Liquitex Professional Black Gesso Primer

Liquitex Professional Black Gesso Primer

Supporting and collaborating with artists, creatives, and their communities. Developing and offering the boldest range of acrylic paints, mediums and tools to help everyone take an idea, big or small, and make it real. And proudly, passionately, relentlessly doing it all since 1955.

This is Liquitex - the world's first commercial water-based artists' acrylic paint.

About this product:

• Contains a blend of pigments to give a matte black, opaque base which instantly eliminates your surface color and allows you to build depth;
• Primes surfaces and adds a high level of tooth for maximum color adhesion and stability;
• Stiffens your canvases and creates the optimum absorbency for paint application, providing a professional standard, archival base to help maintain the longevity of your work;
• Establishes a suitable surface for preliminary charcoal or pencil drawings;
• Always use a quality artist's gesso if you want a lasting, archival base - a low-cost ground will flake and separate from your support, taking your work with it;
• Under the right conditions, a professional gesso like this will last generations.

How to use:

• Use undiluted or thin with up to 25% water - when thinning more than 25%, use an equal mixture of water and Liquitex Matte Medium;
• Sand hard or shiny surfaces first, apply a thin coat to support with a wide, flat brush and leave to dry for at least 24 hours before starting to paint;
• To create a smoother base, sand the surface and reapply gesso;
• If using it as a base for oils, apply 2-4 coats and sand between applications.