Oil Priming Materials

This water-based primer should be applied very thinly with a foam applicator, not a brush, and allowed to dry completely before you begin painting in the Bob Ross technique.

Use this modern primer as a less toxic alternative to lead carbonate-based primers. When used for priming canvases, Fredrix Oil Priming Titanium Pigment features an opaque, bright tone that does not yellow over time. 1 quart container (.95 L).

Fredrix Powdered Marble Dust can be used to make acrylic modeling paste, glue base gesso, and all water and oil dispersed paints. It is made from pH neutral basic calcium carbonate.

Prepare a cotton or linen canvas that is stiffer than with an acrylic gesso, yet more flexible than with a traditional oil primer. The binder in Gamblin Oil Painting Ground makes it more flexible, faster-drying and ready for painting within a week.

Traditionally, gesso (Italian for "gypsum") was applied only to panels. Gamblin's Traditional Gesso is a classic absorbent ground for oil panels which, when mixed with water and rabbit skin glue, forms a luminous painting surface.

Stop oil colors from looking dull, flat, and muted with Michael Harding Non-Absorbent Acrylic Primer. This specially formulated primer creates a non-absorbent surface that doesn't leech the oil from oil paints like a conventional acrylic primer does, helping oil colors keep their original luster.

Utrecht's Acrylic Canvas Sizing was developed for use as an easy and stable alternative to rabbit skin glue. Made of acrylic resins, it is polymerized for resistance to temperature, humidity, oil, and water.

Create a solid foundation for your oil painting with Utrecht Oil Priming, handcrafted in Brooklyn, New York.

This is a traditional oil ground made with basic lead carbonate and marble dust. Ground in 100% alkali-refined linseed oil, it offers the perfect amount of tooth and absorbency. It contains no zinc or alkyd.

Containing no zinc or alkyd, Williamsburg Titanium Oil Ground is made with titanium dioxide and marble dust ground in 100% alkali-refined linseed oil. It offers just the right amount of tooth and absorbency.

Winsor & Newton Oil Painting Primer is used for priming all surfaces for oil and alkyd colors. It provides a bright white surface and excellent paint adhesion. It comes ready to use, and dries in 24 hours. The primer can be tinted with oil paint.