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Artist Paint Primer & Sealer

Take a look through this superb range of artist paint primer and sealer and you will see plenty of options from some of the leading art supplies brands on the market. Important for any project, primer is what you will need to apply to your surface, such as the canvas or wood, before you start to paint. It will enable that surface to be as smooth and as absorbent as your paint will need to have its full effect. Artist paint sealer or size is also crucial at the beginning for oil paintings to stop your surface letting oil sink into the surface fibres.

Oil Primer

Oil primer tends to dry to a rather sleek finish. It therefore allows the paint to slide smoothly across the surface. This means that it is good to use with oil paints, but it should not be used with acrylic paints or watercolour paints as it takes longer to dry and therefore might disrupt the structure of your paint surface.

Acrylic Primer

Unlike oil primer, acrylic primer can be applied directly to the raw natural fibres or canvas surface. Indeed, if you are an oil painter, you might well want to consider using an acrylic primer, as you will not need to use a size, and indeed will not need so much of it to create a bright white surface. As it is so versatile, it is well worth you keeping some in your art studio supplies, and we have a great selection of acrylic primer here for you to choose from.

Gesso Primer

Gesso Primer is slightly more absorbent than acrylic primer, and it has a slight tooth / texture. This means that it needs to be sanded down if you are to create a smooth white surface. If you are looking to create watercolour-type effects with acrylic or oil paint, then this will be the primer to use.

Watercolour Primer

If you are a watercolour artist, then you will need a primer that is going to make your surface significantly absorbent for this paint to have its effect. This is where your watercolour primer comes into action. Layers of watercolour primer will allow your natural surface to be as effectively absorbent as watercolour paper might be.

Pastel Primer

Pastel primer is great because it can be applied to so many surfaces, including all types of paper, canvas, card, ply, plastic, glass, timber, ceramic or even metal. Apply it with a brush, sponge, roller, or even straight from the tin, and you will have yourself an ideal base for pastel use in no time. It is indeed a nice and quick preparation process, as pastel primer tends to be quick drying.

Artist Size & Sealer

If you are painting with oils, you will also need to apply a 'size' to the canvas before you begin, so as to stop the oil paint from seeping into the natural fibres and causing rot later down the line. We have a great collection of artist size and sealer to choose from, so you will not need to worry about your oil damaging the fibres below your surface.

C Roberson Acrylic Gesso Primer C Roberson Acrylic Gesso Primer
£21.40
£18.75
1 in stock
Roberson Acrylic Gesso Primer Roberson Acrylic Gesso Primer is an artist quality, fast drying, flexible and non-yellowing ground for oil paint, acrylic paint and temporar paint. Roberson Acrylic Gesso Primer is a cost effective product for artists. Add acrylic colour to the primer if you need a change of tone as a base for your work. You will have a matte, absorbent surface to work on with this ac…
C Roberson Acrylic Primer C Roberson Acrylic Primer
£15.60
Out of stock
Roberson Acrylic Primer Roberson Acrylic Primer is a artist quality product which can be used on a multitude of surfaces e.g. unprimed canvas, wood, hardboard, card and paper. No previous sizing is needed. Quick drying and ready to paint on in a couple of hours. This acrylic primer is permanently flexible and non-yellowing and suitable as a ground for oil paints, acrylic paints and egg tempera. Re…
C Roberson Oil Primer C Roberson Oil Primer
£51.00
Out of stock
Roberson Oil Primer - flexible & crack resistant 1 Litre Size Available again from March 2023 Roberson Oil primer has good coverage, two coats will product a slippery surface to enable oil colour to be moved around. The oil primer dries flexible and will not crack. This traditional lead free oil primer developed by C Roberson & Co makes the primed surface much less absorbent than acrylic primers,…
C Roberson Prepared Rabbit Skin Glue Size C Roberson Prepared Rabbit Skin Glue Size
£22.30
£19.50
Out of stock
Roberson Prepared Rabbit Skin Glue Size. Glue made from rabbit skin is the traditional form of size or commonly terms sealer for canvas and linen. This ready made rabbit skin glue size can be used on raw linen, cotton canvas or board. Stand the required quantity in warm water to liquefy, taking care not to boil. This strong size is best diluted with water for sizing stretched canvas. Too strong a…
Cornelissen Whiting - Soft Grade Fine Chalk Whiting 3.3 micron Cornelissen Whiting - Soft Grade Fine Chalk Whiting 3.3 micron
£5.80
Out of stock
Whiting - Chalk Whiting Soft This fine soft grade chalk whiting supplied to us by L. Cornelissen & Son is perfect for making your own gesso. Whiting has an opaque quality, fineness and uniformity of grain, insolubility in water and is a good bulking powder. Use this chalk whiting as part of your gesso making recipe for an excellent result. We supply rabbit skin granules and ready-made rabbit skin…
Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Gesso Primer Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Gesso Primer
£13.56 - £119.94
7 in stock
Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Gesso Primer PLEASE ALLOW 14 DAYS DELIVERY** **NB: We keep large stocks of all Cranfield products and have deliveries arriving regularly. Our website allows you to order products at all times and if for some reason something is unavailable immediately it will arrive with us with our next scheduled delivery. Should there be a stock issue at times of high demand a member o…
Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Primer Cranfield Spectrum Acrylic Primer
£13.02 - £114.42
9 in stock
PLEASE ALLOW 14 DAYS DELIVERY** **NB: We keep large stocks of all Cranfield products and have deliveries arriving regularly. Our website allows you to order products at all times and if for some reason something is unavailable immediately it will arrive with us with our next scheduled delivery. Should there be a stock issue at times of high demand a member of Pegasus Art team will contact you. Cra…
Cranfield Spectrum Clear Acrylic Canvas Sealer/ Transparent Size Cranfield Spectrum Clear Acrylic Canvas Sealer/ Transparent Size
£11.64 - £101.22
5 in stock
Cranfield Spectrum Clear Canvas Sealer.   PLEASE ALLOW 14 DAYS DELIVERY** **NB: We keep large stocks of all Cranfield products and have deliveries arriving regularly. Our website allows you to order products at all times and if for some reason something is unavailable immediately it will arrive with us with our next scheduled delivery. Should there be a stock issue at times of high demand a member…
Cranfield Spectrum Covent Garden Primer Cranfield Spectrum Covent Garden Primer
£59.94 - £109.50
PLEASE ALLOW 14 DAYS DELIVERY** **NB: We keep large stocks of all Cranfield products and have deliveries arriving regularly. Our website allows you to order products at all times and if for some reason something is unavailable immediately it will arrive with us with our next scheduled delivery. Should there be a stock issue at times of high demand a member of Pegasus Art team will contact you. Cra…
Cranfield Spectrum Thixotropic Alkyd Oil Primer Cranfield Spectrum Thixotropic Alkyd Oil Primer
£15.12 - £76.26
4 in stock
PLEASE ALLOW 14 DAYS DELIVERY** **NB: We keep large stocks of all Cranfield products and have deliveries arriving regularly. Our website allows you to order products at all times and if for some reason something is unavailable immediately it will arrive with us with our next scheduled delivery. Should there be a stock issue at times of high demand a member of Pegasus Art team will contact you. A m…
Daniel Smith Transparent Primer 118ml - Watercolours & Acrylics Daniel Smith Transparent Primer 118ml - Watercolours & Acrylics
£10.87
£9.99
2 in stock
Transparent Ground or Primer for Watercolours or Acrylic Paints 118ml, 4 fluid oz Daniel Smith Watercolour Ground acts as a primer on surfaces as diverse as plastic to cloth to tin to stone! Paint watercolours everywhere, the possibilities are endless! Daniel Smith ground can be used on absorbent surfaces: canvas; paper; plaster; hardboard. For non-absorbent surfaces it is best to abrade before ap…
Gelatine Capsules Pack 25 Gelatine Capsules Pack 25
£8.50
£8.20
Out of stock
Gelatine Capsules Pack 25 This is a pure form of glue made from animal tissue used for sizing paper and in gilding.  Tempera artists can use to make a weak size to isolate layers of tempera.
Golden Absorbent Ground White Golden Absorbent Ground White
£23.95
£18.85
1 in stock
Golden Absorbent Ground creates a surface with the absorbency of paper offering excellent staining and wash effects. This is a flexible acrylic ground which can be applied to non rigid supports such as canvas. Golden recommend that basic acrylic gesso is used as an initial coat.
Golden Acrylic Pastel Ground Golden Acrylic Pastel Ground
£23.95
£18.85
1 in stock
Golden Pastel Primer: Golden Acrylic Ground for Pastels is a special textured primer for preparing surfaces for soft pastels. This pastel ground can be tinted with acrylic colours. The slight texture helps pastels to adhere to the surface. The acrylic base means this ground is flexible and can therefore be applied to rigid and non rigid supports. Although designed as a pastel primer, this ground i…
Golden Black Gesso Golden Black Gesso
£23.95
£18.85
1 in stock
Golden Black Gesso gives an extremely dense black finish with a semi matte finish. It can be applied to a wide variety of surfaces. Golden take great care to product quality artist products.
Golden Gesso Primer - White Gesso Golden Gesso Primer - White Gesso
£16.40 - £28.75
2 in stock
Golden Gesso is one of the best quality acrylic gessos on the market. This white gesso is an semi absorbant primer that dries to a dense white semi matte finish. The flexibility of Golden Gesso makes it suitable for priming most surfaces. It can be used as a base for both oils and acrylics.

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