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Gamblin Sizes & Grounds

Designed for artists looking to build permanent paintings, these materials create painting foundations of the highest quality and give painters complete control over the working surface of their painting.

SIZES for Oil Grounds - A size seals the porous fabric and isolates it from the ground and/or oil paints. Linen and cotton will prematurely rot without a size layer. Only fabric supports need sizing. Panels only need to have a ground. Acrylic gesso does not require a size.

Traditionally, gesso was not applied to fabric supports, only to panels. The name "Gesso" was inappropriately given to acrylic grounds during the 1950's, causing confusion among painters still. So as not to increase the confusion, Gamblin Artists Colors Co. uses the traditional terminology.
  • For oil painting, "ground" is applied to sized linen or canvas.
  • For oil painting, "gesso" is applied to panels


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