Portrait Painting in Oil Without a Brain
Getting Started
Grid Method
Observational Drawing
Color Mixing and Values
Separating Lights and Shadows
Edges And Planes
Painting with Color
Intermediate Portrait
Advanced Portrait
Drawing
Pastel Portrait
Digital Portrait
Additional Content
This lesson is covering how I gesso a canvas to use for oil painting.
If you have any questions about the process, or for other materials you want to try and use ask here.
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@alanareynolds123
15d
Hey there, apologies for perhaps stating the obvious but when you say buy "acrylic primed," I had a moment of confusion becuase most canvases I see say "acrylic gesso primed." So my takeaway is you reccomend putting gesso on top of these "acrylic gesso primed" canvases?
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15d
acrylic is gesso. so yes, acrylic gesso primed. most cheap canvas is exactly that.
semir hamzic
25d
hello is it ok to use sanding paper to get even a smoother surface i saw one artist making their canvas that way. they sand it and apply then a layer of gesso
@andreat
1mo
Is it ok to use liquitex gray gesso and skip the white gesso?
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1mo
yes, if you want more canvas texture then go ahead. Normally on portraits texture of canvas can be difficult to fight.
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