Then I put it on canvas and made a painting. Do you think your home-made gesso would work? Thanks Sandy. Sort of like Mod Podge? Awesome thread. Still waiting for 2nd coat to dry. I also have some artwork I purchased to recycle the canvases that needs a fresh start. Thanks for starting this thread, very informative. Happy creativity. Hey I just made some five minutes ago, painted it unto my canvas, I like it, thanks.
One question though, where do you store the left over, does it need to be kept in the refrigerator or room temperature? When I saw the price of Gesso, I was shocked to find how expensive it is. I really want to make my own. You can earn additional bucks easily, search on youtube for: how to earn selling articles. This is before people had computers.
Anyway I used it with a pallet knife and put it on planter pots- not the plastic kind. I textured it on. Do not remember if I added acrylic paint to it or if i painted it after the gesso dried. It dried kind of plastic like with a high sheen and could be washed. I recently bought a large container of gesso only to find I bought a thin gesso. I do not remember the original gesso to say it was thick or anything else but gesso. Does anyone know if what I originally bought is still on the market and what it is called.
Any way to make kind of the original gesso that is thick and dries like kind of plastic and very shinny using my thin gesso or not. It made beautiful planter pots. Like several other posters, I was given a recipe for modelling medium which is identical to this recipe for gesso, but with twice the amount of talc.
But it cracks like anything when dry ugh! I may try it for gesso when my current pot runs low… My tutor told us gesso is made with marble dust!
Chalk dust sounds good; blackboard chalk is inexpensive. Seems okay and also saves on the Gesso. PVA glue is cheap and wonderfully effective. Also as an aside I paint in oil and discovered that Vanish soap works really well for cleaning brushes!!! Growing up with my father being a professional painter. A generally used multimedia and even though he has some terrific oil paintings and he started out using oil paint he prefers watercolor more than any of them nowadays and some of his paintings are truly very skilled to say the least.
I have yet to still and use gesso. Thank you for all your support and help. I have dyed it with Acrylic Paint. Hello I am abiggener of oil painting.
I can paint on every card board which is hard to paint. I have no idea that there is a gesso can be used to make my card smooth and esy to use in painring. This proves you can learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info! I am an older guy and new to art painting.
Both of fairly high in solids…. Any thoughts on this? Hi sara , thank you so much to share a detailed explanation about gesso. Dear i want to know is it compulsary to use white colour paint in the recipe? And can i use white oil paint instead of acrylic or other type of paint? What is the purpose of the glue? Is it for thickness or ease of sanding maybe?
Thanks for sharing!! I found this YouTube video for making gesso. I just bought the calcium and glue on Amazon. Glue was in a gallon container and calcium was a 5lb bag.
The quality of products will really make a difference. Tonight i got really crazy and mixed bentonite clay, white acrylic paint, wood glue and aloe vera gel. Also same with paint- but will use up tubes of acrylic first.
I pay a quick visit daily some web pages and websites to read posts, except this web site offers quality based content. Works great, its flexible and sandable. Yes you can eat it and not get sick even though you find it in the garden dept. I commend you for trying to make your own gesso. So, while I appreciate your gesso efforts, I include the following: Typical gesso is applied to a surface in order to provide something to which a paint may adhere.
Calcium carbonate ground limestone combined with finely ground marble provides this rough texture. You used white glue- a good choice. Your glue is the binder, very similar to PVA glue and it works. Use too much glue and your gesso ends up drying to a slick surface not suitable for paint to adhere.
Too little glue, and your gesso will revert back to powder. White pigment most often titanium dioxide in correct proportions is ok. I sometimes add white paint pigment to my gesso maximum of 2 oz. Gesso goes on relatively translucent, and several coats are often required. Thus your almost clear result is normal EXCEPT, using talc, you have not created a substantially rough surface to which your paint will adhere.
NOTE: Commercial gesso is made in many grades and from its appearance, I suspect the grade you compared is one of the least expensive formulas. Baby Powder is for Babies. I use versante chalk paint. Mixed with water or plain. Depending on the cover you want. It can be sanded, comes in loads of c olours, covers anything and has not let me down. Some great material in the post I will put to use in my upcoming plans. Thank you for taking the time to post this, I know that it may help many others as it has helped myself.
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Thanks for the tips, Darla! I will have to try it with Tums. I made this about a year ago and it wen on perfectly for a Carnival-type mask made of paper mache Im doing it again to go over a paper mache sculptural piece for my art exams, i like the texture it gives and hope fully it will come out nicely once again. You are genius, thanks for sharing your experience. Horizontal surface application is best with less chance of varnish running. Build up paint in layers. Start with a layer of paint that has been thinned with water.
Add thicker layers of paint on top of the thin layer of paint. Do not let the paint dry before moving to the next step. Smooth the edges between different colors of paint with a dry, soft brush. Saturate a clean, dry cloth with deglossing solution and rub the surface in a circular motion. Brush an even coat of deglosser onto the treated surface if the surface is still too glossy or if the finish has become uneven. First I apply the Modeling Paste , wait for it to dry at least 24 hours, more in humid climates and then apply the red paint over top.
Doing this will result in a red, textured canvas. As the paste dries, it creates hairline cracks sometimes even bigger cracks depending on the amount and thickness you use. Flexible Modeling Paste - Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste is a matte, opaque preparation of marble dust and polymer emulsion. Dries more slowly than other modeling pastes to a hard, yet flexible surface. Use to build heavy textures and three-dimensional forms.
Recommended for use on supports with occasional flexing. Modelling paste can be rolled paper thin for dressing model characters and colours easily with paste colouring just like florist paste and fondant. You can buy it ready made or make your own version by mixing mixes of florist paste gum paste and sugar paste fondant.
Gel Medium is essentially a binder without pigment. Without getting too technical, it was initially an acrylic substance used to build texture in paintings by mixing with acrylic paint. It increases the paint's transparency and dries clear without diminishing its consistency or adhesive properties.
Prepare your modelling paste. This may be done in a variety of ways. You can mix flower paste and sugar paste together.
Structure paste. New structure pastes coarse and fine, water-based with a very good covering capacity. It is possible to mix them with acrylic paint or to use them pure and then paint on them once they dry. Results are plastic, irregular and three-dimensional. Gesso is a type of primer used mostly for paintings and mixed media to make their surface even and smooth.
Is texture paste the same as gesso? Category: hobbies and interests painting. Textured Paste gives you a texture feel to your project. But what I learned is gesso is almost like a primer paint to give a better surface to your paint and some do have texture to it. But it depends on the type of gesso you get.
How long does it take for gesso to dry? How do you make a texture paste? What is the difference between primer and gesso?
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