The Crafter's Workshop - Clear Gesso Medium

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Official Product Highlights

• Prepares surfaces without covering - works on smooth, glossy, or delicate surfaces (Bible pages, acetate, photos, journals) without obscuring the background.
• Dries transparent and matte - adds subtle tooth (slightly gritty texture) for gripping pencil, ink, pastel, or paint without smudging or bleeding.
• Prevents bleed-through - easy to apply with brush or palette knife; helps prevent bleeding and feathering when using watercolor, gel pens, crayons, or markers.
• Ideal for Bible journaling - prepares pages for ink, pencil, and paint without bleed-through.
• Loved by artists for - preparing canvas, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, glossy surfaces, gel prints, junk journals, and collage layers.
• Made in the USA - by a women-led artist team. Not waterproof.

Additional Specs

Best Uses

• Prepping glossy or slick surfaces for painting/drawing
• Bible journaling (thin, fragile pages)
• Mixed media art and collage layering
• Gel printing and junk journals
• Adding a transparent base layer without hiding background

Overall Strengths & Weaknesses

Rating: ★★★☆☆

What works well

• Seals without changing color.

What doesn't

• Dries very rough.
• The container sealed shut and I had to throw it away 4/5ths full.