I am waiting for my material to be delivered, being new to oil paint, I had to buy everything. I did have a Fredix Canvas pad, so I am practicing on it. The coat of acrylic grey ended up drying a lot darker than the wet color, so I applied a second lighter coat. It makes the canvas feel like plastic. I probably used too thick of a coat. When the panels arrive I will be redoing this whole exercise. More practice definitely won't hurt. I noodled with this too much, but I did get a pretty good likeness.