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Professional Super Heavy Gesso
SKU:094376945737
Professional acrylic gessoes, mediums, additives and varnishes - to prep your surfaces all the way through to protecting your finished work. Each medium is uniquely formulated to deliver a different result. From gloss gels to experimental texture effects and finishes, each lets you adjust your paint to suit your practice. Gessoes prime your surfaces and add tooth, ready for paint application. Create the perfect absorbency, texture and archival ground.
Size
8oz/237ml
32oz/946ml
128oz/3.78l
$47.79
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MEDIUMS
Use with
Acrylic & oil paints/mediums | check |
Chalk & oil pastels | check |
Graphite, pencil & charcoal | check |
Use on
Raw canvas | check |
Hardboard & paper | check |
Wood & non-oily, porous supports | check |
Character
Lightfast & archival | check |
Permanent | check |
Non-yellowing | check |
Flexible & non-cracking | check |
Water-resistant when dry | check |
Intermixable with all Liquitex materials | check |

All our paints are intermixable and water-based, with archival results. Tested and certified at Duke University by the ACMI.
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What it does
- Gives a textured matte white, opaque finish which provides a professional standard, archival base to help maintain the longevity of your work
- Adds 3D texture and acts as an ideal base for thick sculptural shape and weight
- Primes surfaces and adds maximum tooth for maximum color adhesion and stability
- Stiffens canvases and creates the optimum absorbency for paint application
- Always use a quality artist's gesso if you want a lasting, archival base - a low-cost ground will flake and separate from your support, taking your work with it. With proper application and under the right conditions, a professional gesso like this will last generations
How to use it
- Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products
- Can be thinned with Liquitex Gesso
- Sand hard or shiny surfaces first, apply to support with a knife/brush and leave to dry for at least 24 hours before starting to paint
- Add acrylic color for a custom tint - Soft Body Acrylic is the optimum consistency
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Tips & Techniques
Useful guides for working with gessoes, mediums and varnishes
Super Heavy Gesso FAQs
Other artists have asked us...
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Try using a palette knife, a trowel or a spatula. It's easy to manipulate and spreads well ready for 3D effects. -
You can start by creating texture literally from the ground up by using our Super Heavy Gesso. It will give you an archival base with high peaks and marks, ready to apply color to. Or try one of our effects mediums with color or neat. -
Size the canvas with one layer of Matte Medium, and then coat with one or two layers of Liquitex gesso - choose from traditional white, neutral gray or black gesso, Clear Gesso or Super Heavy Gesso.