Making Absorbant Gesso With Marble Dust

I m currently making the pastel ground primer using a mixture of gesso pumice powder and water.

Making absorbant gesso with marble dust. I bought a few cheepy canvases from michaels and want to smooth and stiffen them. Mix 3 4 cup of solids. I ve been looking for a diy recipe of gesso using marble dust and pva glue. The most common use for marble dust in painting is creating traditional rabbit skin glue gesso a surface primer for paintings.

Here s the recipe to make your own clear gesso. There are lots on youtube but generally so gagingly goofy i can t finish them. I ve gotten a bag of marble dust to try but it just comes out like really thick gesso. However i d like something a little less abrasive.

Add 1 teaspoon glycerin or honey and stir. Is there a good recipe to make a pastel ground using marble dust. The flexing of the material will make the traditional gesso crack and flake. 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.

In addition to creating a painting primer you can also mix marble dust directly into your paints to create interesting textures and to fill your paints with body. 1 cup cheap white glue 1 4 cup water 4 to 5 heaping tablespoons of powdered marble or marble dust or marble. Traditional gesso is not flexible and so is not suitable to paint onto canvas. I m planning to play with hairy brushes and acrylic paints starting a painting class soon.