I made gesso when I worked on my holiday snowman. It worked great. I decided to use my vintage journal as my art journal. It's best to paint with gesso. I was out of gesso and decided to make my own.
I used equal parts white glue and drywall compound and added white paint. It seem thick but translucent. It was gritty and not as smooth as I wanted.
Today I did some research on gesso recipes and found a different one.
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| One part plaster of paris (1/2 cup) |
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| One part white glue. (1/2 cup) |
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| Two parts white paint. (1 cup) |
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| The recipe. It needs to be stored in an air tight container. |
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| Not a very good photo of the gesso painted page. It went on smoother and less grainy. I think next batch I make i will mix a little water in with the plaster of paris to get the powder wet. I noticed the powder left grains but once I painted it over and it smooth out in a nice coverage. I liked this gesso recipe for painting. It wasn't as translucent as the other recipe and it wasn't as thick. I'll have to see how it is to paint on. |
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