Mar 1, 2005 · The gesso, however, is correctly porous enough for adhesion. If you already have a canvas ready for paint, you could skip the tinted gesso and simply paint an imprimatura of the tint you want.

Mar 15, 2006 · Yes, you can mix your own acrylics with acrylic gesso to tint it. However, because white acrylic gesso has lots of titanium dioxide white pigment in it, you will not be able to get the same intensity of color as the pre-made colored acrylic gessos.

May 13, 2005 · I’ve been reading up on the pros & cons of using oil paint on an acrylic primed canvas, and one thing that seems to possibly complicate the issue more for me is in regards to using an acrylic polymer gesso that has also been tinted with acrylic paint, and whether or not that would be appropriate for oils. My reasoning is to avoid tinting with an acrylic based medium, since it seems it would ...

Sep 4, 2015 · Gesso or thick paint in a ziplock bag, cut just a tiny bit off the corner of the bag off and use like a pastry bag. I would tint gesso a bit so it was easy to see.

Dec 27, 2020 · Sheldon, Following the order of your questions: 1. If you wish to tint your acrylic gesso, you can mix in any acrylic color you wish, either in the last or any coat. 2. You certainly can place Gamblin oil ground over an acrylic ground. The following video from Gamblin offers their recommendations for application and use of Gamsol:

Dec 23, 2001 · However, I find black gesso can be like a blackhole and literally “inhale” any colour into blackness. The key to using black gesso is to “tint” colours with white.

Sep 18, 2013 · With your previous technique you added gesso then tinted it with a thin layer of oil (I presume). Not only were you protecting your paint from the wood acid you also prevented sinking of your oil paints with your oil tint layer. In my opinion your current technique creates a pretty solid foundation.

Mar 18, 2016 · hello I use acrylic gesso (Lefranc & Bourgeois) which I use in a very thinned out consistency, and I add some black for tint. Unfortuantely, when I […]

Nov 12, 2012 · I apply an oil paint tint over the gesso as I like to allow the board to show through. Normally I use Zinsser Oil Based Cover Stain on my panels as I like it better than gesso but I had a tub of gesso sitting around and a ton of chalk from experiments of former years.

Apr 2, 2006 · The Titanium white pigment is the most opaque, but guess the less-fine gesso might be “bulking up” and create a thicker layer. I suppose the lower tinting strength of the gesso might behave in a similar way to my use of Zinc white along with Mixed White and Titanium white in …