Is it true that using Gesso in place of the color white will cause acrylic paintings to crack & turn yellow in the future?
• I flew up to Bloomsburg, New Jersey to the Grumbacher factory and spoke to the chemists who developed the product. They made it very clear to me that there was absolutely no problem with using gesso instead of white paint. Keep in mind that all canvas is sealed with gesso, whether you work with oil or acrylic. If it cracks or yellows, why would it be used for sealing canvas? All we are doing is adding color to it. In fact, artists have been using tinted gesso for years to seal canvas, and there have never been any reports in the last 35 years of any gesso turning yellow or cracking.
