice a reduced sheen in some colours...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM36 | High Tooth Gesso

Matisse MM36 is permanent, flexible water-based ground, with a high tooth finish, for canvas, board, wood panels or paper. High Tooth Gesso dries to a bright white, matte surface that provides much more "bite" and absorbency than a standard gesso, making it a recommended ground for encaustic work or as a soft and oil pastel primer. While it is possible to make your own encaustic...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM35 | Brush Restorer

Don’t you hate looking at dried paint on your paintbrush, ...so much regret!  We have designed Matisse MM35 to bring your brush back to new again. Matisse MM35 Brush Restorer is designed to replace dangerous, butyl-based cleaners with a powerful safe and plant based alternative. It can remove dried, built up paint from brushes without the use of harsh chemicals and dangerous fumes. MM35 Matisse...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM34 | Brush & Hand Cleaner

Cleaning up at the end of a day in the studio might be the last thing you want to do but with MM34 cleaning up your brushes and hands is a breeze. Matisse MM34 Brush & Hand Cleaner was created in response to requests for a gentle cleaner that can remove paint from both brushes and hands. By using MM34 you can be safe in the...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM32 | Light Modelling Paste

MM32 Light Modelling Paste is a modelling compound that has the same qualities as our regular MM2 Impasto Medium, but with a lighter body and finish. Like traditional impasto products, Light Modelling Paste is used to build relief and texture and it can be used on its own or mixed with paint, ink or pigment. Light Modelling Paste and Impasto Medium: Light Modelling Paste is...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM31 | Open Medium

MM31 Open Medium is formulated to be mixed with either Matisse Structure or Matisse Flow acrylic colours to assist in prolonging drying time while maintaining the consistency of the paint. When mixed with Matisse Structure, they will retain their impasto quality, while Matisse Flow Acrylics will keep their smooth flowing feel with added body but not viscosity. Optimal for painting outdoors or in particularly hot...

DERIVAN MATISSE MM30 | Gel Medium (Matt Finish)

Artists who prefer a matt finish will love MM30 Matisse Matt Gel Medium. Matisse’s original Gel Medium is a long-time favourite of artists and craftspeople alike, providing texture and adhesion in a glossy finish. Matisse MM30 Matt Gel Medium also provides texture and depth, while remaining matt. Matisse Gel mediums are also chosen by collage and mixed media artists for their adhesive character.  Now, these...