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

Good Gesso does the job.

Coverage is more like for paint. I expected 100% full coverage for gesso. I would get a higher quality brand next time.

A little thinner than other professional brands I’ve used and you have to use a few layers but you’d need a couple layers for gesso regardless so it does the job!

This gesso has a nice creamy consistency and good coverage. From now on, this is what I will buy for my primer and mixed media projects.

I used this product as a primer or base for y acrylic paintings and also on heavy water color paper in order to allow acrylics to work well on the stiffened , thicker watercolor paper. It works well wet for some works and dries super fast on my canvases. Its a flexible and adaptive painters staple. Canvasses are much smoother even with just one gesso coat.

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.

I not only use it for my first layer in an acrylic painting or to cover something I don’t like, but I sometimes use it instead of white paint. Good product.

fair price

I wanted to paint three rather nicely designed cardboard contains with lids for storage. The containers were thick cardboard and had magic marker written all over them. This gesso I painted on with a brush, giving a couple coats over heavily marked up areas, allowed to thoroughly dry, then spray painted with acrylic paint. End result was perfectly painted containers. I allowed to thoroughly dry in garage for 3 days before bringing inside, so all smell was gone.

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.