Golden Gessos & Digital Grounds

Gessos
 
For oil painting over acrylic gesso, it is recommended that at least three layers of gesso be applied.
Gesso can be mixed with Acrylics to produce a range of colored grounds.

• GOLDEN White and Black Gessos are ready-to-use liquid grounds formulated for the use of acrylics on any commonly used painting surface.
• They are flexible and can be applied in thin layers to conform to a variey of textured surfaces without cracking.
• Sandable Hard Gesso is formulated with 100% acrylic polymer emulsion and can be sanded to provide surfaces that are smoother and more even than those created using regular gesso.

 
Grounds & 3 types of Digital Grounds to make anything flat - inkjet printable
 Absorbent Ground - is an acrylic liquid surfacing medium that dries to a porous, paper-like surface. Applied over gessoed canvas, it allows for raw canvas like staining and watercolor effects. Lightfast, permanent and flexibleAcrylic Ground for Pastels
 Acrylic Ground for Pastels-  is an acrylic ground for the preparation of canvas and other supports for pastels. It provides a tooth similar to papers designed for pastel and chalk. To increase tooth, add  Fine or Coarse Pumice Gel. The product can be blended with Acrylic colors for colored grounds.
 
Digital Grounds are ink-receptive coatings intended for use with ink-jet printers.  They allow the artist to coat and subsequently print over a large variety of substrates including paper, canvas, metal and acrylic paints, using ordinary computer printers and inks.
There are three types of Digital Grounds available:
 

1. Digital Ground White (Matte) – A semi-opaque white ground suitable for printing onto a large variety of porous and non-porous surfaces.  The smooth and absorbent surface allows printing inks to dry rapidly, making it an ideal starting product for artists exploring digital printing.

Digital Ground Clear (Gloss) – A clear gloss ground for use on most porous surfaces where clarity is desired to view underlying materials. 

Digital Ground for Non Porous Surfaces – A clear gloss ground for coating non-porous surfaces, such as plastic and metal, when clarity is desired.
 Silverpoint / Drawing Ground-  A liquid acrylic used for the preparation of supports for drawing media. The ground is designed for the achievement of fine detailed lines on a permanent, lightfast, flexible ground. Silverpoint / Drawing Ground is ideal for use with metal styli or other drawing tools.