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Re: gesso picture transfers

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Tsheffey_at_TeacherArtExchange
Date: Mon Oct 01 2001 - 14:53:51 PDT

In a message dated 10/1/01 1:32:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
dmortl@hotmail.com writes:

> Isn't there some way you can use gesso on a canvas and place a magazine
> picture face-down into and to get the image to transfer?

Yes, you can cover the picture with several coats of gel medium, let it dry
well, and then was the paper off of the back of the set up gel. It can then
be adhered to the canvas.
Teresa in El Paso 

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