‘Gesso’ is a white, paint-like mixture traditionally made of plaster of Paris (gypsum), chalk, or whiting (calcium carbonate) ...

Gesso has an absorbent quality that prevents paint from bleeding or seeping when it's used as a primer on canvas, panel, paper, or other substrates. Before creating a painting of any kind—whether ...

Whether you’re building a product mock-up or a lightweight enclosure, carving your parts out of hard foam is a fast way to get the job done. Unfortunately, the end result can have a bit of a rough ...

Gesso village, Sicily, is the ancestral hamlet of the next First Lady Jill Jacobs Biden. A distant cousin of hers still lives here. The tiny village of Gesso in Sicily is celebrating the victory of ...

Gesso Techniques Since gesso has a stiff formula, it should be thinned down with water or paint thinner for an ideal, smooth application. "Because of this, gesso acts as a modeling paste when it is ...