Gesso is used to prime canvas for oil paint or acrylic. I watched a demo using it on paper for watercolors and mixed media. It was applied as a wash over the paint to create texture and mood.
These two pictures hadn't worked out the way I had hoped and I had put them aside. Then I decided to apply a gesso wash to them to see what I would get. I had nothing to lose I was going to trash them.
I applied the gesso carefully over the whole page. When dry, the image had softened. It left a sort of white gauze over the page and a gritty texture. Then I was able to go back and bring up selected parts. I used watercolors, watercolor pencil, pastel pencil, and/or some white acrylic.
As watercolor is so unforgiving, this is a way to get new life from a picture.
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