Make your own gesso,clear, Acrylic Painting for beginners 

I actually used corn starch. I didn't like the baby powder that people suggested, and not crazy about chalk. I had some corn starch that was past it's freshness date and that worked wonderfully!

Thank you for showing ways to save money while still being able to enjoy painting.

I was just wondering last night if I could make clear gesso! And this popped up today. RU-vid is reading my mind

Thank you again for your willingness to share your knowledge with use and not keeping it to yourself. I truly appreciate you and what you do.

You are very generous to tell all the secret recipes and tips... very thankful to you 👌👏💗

This is by far the best art channel on RU-vid! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! :)

I wish i have a cool grandfather like you to teach me all those knowledge.. 😍

Thank you Clive, for your generous gift of knowledge. You are so helpful!

You know I like the explanations for everything..give me a little longer tutorial any day for clarity...leave me without questions. Thank you so much.

I love your bracelet Clive🙏🙏🙏

I'm so glad I found you. You're a great teacher with so much patients. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I'm a new subbie & new to painting...

i get my calcium carbonate from the large pet shop in Australia IT A SUPLEMENT FOR HORSES... $5 a KG

I love saving money !!

Thank you! you are great sharing this awesome way to save $$$$ !

This is an awesome lesson. From Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

So so funny! I was searching youtube this morning looking for recipes on Clear gesso & here you are, my savior. Many thanks!

Love you tips.

Thank you very much.

You have been a great help in saving me money, there isn't a great deal of people that would past on their ideas so readily..so I'm truly thankful.

Clive, I wish you were my next door neighbor, and I mean that from the heart.

Just made my first batch of Gesso using your powder and reciepe Clive. Goes on like cream - very nice. Just waiting for 2nd coat to dry so I can get down to the serious business of painting. For anyone who hasn't tried it, Clives Gesso powder is good stuff!!

thank you, your a blessing, and quite funny too real genuine nice guy!! Nancy - USA

I really like your videos Clive but I wish everything wasn't engrams because I live in California and it's hard for me to figure out what the difference is thank you for all your secret recipe I'm so lucky to have found your RU-vid channel

Wonderfullll! Big hug!

Great stuff. Thank you,Clive. I definitely want to be able to make my own Gesso,and,some liquid clear. When I learned art years ago,we didn't have all these fancy things,and,yes,the expense is a bit daunting,and,off-putting,so I would like to follow up on what you do. Thank you for sharing your hints,and,advice.

You are so so nice for sharing thank you!!

Thank you, saving money is good!

Great. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

Truly appreciate your videos to help us save money and giving painting tips.

I just came upon your homemade mixtures and THANK YOU!!!! Sincerely, you are absolutely right when you talk about the cost of things. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!! 👍❤👍❤ As a beginner, I want to learn and become better (much better), without spending a fortune. This isn't the first time that your advice has been incredibly helpful. Thank you yet again!! Continued success!!

Thank you 👍🏼😁

Thank you from Alberta, Canada, your instructions are excellent..just finishing my first painting from one of your lessons...can't wait to start my next one!!!

Thank you Clive !

Thank you Clive for this wonderful video. Clive please share how you make glazing medium. Glazing medium is very expensive in India because it is imported.

thank you so very much. my new favorite artist!

Wops this is awesome thank u.bless u.

Thank you, much appreciated.

Thank you Clive!! 🌺

Thanks. Very helpful

Oh I loved the ketchup squeezy bottle idea - what a fantastic idea!! I'm going to start making my own gesso from now on after watching your videos - and will be eating ketchup with every meal so i can get the bottle empty! Thanks so much for your video .

Thank you for saving me money, Clive! I have my calcium powder, glue and distilled water... Ready to make some gesso!

Find you! I cant wait to use this! And watch you!🙃😉☺️

Awesome thanks for your expertise!!!!

Just saved me a few quid I can airbush this, it makes a good model primer and if thickened a good primer/filler on plastic model kits. It sands well and takes airbrushed acrylics very well. I was paying £7 to £12 for 12/15ml of primer/filler primer from the manufacturers. Thanks for the video m8. I have subscribed and will browse thanks again.

Clive - did you know that you can make your own calcium carbonate from egg shells? They need to be clean, so boil them for 10 minutes or so after you clean them. Then let them dry overnight and in the morning put them into the oven (200F) for about 10 minutes. Then you just grind them up in a coffee grinder until they are a powder. You can use the powder for your calcium carbonate in this gesso. Just thought I'd let you know. :)

Hi Clive.... Thanks for sharing. I didn't know what gesso was. Now I do and the difference it makes X

Hello, thank you so much, this is brilliant! I know this is one of your older videos but, I was looking for a video teaching how to make homemade clear gesso, and I'm so glad I've found you! I've already just subscribed, and hit the bell for notifications. You seem like a really nice man, and I like you a lot! I'm almost 50 years old, and I've recently been trying out my hand at a few different art mediums. Somehow, I really didn't ever learn about art in school, I wish I had. I used crayons in cheap coloring books as a kid, and that's about it. I've always sort of secretly longed to be an artist. I did as a kid, and an adult try to draw every once in a while but, I'm definitely not a natural. I am finally learning about art through youtube videos. Drawing and all art will need to be a skill that I'll have to develop over time through learning, and much practice. I'm disabled, and no longer have a job, so I have loads of time. Unfortunately, I have very little income, although I have been purchasing small amounts of art supplies. So, I do have bits and bobs, which I'm quite grateful for. I live in the Pacific Northwest; Washington State, USA. And here we have this real popular thing (it may be popular in other areas, I'm not sure). We have this thing called, "Vancouver Rocks"...people paint on, mainly flat stones and hide them for others to find. Many of the stones are gorgeous works of art. People mostly use acrylic paints and spray them with a clear waterproof sealer. The children in my apartment community spent a lot of time this last spring and summer (which here, is quite short, only about 4 to 5 months of playing outdoors weather)...they spent a lot of time hunting for these rocks which gave them joyful delight when they found one, especially a "good one". They all had their own treasure finds that they carried around with them every day. The children also paint and hide the rocks, which are mostly what they would find. I don't think there are any adults or older kids painting and hiding rocks in our little community. The "good ones" that they had found were generally found when they went on outings with their parents. I like to sit outside on a blanket when the weather is nice, and the children spend time with me talking, and also sharing their rocks, and stories with me, which I adore! I checked youtube, and found that there were indeed videos teaching how to paint rocks. I believed I would be capable of painting some at least decently pretty stones. I decided I really wanted to do this for the kids. I began searching around for flatish stones, or otherwise good looking specimens. For instance, I found one that looks very much like a shark, and could stand alone, looking like it was coming out of water, and it has sort of cracks and details, like a shark...especially the mouth. Anyway, I was able to buy an inexpensive set of 24 small tubes of acrylic paint, and 2 ounces of both black and white. I then got some tools to apply the paint, and finally the spray to seal them. By the time I had all my supplies ready the weather had changed, and it began raining. We get a whole lot of rain here, actually about 35-45 inches per year and most of that is in the fall. Then it is mostly just cold, until sometime in the spring. Children generally spend time playing outside between the months of May-September. Now, I have everything needed to paint the rocks, but, sort of lost motivation for that (until it gets closer to spring time, probably I'll start working on those within the next 2 months). Meanwhile, I'm beginning to learn to draw. I haven't gotten very far, but I have nearly completed one piece, that I am about to frame and give to my adult son. I did this with the soft core wax based Prismacolor Premier Pencils. I was able to buy the set of 72 colored pencils. Which, I'm still learning how to use, and have done just this one project with. I've also recently purchased several "adult coloring books". There are many videos on adult coloring books, and people are coloring beautiful works, and even framing them. I'm hoping to learn to become good at this. I'm planning to use my wax based colored pencils for this, and I am expecting a delivery tomorrow of a set of 72 watercolor pencils I've ordered. Which has brought me to wanting to try using clear gesso on the coloring pages. I've seen other colorists do this on youtube videos. I haven't got enough money to purchase gesso now. I'll have to wait until next month...26 more days exactly. That's what led me to this video :-) Unfortunately, I've only got access to the glue, and the water. I haven't got any talc, or baby powder. I'm wondering if maybe cornstarch would work for this??? Or, I've got baking soda (NaHCO3, aka sodium bicarbonate), and I also have sodium hydroxide ( ‎NaOH‎ or ‎HNaO...Sodium hydroxide is very corrosive. It is generally used as a solid or a 50% solution. Other common names include caustic soda and lye. Sodium hydroxide is used to manufacture soaps, rayon, paper, explosives, dyestuffs, and petroleum products.). I use it to make soap. So I have corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, and sodium hydroxide. I also have white crafters acrylic paint, which is pretty runny. Do you think I have anything that will produce gesso? I may have to just wait the 26 days, and buy more supplies. But, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask :-) Right? I hope you see my post! Thank You, Very Much!

Thank you for great ideas

Does it have to be the one that’s bleached?

Your man tool! Thanks for sharing your recipes with us. :-)

Fantastic! I'll be making some clear gesso very soon, thank you

Thanks a ton....u were so accurate and thanks for detailed video...will be really useful for my future paintings

Thank you kind sir. You saved me a ton of money.

Ahhhhh... yes, a commercial or industrial grade might be waterproof or more water resistance. Thanks, Clive !! Best wishes.... Ax

Awesome! Here in the country I live gesso is even double so this is the answer to my problem.Thank you so much Clive!!

Thank you for sharing your recipe for Homemade Gesso, a great watch, I enjoyed your video you did make me smile xxxxxx

Oh thank u for all u.do.have a fun day.

I'm new at painting and love using alcohol inks to paint. I tried on canvas, not knowing that I had to prime the canvas...it looks great but I think I should have used Gesso to prime the canvas before I painted and I don't know if I need to set the painting with something else after I'm done. Can you help?

I've been watching your videos for the last hour and a half. You definitely have some great information! I'm loving it!

..what am I missing? White powder gesso/talcum turn clear/transparent?

Thank you sooo much! ✌️

Thank you so much Clive for sharing these valuable tips with us. I am just a beginner but am learning a lot from you.

I was just about to buy some clear gesso when I thought "I wonder..." and found your tutorial. THANK YOU. You have saved my pennies and another huge telling off from my old man. Big Hugs.

Thanks Clive.

Can we use it under gouache?

Thanks so much , I'm in your family group.

Hi Clive, great video! What’s the proportion of the blend of mica/Ca carbonate and is it baby powder? I am wondering if I can use a regular immersion blender or a milk foamer for the blending part? 🤔

Hi Clive, I'm trying to create a homemade cracking medium with white cement, pvc glue and acrylic paint. I've been trying different ratios but what would you recommend?

Thanks for sharing !!!! I don’t have a paint mixer. What else, if anything, can I use to mix this ?? I just subscribed !!!

When you have a big family you learn to be thrifty. Thank you very much for this tutorial. I can't wait to check out your others. I see a long and artistic relationship in our future, lol.

Can you give your recipe for the talc, calcium carbonate and mica mix? Thanks

Hello! New subscriber here. You're videos are excellent! Super informative and accidentally funny! I accidentally stumbled upon one of your videos, now you've become my "go to" place for painting answers! Thank you for your extensive knowledge and willingness to share it!

Well, that was informative. Wish I had known that before I spent a ton of money for a year on buying gesso.

By the way Clive I love your little song at the beginning of each video x

I'm new and this is FANTASTIC, leave me no questions at all sir.. and that ketchup bottle is brilliant idea!!

Clive, my result of the gesso has a brownish/yellowish tone to it. It also has some grains too. I don’t know what I’m doing incorrect.

Your awesome Clive. And, fun💥

love the intro song! great video! subscribed

GOT to also add my thanks here, Clive. For loads of info - and humour. Love what you're doing.

How much of each of the powders: talc, carbonate, and mica are you actually mixing together to make your, 'gesso powder'. That's the only measurement you didn't specify. How can you call it 'clear' gesso when the 'medium' / product base you use is white (i.e. school glue) When you say, "talc" are you referring to talcum.......as in talcum powder which, is the main ingredient in baby powder? Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with the world !!

Hi, I have a huge bag of pulverized lime that looks very chalky. Do you think I could use that with the glue/water mixture? Thank you!

Hi clive Could you use this with alcohol markers without it ruining the nibs? Some Gesso is so rough it spoils the nibs. x

great advice

Hi Clive. Which gesso do you prefer for acrilic painting white or clear ? And do you think I can paint on clear gesso primed carboard or poster board? And at least how many gram paper do you recomend for acrilic painting? Gretings from Slovenia 😀.

Heya Clive I know this is a very old video but I didn't know if you were aware of more recent discoveries. Talc in it's natural form contains asbestos and can cause cancerous tumors so you should always wear protective gear when handling it, gloves and a face mask are the absolute minimum to keep yourself safe. You can buy a product known as asbestos-free talc but even there lab results on whether it, too, causes tumors is mixed with no clear indication on whether it's ACTUALLY safe. So please insure you don't touch or inhale ANY talc. If you have pets please make sure they are also out of the room when working with talc!

Very nice video, Thank you for saving us the measurements in cups and spoons 😀 lol

Thank you so much for sharing this!!

Is this home-made Gesso good for oil painting too?

Thank you Clive for the wonderful tutorial. I would like to know the formula for the gesso powder. Are the ingredients equal parts of Calcium Carbonate, Talc Power, and Mica powder. I watched the video several times and did not get the formula for this mix. Thank you.

Thank you for teaching how to make those. I'm wondering how the chalk-based gesso turned out "clear" transparent. Should gesso be diluted before application?

This is a great idail

Thank you for sharing.. Can clear gusso be use with watercolor painting as well.. Thank you again for sharing and helping.. deedee from Miami FL. 🌸🌸🎨❤❤❤😎

Do you need to sand it after putting gesso or you can start painting immediately?

Wow, that’s a great money saving idea for us hard up artists 👍🏼 thanks for sharing Clive. What binder are you using there? I don’t want to use pva glue due to the yellowing over time.

TFS.

Hi Clive! Thank you very much! Your videos are interesting and instructiv.

Ha-ha! Loved your mixer!

Brilliant ❤️

Hi Clive, I've only just found your channel, and I love it. Very informative. Especially like your money saving tips and advice on re-use of plastic bottles etc from an environmental perspective. I've liked and subscribed. Would you mind just summarizing your gesso recipe for me. Apologies if you already have done so in a previous thread. Thanks again. Martin

Excellent 👍 😁 thank you so much for this. I've been watching your videos for the last month and I've been trying some of your egg video stuff and it's working im not wasting money on bottles. I'm reusing a lot of stuff instead of just throwing it out. For the inspiration I really appreciate your very inspiring..and I hope one day that I can be at least half as good as you are. Thank you keep up the good with all the love and light David Wayne 1111