Making Absorbant Gesso With Marble Dust

1 cup cheap white glue 1 4 cup water 4 to 5 heaping tablespoons of powdered marble or marble dust or marble.

Making absorbant gesso with marble dust.

Traditional gesso is not flexible and so is not suitable to paint onto canvas. The flexing of the material will make the traditional gesso crack and flake. There are lots on youtube but generally so gagingly goofy i can t finish them. I m planning to play with hairy brushes and acrylic paints starting a painting class soon.

I bought a few cheepy canvases from michaels and want to smooth and stiffen them. However i d like something a little less abrasive. I ve been looking for a diy recipe of gesso using marble dust and pva glue. Add 1 teaspoon glycerin or honey and stir.

Here s the recipe to make your own clear gesso. Marble dust is calcium carbonate dust used in painting. Mix 3 4 cup of solids. Is there a good recipe to make a pastel ground using marble dust.

Traditional artist s gesso is made by mixing whiting which is powdered chalk or marble dust with rabbit skin glue to form a base to paint onto. 10 pigment 90 whiting calcium carbonate gypsum and or marble dust the easiest way to get the percentage is to use 1 ounce pigment to 9 ounces whiting. I m currently making the pastel ground primer using a mixture of gesso pumice powder and water. This will help make the gesso spread more easily and reduce causing air bubbles.