can you paint gesso over fixative? will it ruin the gesso?

Question

Can you draw a charcoal or pencil sketch on stretched canvas, spray it with fixative and paint over the fixative with gesso(which provides a base for paint)then paint over this with your oil/acrylic paints? will the fixative ruin your painting someway?

Answer 1

beth is that you? dont you have your project done yet?!

umm...if you arent beth, i apologize. i do not know much about gesso...but isnt part of the use of gesso to give you a base on which to paint? i wouldnt think that the exact reason a product was designed would later lead to problems. but, to be honest, i dont know. you could call the questions/comments number on the container, someone from the company should be able to give you a definate answer.