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Gamblin Oil Painting Ground & Sizes

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Gamblin Oil Painting Ground & Sizes

Gamblin Oil Painting Ground & Sizes

A Ground or Gesso is the foundation of an oil painting. An acrylic gesso made from synthetic polymer imparts a plasticky texture. An absorbent, thirsty clay board can cause sunken, desaturated colour. A ground with tooth helps grab paint off the brush, meanwhile a smooth surface lends to fine detail linework.

Gamblin Oil Painting Ground makes a strong, bright, non-absorbent foundation for oil paintings. Gamblin Ground is formulated from alkyd resin, titanium dioxide, and calcium carbonate – titanium dioxide gives opacity, while calcium carbonate gives tooth for strong adhesion.

Gamblin Ground makes a brighter and less-absorbent ground layer compared to acrylic gesso primers, meaning that the oil paint layers on top will better retain their colour saturation. The lower absorbency also allows for reductive painting techniques when painters need to wipe back into the white of their Ground. Due to a higher pigment load, Gamblin Ground is thicker than acrylic gesso, and requires less coats and different application techniques.

Poly Vinyl Acetate (PVA) Size - A raw canvas should be sized with Gamblin PVA Size before applying Oil Ground or oil colour. Conservation scientists recommend painters use neutral pH PVA size canvas and paper instead of rabbit skin glue. PVA Size provides a stable size layer that seals the canvas but does not swell or shrink like rabbit skin glue goes. This is because PVA size does not re-absorb atmospheric moisture.

PVA Size seals the porous fibres of fabric or paper and isolates those fibres from your Gesso, Ground, and oil colours. This protects the fibres from acid, making the surface archival. Only fabric and paper support need sizing. Panel can withstand the acid in oil and may be prepared with just Gamblin Ground.

Gamblin PVA Size is made from PVA that is free of animal by-product, has a neutral pH, and does not yellow. It also retains its flexibility and does not emit harmful volatiles.

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