Liquitex Professional Gesso Surface Prep Medium, 237ml (8-oz), Black

Leaves rough sandy feeling texture.

Good.

This gesso pours really well and doesnt crack, even when it is caked on.

I use the clear Gesso to put on my paint by numbers. Makes the paint easier to go on and works great.

What I like best about this product is that it adds a fine tooth texture to the canvas or surface of your choice.

Unfortunately, I thought this was white gesso and was initially disappointed to see that I had gotten clear. They need to do a better job of clarifying which option is which! That being said - I had some white acrylic paint and decided to add some to this before priming my miniatures and that turned out to be an excellent solution. It works really well and I will probably buy much more of this in the future. Its very gritty and leaves a texture on your work almost like fine sandpaper, so they do suggest sanding it if that bothers you, but for what I was painting it didnt bother me at all. People say gesso is so expensive and I tried making my own according to recipes found online, but they never worked so I decided to test the real thing instead. And, imo - its kind of expensive, but worth the expense to me because the homemade recipes were just clumpy crap. This is superior so - you get what you are willing to pay for.

Works great for coverage.

Good for art supplys.

I am not an artist, just a crafty librarian, so this was the first time Ive ever used gesso. I wasnt quite sure how to go about it, but I found that using an old gift card to spread it around gave me much better results. I used the gesso to prep sheets of chip board that I bound into a blank book for a kids book club. It made the chipboard much easier to color and paint on, and because it was white the colors were more vibrant. Never thought Id find myself using gesso, and I have nothing else to compare it to, but this stuff worked great.

A little expensive, but good stuff!