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Example sentences for: gesso

How can you use “gesso” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Most were painted with tempera, using a gesso ground with bright colors, but contemporary retablos are often painted on tin.
The surface of the board was covered with gesso before the design was painted on it.
Although santo means `saint,' a santo as an object means a religious figure carved of wood, covered with gesso, carved in detail, and then painted.