BASICS Gesso is a good quality, value, priced surface preparation alternative to professional-grade gesso.

Liquitex Basics Acrylic Gesso is specially formulated to create a smooth, absorbent, finely textured ground for painting on various porous surfaces, such as canvas, paper, fabric, wood, or plaster. This gesso requires no thinning to achieve the ideal consistency. It dries in minutes to a non-yellowing, brilliant white finish. It's suitable for use with Liquitex Basics and other student-grade acrylic paints.

• Use to prepare painting surfaces for acrylic and oil paint and more
• Lightweight, non-toxic and dries to a water-resistant, non-yellowing surface
• Intermixable with Liquitex Professional Acrylic Paint Colours and Mediums.
• Flexible/non-cracking
• If using more than one coat, sanding between coats is recommended
• Adding Liquitex Soft Body colour to any gesso creates customized tints and primers
• Conforms to ASTM D4236; Safe for educational use

Surface Preparation:

Surface preparations seal and add a tooth to almost any painting surface, laying the foundation for stable and permanent colour applications.

Surface Preparations are used to seal, prime, and add tooth (for colour adhesion) to surfaces such as canvas, wood, paper, and metal. The same preparation is used for both acrylic and oil paint. Sealing supports usually require two coats, while our professional gessoes usually require just one coat.