[[http://www.ajsartsanddesigns.com/2011/01/my-homemade-gesso-recipe.html|Homemade Gesso:]]\\
Couple things about this it is a little rougher than normal gesso but it does sand nicely.  Because of the baby powder it will be a little chalkier when sanding so use a fine sand paper.  Cure time is 24 hours but you can speed it up with a hair dyer or a heat gun.\\

  * 1 part white glue (I used cheap white glue from the Dollar Store - you can also use PVA glue or Elmer's)
  *3 parts water (since I used the cheap white glue I should have decreased the water to 2 parts)
  *6 parts baby powder (since I used way more water than what I should have, I used more baby powder.  I did not measure I tilted the baby powder container and squeezed - scientific I know)\\
I added some Titanium White from the an almost empty 2 oz. tube of Liquitex  (there was maybe a TBSP left in it.)\\
I mixed everything in a air tight container the constancy is like a pancake batter - it will settle (like normal Gesso) so you will need to mixed it before use.  Surprisingly it takes paint really well, it also sands nicely.