Short update. I’ve gesso’d my tondo for Serenity and am proceeding to apply a layer of White 2.0 from Culture Hustle.
White 2.0 has a higher reflective value, so it appears whiter than the titanium white of the gesso. As I’m doing an acrylic transfer, the parts of the image without toner will be clear, allowing light to travel through the layers and reach the underlying white coating, and then reflect back out at the viewer.
Should give a stained-glass or watercolor effect.