Oil painters sometimes prefer to use an oil based gesso instead of the newer acrylic gesso so common in the market today. These products allow oil painting to be prepared using traditional materials and techniques. Winsor & Newton Oil Painting Primer and Gamblin Oil Painting Ground contain no lead but perform like traditional hand mixed gesso.
Choosing an Oil Primer by Jessica Masters
Primers - Winsor & Newton Oil Colour Primer, Oil Painting Primer, 500ml
Primers - Winsor & Newton Oil Colour Primer, Oil Painting Primer, 500ml
Oil Based Primers - Gessos & Grounds - Surfaces
Primers - Winsor & Newton Oil Colour Primer, Oil Painting Primer, 500ml
Winsor & Newton Oil Painting Primer - 500ml Winsor & Newton Oil Painting Primer is a ready-to-use primer in a non-yellowing oil-modified alkyd resin medium. No thinning or stirring is required. Oil painting primer can be applied directly to metal or porous surfaces (glue-sized canvas, untreated wood, hardwood, plywood, paper) with virtually no sinking in. A small amount of oil color can be mixed in for tinted priming.
Winsor & Newton Oil Painting Primer - 500 ml
DIY Surface Prep with Gamblin - Artist & Craftsman Supply
Ready-to-use primer in a non-yellowing, oil-modified alkyd resin medium No thinning or stirring is required Can be applied directly to metal or porous
Winsor & Newton Oil Painting Primer, 1 Litre (33.8-oz) Can
Gamblin Oil Painting Ground 8 oz.
Gamblin Refined Linseed Oil — The Sydney Art Store
The Trouble with Oil - Preparing a Canvas for Oil Painting
Bright white non-absorbent ground like a traditional oil ground creates a solid foundation for oil painting. Paintings made on non-absorbent grounds are brighter because the oil is retained in the paint layers rather than absorbed into the ground. Grounds make canvas and linen stiffer than acrylic gesso and more flexible than oil primers. Surface is ready for paint application as soon as the surface is lightly sanded.
Gamblin - Oil Painting Ground - 8 oz.
Oil Primer for slick non-absorbent surface - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors, Bohemian Green Earth 37 ml - The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
Using oil over and acrylic ground Winsor & Newton Masterclass