Product Test - Clear Gesso Trial Sample: Application 1 - Colouring Pictures

I have been testing two sample products of Clear Gesso, sent to me by a local manufacturer. In the past couple of blogs, I have been telling you about the various tests I had put the products through. In today's blog, it is time to start applying the products. I wish to be able to use these in my journaling Bible, but I will test it on another page, before risking its use in my Bible. I decide to prepare some colouring pages with the sample gesso to test the products. I share the results of this exercise with you in today's blog.

I started off prepping more pages than I would need.

I find that when doing product reviews, it is always a good idea to be better prepared than normal.

With enough pages prepped and ready, I do not have to wait for paint to dry.

I started on this picture prepped with Sample 5.

My tests have proven that this product lends itself excellently to using pencils and I start the project off with pencils.

I continue building up colours using a variety of pencils.

Some of the water-soluble pencils, I even paint with water to dissolve them.

I continue steadily on through the project.

I try to keep the wings light and use metallic colours here to add a bit of a shimmer.

Then I concentrate on the mushroom.

The sparkles are done in metallic pens. I also add some pen to the wings.

The finalized picture of Sample 5.

I then opted to do this picture prepped with Sample 6.

I used Mont Marte Adult Colouring Duo Markers to colour the flowers.

Then I used Giotto markers to colour the wheelbarrow.

The finalized picture for Sample 6. I was very happy with the results from both samples. I love how the colours retain their vibrancy on these Clear Gesso samples.

You can watch a short compilation video of the steps above on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/wr3I4ED1Y_k

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