Make Your Paints Instantly Better! Use GESSO Correctly!

Gesso can be one of the best painting tools at your disposal. But do you know what gesso is and how it can help? Let me show you!

Gesso has a ton of benefits that will help any acrylic and oil painter out there. This video will show you 2 key benefits that will transform the way you paint and make your paints instantly better. This oil painting tutorial is perfect of any Bob Ross enthusiast or a beginner painter starting their creative journey.

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[InkLady]

As a portrait artist who is used to paper mediums, gesso made canvas feel smoother and much more familiar and allowed me to play on a new surface. I wouldnt have got Gesso if i hadnt noticed the difference between painting on smooth paper vs trying to draw on textured canvas (without gesso) <3 thank yo uso much! this video was super informative!

[Lina-gdxf]

I'm using the cheap kind gesso and I absolutely love it to imitate foggy atmosphere because it isn't as pigmented.

[caaront]

My land! I discovered you last night and I am binge watching your videos and love them. I started a small oil painting (A week ago) trying the wet on wet and was using cheap pains (soft) and although some parts of it look great thus far, some don't, and I have a little mud. I discovered by watching this video that I should use Gesso, because in my sky the blue is just like the example you showed when the canvas soaks up the paint and it does not spread smoothly. I have also learned what went wrong with my Mountains, and that I was using too much paint. I am going to let it dry then just go over it some and call it finished. But I am learning what otherwise would have been months/years of trial and error from watching you. The other artists don't share these quick and easy tips. I have picked up some W&N Winton paints in the next town and will now pick up some gesso. With those and other tips I am noting I will show a marked improvement quickly. I should have been painting my whole life, I wish I had those wasted decades back. Thank you.

[WhatDadIsUpTo]

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Fantastic advice. Just because I am retired and have lots of free time, I have watched almost all of the Bob Ross videos on YouTube and I have yet to see him explain this aspect.

He always introduces himself saying that he’s painting on a “double primed canvas”. I think that’s about as close as it gets to telling us what you have told us.

I paint wet on wet, just like Bob Ross and Vincent van Gogh, et al, so I use liquid white as my first coat, but I have noticed when I go back and reuse a used canvas for practice, it’s easier the second time and my guess is, it’s because all the pores in the canvas are filled with paint.

[dacentabaal]

One of my friends mixing his colours with his gesso when painting his cosplay stuff and he says it hides the brush strokes and gets a cleaner look (like it's printed). But I would think the white in the gesso would lighten the original colours but he claims this isn't so

[elainebates]

I am new to painting and am intending making homemade gesso. I have watched a few YouTubers that make their own.

[lifeismusicparnadonkers]

I realy found all of you re video, s very helpfull. I am new at painting whit acrylic

[susanshutler]

I have some clear gesso . I'll use it someday for wood panels when I want the woodgrain to show through.

[HanSelah]

Great video! Very helpful, thank you :) I bought a bottle of gesso last week and I'm going to use it on my next acrylic painting

[joycekowbelharvey]

Hi I was wondering if you have ever made your own gesso and if you’ve liked it or not. I just bought a jar of gesso for acrylic painting and wow was it ever expensive! I have been looking to see if there’s any recipes for making it and couldn’t believe how many are out there. I’m finding it hard to pick one that will work. I’m concerned about if my paintings will last through the years whether on acrylic paintings or oil paintings. Would really love to know your thoughts on this . I’ve seen your videos on liquid white and love your recipe for that. Works great fir my oil paintings
Thank you

[leolikelexi]

I just was told what gesso is and your video has given me the info I need to make my decision, I do have a question for you. I seal all of my paintings after they are done, I used mod podge to seal the painting after. Would using the gesso and then painting over it, and then putting mod podge ontop effect anything? I usually use a glossy mod podge to make it shine

[tomdenlinger]

Thank you for your video. Artists use Gesso for priming the board. But why can't you use waterbased Kilz instead?

[q]

I work on a raw linen canvas and I stretch them myself. If you work with raw Linen or Cotton like me, I would first size my canvas with rabbit skin glue or PVA size before I apply the gesso with a paint roller. I do three coats of gesso and once they all dry, I will sand it and finish off with an Oil base Primer and then I tone my canvas with a mixture of three-part lead/titanium white to one part burnt umber suspended in a non-toxic underpainting medium.

[Bunzai]

So i buy a primed canvass, then coat that canvass with gesso, then wait to dry, then coat canvass with liquid white, then im good to go?

[sonalipandey]

Found your channel today... Jsstt loved the explanations... Love from India ❤

[sandiguinnartescape]

Love your art work behind you. Great tips.

[renatobfa]

Hi! Thanks for the video, very informative! I'm really interested in doing some sketching before I come with my acrylic paint, but i'm not sure whats the best approach (i'm new at this!). First of all, I wanna work on a brown stained watercolor paper that i'll stain myself at home (probably using white gesso mixed with burnt umber acrylic paint). My questions are, 1) Do you know if I can use charcoal pencil's as a drawing tool for sketching if i'll be using acrylics on top? If not, what would be best pencil? 2) I was planning on applying 1 or 2 coats of brown gesso, let it dry, sketch on top of it with some pencil, and then apply 1 coat of clear gesso on top of it, so that the sketch marks don't interfere or mix with the acrylic paint. Is that a good plan? Do i need this third coat of clear gesso or is it unnecessary? 3) Is there any better way for me to do all this besides this approach? Sorry for the long comment, Thanks for the video, take care!

[ronthompson]

Hi I’m new to this type of painting and a little confused so doing wet on wet do you cover initially with Gesso and then cover with a Magic white as a combination or either one on it’s own? Please advise your help would be appreciated! Regards Ron

[frameshifted]

Love Gesso . I use it for silhouettes or Mountain bases.