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A high quality product
"A high quality product"
Professional Mediums
Gesso
A classic titanium white acrylic ground to prepare your surface and add a high level of tooth.
£12.60 GBP
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Key Features
- Primes surfaces and adds a high level of tooth for maximum color adhesion and stability
- Gives a matte white, opaque finish which provides a professional standard, archival base to help maintain the longevity of your work
- Stiffens your canvases and creates the optimum absorbency for paint application
- Establishes a good surface for preliminary charcoal or pencil drawings
- Always use a quality artist's gesso if you want a lasting, archival base - a low-cost ground will flake and separate from your support, taking your work with it. Under the right conditions, a professional gesso will last generations
How to Use
- Start by adding up to 25% of Slow-dri to your color/medium with a knife
- Sand hard or shiny surfaces first, apply a thin coat to support with a wide, flat brush and leave to dry for at least 24 hours before starting to paint
- To create a smoother base, sand the surface and reapply gesso
- If using as a base for oils, apply 2-4 coats and sand between applications
- Add acrylic color for a custom tint - Soft Body Acrylic is the optimum consistency
SPECIFICATIONS
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All our paints are intermixable and water-based, with archival results. Tested and certified at Duke University by the ACMI. Please note, this product is AP certified, even if the AP seal is not on the packaging.
Health & Safety
Contains MBIT. May produce an allergic reaction. Warning! Hazardous respirable droplets may be formed when sprayed. Do not breathe spray or mist.
Product information
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Lightfastness | How long will it resist fading?
- Each pigment is rated on scale by the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM). Liquitex paints are all rated ASTM I (excellent) or II (very good) and considered permanent and lightfast for 50-100+ years in gallery conditions. Our metallic and fluorescent colors are naturally less lightfast.
Opacity/Transparency | We communicate opacity/transparency clearly on our packaging based on three categories:
- Opaque: these colors do not allow light to pass through the color layer and offer the best coverage or hiding power.
- Semi-opaque: these allow for some light to pass through the color layer and sit between opaque and transparent colors
- Transparent: these colors offer the least coverage and allow light to pass through the color layer to the surface below.
- Series:
Pigments come from a variety of sources and have different prices according to their rarity, processing and milling costs. We group our colors into a 'series' pricing structure according to how much each one takes to make. Series 1 colors contain the most inexpensive pigments, while Series 4 and 5 color contain the most expensive pigments.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Other creatives have asked us...
How do I make a colored gesso?
We would recommend you selecting your green Soft Body or Heavy Body color and mixing a little into our Professional Gesso until you achieve the desired tint.
If acrylic goes onto most surfaces why do I need a gesso?
While acrylics adhere to most surfaces, gesso prepares surfaces for a long-term bond, improving absorbency and tooth for paint.
Do you make sheer tinted grounds?
We only make an uncolored Clear Gesso but you can tint it with a transparent color from our Acrylic Ink or Soft Body ranges.
What can I use to create a hard surface for a graphite drawing?
To create a hard surface for graphite drawings, sketch directly on our Professional Gessoes or use Ceramic Stucco for an Italian fresco-style effect.
What's the best way to prime a canvas for painting?
Size with one layer of Matte Medium and coat with Liquitex gesso (white, gray, black, clear, or super heavy gesso) for priming.
Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 3 reviews.
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Great "gesso"
"I have used maybe a half dozen different types of acrylic gesso(yes, acrylic primer per the overly-negative reviewer. "acrylic gesso" has been an industry accepted and widely understood term for this type of medium for decades), and I find Liquitex professional gesso to be one of the best I have used, especially in the handy squeeze bottles. The consistency is great for spreading without it being too runny, and the pigment load? is high enough for great coverage in just 2-3 coats. The only issue I have run into is that occasionally a speck of blue pigment will come out and leave a small blue streak, which is not a problem for my painting style."
Products exceeded my expectations, products
"Products exceeded my expectations, products arrived fast and in perfect shape well packaged"
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