The makers of Golden Acrylic Gesso say,"No!" According to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., traditional gounds should be used for oils.
Any primer is going to seal the surface which is all the gesso is doing.
Yes, but you can also paint it on a gesso-primed canvas, or even on stretched paper. "universal primed' means: primed with gesso.
A ground is a coating used to pepare a surface on which the paint is applied. In oil painting, it can typically be gesso (chalk or whitening in hide glue), white lead suspended in linseed oil or the more modern "acrylic gesso", which is not actually gesso but acrylic primer.
There are different methods - the oldfashioned one, is to first stretch the canvas, glue it in with rabbitskin-glue, then put a gesso over it. Nowadays acrylic binder and gesso is much used, but this might not be a very durable procedure in the end (in house painting, everyone knows not to put oilbased paint over acrylic paint...). Adding caseine to the gesso can help.
The makers of Golden Acrylic Gesso say,"No!" According to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., traditional gounds should be used for oils.
Any primer is going to seal the surface which is all the gesso is doing.
Yes, but you can also paint it on a gesso-primed canvas, or even on stretched paper. "universal primed' means: primed with gesso.
A ground is a coating used to pepare a surface on which the paint is applied. In oil painting, it can typically be gesso (chalk or whitening in hide glue), white lead suspended in linseed oil or the more modern "acrylic gesso", which is not actually gesso but acrylic primer.
There are different methods - the oldfashioned one, is to first stretch the canvas, glue it in with rabbitskin-glue, then put a gesso over it. Nowadays acrylic binder and gesso is much used, but this might not be a very durable procedure in the end (in house painting, everyone knows not to put oilbased paint over acrylic paint...). Adding caseine to the gesso can help.
white vinegar will dissolve acrylic (regular) gesso. Soak it, rub or if the fabric is not delicate a light tooth-brushing and it'll wash out. If it is delicate just work it gently after it soaks a while.
Yes. Cover the Alkyd Surface with Liquitex Clear Gesso first, then paint in acrylic. I've done this before with no ill effects whatsoever.
Gesso over the black, then apply the new color layer.
To make gesso using marble dust, mix the dust with water and a binding agent like glue or acrylic medium until you achieve a smooth paste. Apply the mixture to your surface and let it dry before painting.
Gesso is a primer that provides a textured surface for paint to adhere to, while liquid white is a wet-on-wet painting technique used to create a smooth base for oil paints. Gesso is more commonly used for acrylic and oil paintings, while liquid white is specifically designed for oil painting.
Yes, as long as you gesso it first. Gesso is a white acrylic paint you can get at any craft or art store. Without Gesso, the cardboard will absorb much more of the oil paint and will peel and crack faster. Gessoing will save you money on oil paint and touch-ups! To gesso, take a large brush and a dish of water. Paint the cardboard with a thin layer of the gesso, thinning it out with the water. Make sure all your strokes go in one direction. After you've done one thin coat, let it dry. Then do another one, only with the strokes in the other direction. After that layer has dried, do a last coat in the original stroke direction. Remember to let the gesso dry completely before starting to paint with oil paints!
general rule of thumb you can paint on anything with acrylic, but it certainly depends on your style. you will always need to prime your support before painting, use a waterbased Gesso, you can find this in all good art stores. Once your support is primed go and paint! I would choose something a little thicker that copy paper how ever ;)