Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic White Gesso Primer, 33.8-oz (1L) Tub

Am trying to be as eco friendly as possible with my art, but can't seem to find a good eco friendly gesso. I tried one that initially worked, then cracked after a year of painting. So decided to compromise with this acrylic gesso. It might not be friendly but if almost everything else about my canvas is, then I think that will offset. I use water soluble oil paints on canvases a stretch myself from untreated cotton canvas. So far this gesso holds up and there's no cracks. The eco friendly one that cracked I ignored the early signs. I think I only used two coats and got extremely good coverage. You probably could get away with one coat if you're not picky or do a colored undertone base. And so far it's staying fresh in the bottle without getting clumpy and gross sitting on the shelf in between uses. It's been about 6 months since I bought this. So I'll update as the months or years go by until it's all used. That saying, a little goes a long way too. My one canvas was smaller, but my other one is about 60" x 40" give or take inches I can't recall exactly. I still have half the jar and used two coats each.

I'm using this as a matte topcoat for model planes and tanks. It works great!! I've tried a whole bunch of other matte clear coats like dullcote, klear with a flattening agent, tamiya flat, and vallejo matte. None of them come close to how well this stuff works!! You can see it in action in the photo I uploaded: The plane's right wing still has the Alclad Aqua Gloss that I put on it (by far the best gloss clear coat you can use, I highly recommend that as well). The plane's left wing has been hit with just enough of the galeria varnish to bring down the shine to a good level. You can also bring this baby to a DEAD FLAT finish if you want. I just prefer to keep a little satin finish on my planes. It goes on super easily using an airbrush. I thin it about 1:4, DI water to the varnish, and spray it from 15-20 psi from about 3 inches away. Just go back and forth lightly over the model, building up super thin coats at a time. It really helps if you mist the varnish lightly enough to where it's hard to detect if it's even going on. Hold the model at an angle to where it's reflecting the light. Just mist on enough of the varnish to bring it down to the right level of matte that you want. I don't even need a satin topcoat because I can control how much I bring the gloss down with this bad boy. I honestly can't recommend this stuff enough for model planes and tanks. Two huge thumbs up!

This is a quality varnish that I've been using a lot when building models. It has a clear matte finish, so it doesn't reflect light nearly as much as other varnishes I had experimented with, and it can be easily applied with a brush by hand. I usually give it about 6 hours to dry completely.

Winsor Newton products are quality. This one is a bit different for me but using textures in my art work is something I do a lot and this was fine and added some subtle texture, not quite as much as I though it would but if you want a little texture in your artwork you should try it.

Use this with my textured art and to mix with mica powders to create a spectacular "paint". Have also used as intended as a varnish and it does NOT disappoint! A worthy investment for whatever your intended use!

Works great. Worth every penny. I highly recommend this product.

Excellent product.

Great for gluing & sealing collage papers. I find the gloss medium preferable to matte medium because it doesn't change the color/brightness of the papers no matter how many coats you apply.

Recommend for any art project with texture required.

My daughter has just finished using this for her recent cosplay accessories. She needed a textured effect around the handles of 2 prop weapons. This is absolutely amazing stuff as it goes on easily, a little like filler, can be sculpted or styled and dries really hard like cement. I've also used it in the past for extra texture in mixed media illustrations - it's really versatile and surprisingly easy to use. It can be sanded after it dries and paint goes on nicely without the need for an undercoat. It's a fantastic medium to have handy in your artbox with so many different uses.

good quality. good price.

Ich verwende diese Firnis um einen seidenmatten Glanz als Abschlusslackierung auf Plastikmodellbausätzen zu erreichen. Die Schicht trocknet rasch auf und bildet einen wirklich schönen und schützenden Abschluss. Im Vergleich zu anderen Produkten bzw. Lacken ist die Anwendung sehr einfach (mit der Airbrush) und ein "pooling" bzw. weiße Flecken traten bei mir noch nie auf - auch nicht bei zu dickem Auftrag. Ich kann auch den Mattlack aus der Galeria-Reihe absolut empfehlen.

This takes colour/pigment well, goes on so smoothly - and keeps its shape when/where needed.