gesso

• There appeared to be reliefs and inscriptions on the panel The gold leaf must have been applied over a layer of gesso, which is already loose. —  52316_ApeWhoGuardsTheBalance
• I ended up with several gessoed twinchies ready for another time …. gesso is the great fixer! —  Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz
• I used layers of gesso, paint and snowflake glitter glue to surround the unicorn and princess images. —  Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz
• Examples could include using gesso or an abrasive mixture developed by the artist on whatever support you choose. —  Making a Mark
• Rauschenberg White Painting is valuable family, a blunt baseline against which degrees of presence and absence can be measured, very helpfully, through the dozens of differently tuned monochromatic Manzoni works on display, from those in sagging weighted canvas to fluffy fur, rubbery tofulike sliced segments, or racks of gesso-sealed bread rolls. —  artforum.com

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