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Art Journaling 101 Series – Gesso
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2014
About this lesson
Part of a mixed-media artist's ongoing basics series explaining what gesso is chemically, how white, black, clear and colored gesso behave differently, and which application tools (brush, scraper, fingers) build which surface texture.
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