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

Great for beginners

Great price and size

Super easy to use on all your art and mixed media projects ‼️Sheer.. works on all mediums from canvas to book pages! Great non clogging bottles.

As a beginner painter, Ive used gesso to prep my canvas, and to correct some mistakes to paint over.

Its very thick and needs to be thinned down before using. Dries very quickly.

Used on my paper crafts

Great value for money, lots of product for the price point and perfect for priming canvas, sketchbooks etc!

I love this product. I am painting on glass bottles with acrylics, so I was afraid they wouldnt be opaque with out many many layers. So I decided to invest in this to save paint, and to create some texture. It didnt provide as much texture as desired, but I also didnt try to do a second coat. Overall, I love this product, and I will buy again when I run out. And probably in a larger container. I can also take a whack at making my own canvases! So excited.

I use this gesso for making hand painted greeting cards. First I spray a clear sealer, then use Liquitex gesso, then paint the background and then the roses. This gesso works very well!

After all these years of artwork, this is the first time I have tried the Liquitex brand of Gesso. I had it on my list of October purchase, but thanks to Amazon keeping me posted on increases and decreases on all the goodies I want to purchase, I received the notification that the Liquitex Gesso was on sale for half price. I promptly ordered it because I had no idea how long the sale would last. I put it to use this evening on an art project for a competition. Ive always applied Gesso with a brush, but decided to use an art spatula. This was the smoothest Gesso I have ever EVER used. Another plus was the slower drying time so that I could work with the Gesso across a large surface. And something I am very thankful for was the flip cap lid with a hole which allowed me to have control over the amount of Gesso pouring out. All my other Gesso had a jar lid. Even though the spatula method created texture that I liked for an old wood plank appearance, the Gesso dried more smooth without exaggerated lines -- which is what I really needed. I really didnt know what to expect, but this Liquitex Gesso has proved to be all I was hoping for. Thank you, Liquitex and Amazon, for a great product. Additional note: This morning I applied a double thick layer of Gesso to the front of my project to eliminate my previous butched up efforts from mixing glaze wiht too much watercolor pigment. I started spreading the Liquitex GESSO with a brush when I remembered watching a painter use a kitchen spatula. So I started using the silicone cake spatula and am VERY happy with the results. My gesso looks great.