Liquitex BASICS Gesso Surface Prep Medium, 473ml (16-oz) Bottle, White

I find myself using this as a base coat for all my decorative painting. It’s nice and thick and provides a nice uniform base that even cheaper paint covers evenly.

I’m glad I was able to get this as I heard wonderful reviews. The box was completely intact but when I unwrapped the plastic and actually opened the top, I found the cap itself was broken. I’m disappointed with this as it doesn’t close all the way and I don’t want this to dry up prematurely and effect it’s ability to work. I did a test run on some mixed media paper and it did great but I’m afraid it won’t last as long as it should with this defective cap.

Only used it once and it seemed to do what it was supposed to do....cover a surface.

As expected.

Great quality product

it smells like gesso but its not thick like gesso. its about the same consistency as acrylic craft paint.

Update: Do not like this Basic gesso from Liquitex!! It come up while painting. If ur doing acrylic pouring or fluid arts be careful it will leave chunky textures if using it with a brush or a belt knife the lighter you go the less visible marks but it still comes up textured and it may not be that pretty to most art techniques. Dries fast! Not permanent! Definitely learned not to sand with this product their original yes but the basic one no! Go for golden acrylics gesso looking for cheaper options are wood look as clear just so or the spray cans for prep works much better than gesso only on certain surfaces it works best on not all. Good product dries fast. Not a fan when it comes to sanding to smooth it & apply another layer made last layer come up. Made the 2nd layer of gesso not sanded. Other then that doing a acrylic pour over many different types Of surfaces with Liquitex Gesso work good. Made acrylic pouring on ceramic tile work/look much better!!

Great for beginners

Works well as expected.

Never disappointment with this brand