Re: Maroonish imprimatura? 777 by James Morton on 08/13/01 at 10:23 AM
Re: Maroonish imprimatura?

In Reply to: Maroonish imprimatura? posted by elaine pelosi on 08/05/01 at 4:49 PM:

: Please tell me . Do you use acrylic to tint the gesso ? I want to try the maroon underpainting!Thanks Elaine

I prime with pure white acyrlic gesso, draw and ink in the design with India ink, and then cover this with a thin glaze of a maroon imprimatura so the the drawing shows through, I would advise not using acrylic colors for the priming as they tend not to allow good adhesion with the oil painting on top (acrylic gesso is alright since it has silicates to provide "tooth").


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Please tell me . Do you use acrylic to tint the gesso ? I want to try the maroon underpainting!Thanks Elaine : I prime with pure white acyrlic gesso, draw and ink in the design with India ink, and then cover this with a thin glaze of a maroon imprimatura so the the drawing shows through, I would advise not using acrylic colors for the priming as they tend not to allow good adhesion with the oil painting on top (acrylic gesso is alright since it has silicates to provide "tooth").

 
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