How To Gesso a Wood Panel For a Painting or Acrylic Pour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2020
- Hello! :) Today I would like to share with you how to prep a wood panel for an acrylic pour or painting using gesso. In this video, I will show you the entire process from start to finish. If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments section - I will do my best to answer them asap. And, if you have any suggestions about the process, I would love to hear them too!
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What grit of sand paper do you use?
Hello! You’re looking for a fine grit sandpaper. Nothing too course since you want a smooth finish. ❤️
I don't have a question, I think you explained the task very well. Thank you Kris for the video. California loves you ❤
Paul's Life thank you!! 🙃 and Hello from AZ!
Finally, a video that gets to the point quickly and helpfully
Thank you so much! ❤
Excellent info and clear explanation. Just what I needed.😊
This was excellent and extremely helpful. Please keep it up. It's appreciated.
Thank you so much for sharing ❤️ Super helpful!
A+ video - The detail is very much appreciated for us beginners. Thank you, Kris.
mark stone thank you!! 😊
Great job! Thank you for sharing!
Hi Kris nice to see you again. Very helpful thank you. I just started paint and I wanted a canvas larger then I wanted to buy and we work with wood already. Thanks again, and glad to see you guys moved on. Sorry it's not TAPS.
Thanks for the great video and walk through!
Very well done. Great video Kris
Caughtafaygo _ thanks so much! ❤️
Oh no! Watching this made me realize I've been inducing swells on my panels I've done before with acrylic 😲
Thank you for the great break down!
Swells suuuccckkk!!! Believe me - I had it happen a few times before I finally got a handle on it. ❤️ Glad you found the video to be helpful! ☺️
Thank you. I needed to learn this.
Thank you for this Video! I'm doing wood panels and this is VERY helpful 🙂
No problem!! Happy to help others avoid the same headaches!! 😆
Great to see new content Kris.
Brad Avery Thank you! Working on another!
Very good job and explanation! Thank you…😊😊😊
I'm new to the idea of Paint Pouring and hadn't thought of painting on wood. But now that I've seen this video, I will definitely try it!! This was very informative!!
I love using wood panels becuase I found canvas would sag in the middle of the canvas and the paint would pool in the middle. Thats what made me switch. I personally wouldnt go back. ☺️
Really helpful, thank you!
Right to the point. Thank you for this.
Nice clear instruction. Thank you. Archival quality is important for selling artists.
Thank you so much! ❤️
Great job Kris and you're still my favorite ghost hunter
I prefer wood to canvas and shaped round/curved wood to plain straight angled rectangle/square canvas. Plus we are woodworkers so have a ton of wood to use up ;) This info is so needed for me to switch from canvas to create a professional resin artwork on wood. Thank you for sharing your talents! oh yea thanks for a clear narration voice lol
Thank you so much all the way from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thank You 😊
Was very helpful.
Amazing video. I found it very informative. I'm not sure if anyone has commented on this, but I am coming from a woodworking background and I'd suggest doing a coat or two on the back so it does not warp. I found this out the hard way. Maybe it doesn't matter for what you are doing, but a larger piece of wood could bend. Cheers for teaching me about gesso!
Thanks so much! Not a bad idea on the back, especially if you live somewhere humid or plan on hanging it in a humid space (bathroom etc). 🤓
HI I'm working with wood panels and it has worked so far, were both watercolor and new acrylic and have found some good results...
Loved It!
TheBrettBurnz thank you 😊
Excellent tutorial covering every detail! Thank you!
Thank you!! 😊 More art videos coming soon! ❤️
@@KrisWilliams81 look forward to watching them!
Very informative vid Kris!! You did a great job, very neatly done!! 👍👍 Also, your nails look great!! 😊😊
Chris Jacobs lol thank you! Nails were 👍🏻👍🏻 to make up for hair 😂
What a great tutorial. Succinct, precise, and very helpful. Many thanks :)
Thank you so much! 😊
I love that the video is very detailed thank you so much!!🙏
Thank you so much! ❤️
@@KrisWilliams81 Hello to you and your very welcome and enjoy your Mother's Day weekend!!❤❤❤❤❤
I don't have a question. I just want to say "MORE"! More videos, more of you. My daughter likes art and painting and it is wearing off on me. I enjoying your videos, you explain things very well. Plus hearing your voice brings a comfort to me, since I have been a fan for a long time, and hearing you speak takes me back to days of less stress and better times. I hope you are well. Your art is so freaking cool. I will purchase one of your paintings one day. The one I really liked went really fast. So I am just waiting for the right one to not only pop, but also go with the room (haha). Thank you for all you have done and continue to do.
Thank you!!! I am working on it! Part of my problem is I have waaaayyyy too many hobbies... way... too... many. Can't figure out where to put my focus! :) Thank you so much for watching and for all of your kind words.
Great video
Superb
Thank you so much this video was so helpful
Thank you so much! Glad I could help. ❤️
Amazing video
Thank you!
Ilove how detailed you are
Thank you!!! :) I can be a little detail crazy
@@KrisWilliams81 to be fair, thats a good thing actually.
You are a pro, thanks!
Thank YOU! ☺️
Thanks so much for the help
No problem! ❤️ Glad to hear you found it useful!
Thank you for the video Kris. You weren't kidding, it does take a few days just to prep the canvas. I look forward to the next video, assuming its the actual painting portion of the piece.
It is quite a process!!! I used to be able to buy them pre-gessoed but I have stepped up in sizes so they are harder to find. I will eventually post a second half to this - the actual pouring process. :)
@@KrisWilliams81 awesome. Looking forward to #2 of the process. Hopefully one day, you'll be able to find larger ones.
Thanks for your video Kris! I'm wondering what is the grit of the sanding block you used.
As always an amazing video from ghost hunting to artist
Thank you so much! :)
Thank you!
Thanks a lot !!
Wonderful presentation! You got right to the point without a thousand umms along the way. Thank you!!
I didn't watch /read enough about pours and ruined a table top when it warped. I sanded off the commercial poly, painted three coats of Kilz and then poured. It swelled at least two inches. Uugh. Do you know how gesso is different than Kilz? I'm scared to try again but you've brought back a little desire to try again.
Nice.
Very Informative! :)
Thanks so much! :)
Thank u very much for this good explanation! Which tape do you use?
On a totally different subject it would be great to see you in Paris next year fro Jim's 50th. I hope you can make it.
I would love to... are you going?!?!
@@KrisWilliams81 I'll be there. I'll be doing another documentary so if you want to be involved let me know. My email is deansos@yahoo.com
Question, I have some nice panels of hard board that have a shiny finish on one side, like a varnish maybe. Is it ok to go over that finish, if so do I still use gesso, and if using gesso would I sand the original finish before the first coat? Thank you.
Kris, Your panel is 999.9% perfect! Couple of hints to get to the 100%mark. I make my own. I buy full skeets of Birch 1/4 inch panels. No others panels. Always use furniture quality panels. Cut them down professionally to make a range of sizes... small to larger... like 40 x 60 inch panels. To make the panel rigid I make a 1/2" x 2" frame, glued down... as in your panel. I have the carpenters give me the panels all 'sanded'. Easy for them and no mess for me! When I come to gesso, I start with blue tape as well. I can't stand a messy looking panel. It looks so unprofessional. If someone is paying thousands of dollars for your art then it is worth the effort to make the back as good as the front. First trick for you. When you want to give a light sanding first, take a damp, not wet, cloth, wipe back and front of the panel. Let it dry then use very 300 grit etc. The bit of damp will raise some of the fibres. It will get rid of any chance of that roughness will come through your gesso. It is a quick step and it saves time later. Second trick. Sizing. Get a bottle of PVA glue. Give two coats. It make sure that nothing nasty will get through the gesso. Just in case. At this point, apart from damping and sanding and the PVA, you are showing the correct way to prep panels. Bravo! I make a third step. :-) There is also a possibility that the panel might warp. The first time you put wet gesso on the panel it means that some moisture will get through. This the reason of the PVA... well, partly. The back of the panel, with battens, that should be sealed as well. Before I do the gesso part, I sand and coat the back and the battens, I give two full coats with polyurethane spar varnish. Completely sealed and the varnish will give a shine like your best dining room table! When your masterpiece is finished... make a label. Print off your own label. Title of the paintings, dimension of the piece, 'Oil on Panel' and then your name. If you want, make a small description of the painting... location or history etc. Neatly cover the label with clear tape. For the future, someone will know exactly what it was also about. I have been making my own panels for 35 years. The first attempts were a bit 'rough', but over the years originally I used masonite panels. real rabbit glue size, lay down a sheet of 'butter muslin', more sizing and the REAL gesso. Building the layers of gesso.. forrough or smooth. When finished it looks like linen canvas. Great work Kris!
Great channel! I just recently learned another method that has worked very well for me. You can go to Home Depot or Lowe’s to buy your wood panel with a 4 x 8 sheet, they will cut it for you for free any size!$32. you can prime it with rust, oleum, white primer, in a spray paint can.same thing, 4 or 5 coats. If your handy like me building the frame is easy and cheaper As well! Thanks again!
Do you find that it's cheaper than buying the wood panel already primed?
@@HSDreamsprintabsolutely, here where I live there’s always scrap lumber, sometimes even the same wood panels you would buy at Home Depot at the transfer station/dump that’s free I use my table saw to cut and make frames with! All you need is wood glue and a few clamps! It’s work but fun. If you buy the materials it’s about 4 dollars for a 12 x 16 wood panel. With one can of rust oleum white paint primer you can do about eight panels that size, three coats on each. I almost forgot to mention buy a can of polyurethane to seal the backside of the panel as well to prevent moisture from soaking into the wood. One can will last you a long time, each panel only needs one coat on the back.
I so appreciate this video. I just got into this and noticed some of my initial canvas panels have bowed. Not sure what caused it on some but not others. At any rate this was/is very helpful information. Can you tell me what grit sanding block you are using. Given the idea is to give it tooth after sanding down the untidy areas I am assuming it is a courser grit. Thanks again.
I have had bowing before too - especially with panels from Hobby Lobby where the faces of the panels arent real wood. Even though they came pre-gessoed the matierial just wasnt tough enough to withstand that much moisture. The grit of the sand paper I would have to double check but its not overly course - more fine to mid. With the changing direction of gesso being brushed on, you get a lil added texture there too depending on thickness.
wait you're telling me your CAVASES were bowing?? Not wood panels you mean??!
it your canvas isn't stretched tight you can easily fix that by spraying it with water then drying!!
I find your video very helpful! What do you think if i skip any prep if i wanna do acrylic pouring on wood panel? It will be already very think painting that ill be pouring on, so it wouldn't matter much, woundt it?? Look forward to your answer. Thanks :)
Yoi def cannot skip doing gesso for a wood panel if you’re doing a pour. The reason, bare wood absorbs the paint and it’ll cause the wood to crack, swell, etc. You have to prep the panel with gesso since the paint will just sit on it like a puddle. The gesso creates a layer of protection between the wood and paint. I actually do extra coats of gesso to be sure it doesnt seep through.
Do you ever do a glue coat before the gesso?
Need I to coated with gesso or rabbit skin glue if I painted on plywood with egg tempera ( because plywood has on one side white color)? I am waiting for answering, thank you very much.
thanks for these informations. tell me it is necessary to put a layer of white glue before applying the gesso? thanks again
No need for glue, just apply gesso straight to wood.
How do you finish the wood after painting it or doing your pour? I recently completed a table top and I want to put a finish on it to protect it. 😊
Usually epoxy resin
Hey Kris! I watched a lot of Bob Ross as a kid and always told myself I would one day try painting. Back in 2007 I bought a small starter kit of paint and canvasses and been practicing ever since. My question was regarding using black Jesso as a base, have you ever tried it? It works really good for shadows and lowlights being there automatically. Anyways, good job! I enjoyed your video
Depends on your starting point. Bob used black and white gesso for his paintings. A lot of people gesso then tone the canvas with a color.
Do you recommend this one other types of wood? Such as wooded bowls?
Can you use regular paint primer
Thank you for your video. Artists use Gesso for priming the board. But why can't you use waterbased Kilz instead?
Thank you for the video! Do you wait 20 mins between each coat and then 24 hours after the last coat?
Yes ❤ sorry - just seeing your comment. 20 between each coat then 24 hours after final coat.
So you ever use a pva sealer before gesso? I've seen that in some other videos, but not all. I am interested in finishing an electric guitar body with acrylic and sealing it and I'm trying to figure out best practice.
I have not… just the gesso. 🤔
Actually I do have a quick question related to pricing. When you are pricing your pieces to sell do you account for the time it takes you to prime the piece?
Absolutely - it is time consuming. I dont count drying time - just when I’m actively working on it (applying gesso, sanding, etc.) I usually will prep a bunch in one go too. Just easier to get several ready to go once the mess has begun 😂
I have wood panels w/o cradle- is the method the same, or should I do both sides? Thank you
Is this ready to alcohol painting too ?
I see you tape off the back. What if you want to paint the 4 sides with gesso, when the painting is visible from the side, what direction would you do? Thanks
what are the panels called at Michaels
Will gesso fill any small nicks or imperfections in the wood? Or should I sand them out and use a little filler? I used plywood to make a wood round for my painting.
If the imperfections are small enough it will fill to some extent. Good to always sand down though to get rid of all high points. And, if the indented/cracked imperfections are larger enough would def use a proper filler.
@@KrisWilliams81 Thank you very much. I have heard of some people using floetrol in their gesso too. Would that work for the small ones? Just to level it all out.
Do you do acrylic pours? Can you post some videos of that?
Oh it's fun to prep the wooden circles....& hearts! Ugh
Lol nooo way!!! 😂
What brand/type of brush are you using?
Should you water gesso down to prevent brush strokes, and if so how thin should it be?
Answered this in video
Does it matter the grit of the sanding block?
Check pinned comment 🖤
What do you use to remove dust from sanding?
I’ve always just used a dry cloth or paper towel. ❤
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Do you have to sand between gesso layers?
Answer is in video
Hey new subscriber here all the way from India ♥️🥰❤️♥️ is 2 to 3 coats enough for a MDF for regular acrylic painting?
Can I use gesso on wood panel to draw using charcoal and pencil?
I cant say Ive ever thought to gesso wood to draw on it… usually it’s just to paint since the medium is wet (being wet it can be absorbed by the wood). But, if your hanging your art in a bathroom or damp area when done it might be a good idea. There are clear gessos too. Might even help add some extra texture to the wood for the pencil and charcoal to grip to. I am only guessing though since its not something ive done personally.
@@KrisWilliams81 actually because I want a white background for my charcoal on wood artwork, that's why I was thinking to use gesso on wood. I'll give it a try. Thanks for your response ✨
Kris, are you still selling your works? If so do you have an online store for that? Thank You for being YOU..
Len Shreck thank you!!! I do, right now Im selling on ebay (the link is in the video description above) but I am working on my own website too.
Len Shreck agree
Is it ok to water down thick gesso?
It is! I like to water mine down a little bit to try to cut down on noticable brush strokes. 👍🏻
@@KrisWilliams81 Thank you! mine is really thick, don't know why I bought it that way, but if its ok to water it down, that is great.
Can you link to your sander please?
I dont have a link since I bought it at home depot. If you go to their sanding isle they have reg. Sanding paper and they’ll have the snading blocks in the same place. Forget exact grit but go fine for a smooth surface. You dont want anything too course since it’ll just scratch up the surface.
What grit?
what number for the sand paper?
You want a fine grain - nothing too course since you want a somewhat smooth surface.
Have you tried our panels?
I have!! I believe I started ordering from you guys through Amazon shortly after this video. ❤
So you don't use a wood primer? The Gesso I'm using dries semi clear. It's by Matisse and called Transparent Gesso but I see the Gesso you're using is like covering the board in white paint. So is my Gesso ok to use without wood primer?
I have heard of clear gesso, have also seen it in black and other colors. Most standard is the white used in the video. Gesso acts like a primer, use it directly on the wood. It is also used on canvas - canvas is typically a tan color. The white of a stretched canvas is the gesso.
@@KrisWilliams81 Thank you Kris.
Should you gesso both sides of a wood panel?
Typically you wouldn’t. Just the side you’ll be painting on.
If you ever move to Miami I can help you with your projects.
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I just wanted to say that you're still as beautiful as you was when you was on Ghost Hunters and your husband is a very lucky man
Ex-husband... but thank you!!! :)
Are you going back to ghost hunters?
No plans to, thank you though.
Thank you so much, it is very helpful info.