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Bernie, would you tell us what gesso sizing you were using for gum.
Puleeze!?
Cheers,
Judy
Currently I am using Liquitex Gesso not so much that I think that brand is
better it is just what they carry down at the Art Store. I am never found
the brand to be that important but the dilution to be critical. Not enough
and the gum coat will float off the paper. Usually I can tell if the paper
is oversized when I am coating because the pigment doesn't coat well.
Sometime with blotches that are very difficult to brush out.
I remember from our previous discussions that gesso sizing is not one of your
favourite things. And I must admit that for most of my work I use gelatin
sizing. However, recently I had to finish 12 prints in less than a week for
a client and I didn't have the time or the paper to gelatin size so I pulled
out the gesso and was printing within hours of purchasing the paper.
This may be beyond the scope of your question but I dilute the gesso with
water until I can coat the paper evenly using a foam brush. I hold the paper
up with a light shining through it to check the eveness of he coating. If
the coating looks a little blotchy then I add more water. As a last step I
will usually buff the paper slightly with a lint free cloth. This seems to
remove the grittyness that I sometime get with gesso sizing.
And last but not least I don't expect great things from the first coating. I
seems to settle down after that. I know some of the books say to sand the
gesso sizing but I never found that to help me.
Take care,
Bernie
Bernard Boudreau.