Sennelier Acrylic Gesso
This white universal primer provides good coverage and can be applied to non-oily painting surfaces such as: canvas, paper, and wood. For canvases, a sizing coat is necessary before application of the gesso primer.
It can be used as it is or diluted in water (80 to 90% gesso with 20 to 10% water according to the consistency desired). It can be applied as it is or tinted by pre-mixing it with Sennelier acrylic colours. It penetrates the surface and allows good paint adhesion.
Sennelier gesso is suitable for many techniques: acrylic, oil, watercolour, tempera, egg tempera, casein and gouache. For acrylic, one layer is sufficient, for oil, two layers are recommended. Dries rapidly.
Sennelier:
Leading Fine Art Materials Since 1887.
An Unrivalled History in Fine Art:
Sennelier are one of the worlds oldest fine art materials producers. Sennelier have been producing high quality art materials since 1887 in Paris, France, just steps away from Lourve.
Famous for its hand selected pigments and outstanding quality, the extensive fine art ranges include acrylic paints, oil paints, watercolour, gouache, oil sticks, soft pastels, tempera paints, varnishes & mediums and many more fine art materials and artists supplies. Many of the worlds most well known artists have relied on Sennelier to produce some of our the world’s favourite art works. Sennelier is an unrivalled quality of art materials for over 130 years.
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