Liquitex Professional Gesso Surface Prep Medium, 237ml (8.0 oz), Clear

I recently started doing paint by numbers. Most of the canvases are of course not of a professional quality. The paint doesn’t adhere evenly. This product is a game changer. It’s easy to apply a thin coat which when dry makes paint go on smoothly and easily. It makes it so much easier and more enjoyable to paint. I’m not very experienced, but the finished product looks great. I won’t paint without it.

The media could not be loaded. Clear gesso is now a non-negotiable part of my paint-by-number process. I use a big, fat acrylic brush to apply it, a cheap one, since this stuff goes on with a glue-like texture that absolutely will not play nice with anything you care about. Once dry, the surface develops what artists politely call “tooth,” which in this case feels like rubbing your hand across a chalkboard while someone whispers unsettling facts about sand.Is it texturally cursed? Slightly. Does it completely transform how well paint grips the canvas? Absolutely. With one coat, my paints stay where I put them, the lines don’t bleed, and I use far fewer layers to get solid, even coverage. That includes covering the printed outlines and numbers that span the entire canvas.It does slightly mute the background color, which gave me a moment of pause the first time I used it. But the lines and numbers stayed sharp, and since the entire surface gets painted over, it turned out to be a complete non-issue.This won’t make you a better painter, but it will make the whole experience feel less like a struggle and more like something you might voluntarily do again._______The attached photo obviously isn’t of the product itself. It’s clear. What would that even look like? But it does show the results. I’m also including a video so you can see how well it works in action.

My husband paints and has several in pieces in galleries. He used this to prepare for his last painting and he tells me that he absolutely would purchase it again. He has been painting for about 40p years so he's used a LOT of Jesso over those years and he's not easily impressed. He does recommend this product.

Amazing for priming your canvas.

You get what you pay for! Liquitex is a nice Gesso! I’ve used cheap brands & got terrible results! This product covers my canvases & allows my paints to last longer!Great buy & lots of product. Kind of expensive but I think it’s worth the price!

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I like this Gesso the most.

I am a professional artist who has used acrylic art varnishes from all sorts of brands, including Golden, as well as spray varnishes. I moved to liquid brush on varnish because I was tired of the spray varnish clogging and creating a round ghosting on my art. I now only use Luquitex brush on varnish as it goes on smoothly, dries quickly and dries clear. Very easy to work with and provides superior protection to my art. I prefer gloss, yet I am sure the other finishes are great, too.