Portrait Painting in Oil Without a Brain
Getting Started
Grid Method
Observational Drawing
Color Mixing and Values
Squinting
Separating Lights and Shadows
Edges And Planes
Painting with Color
Intermediate Portrait
Advanced Portrait
Drawing
Pastel Portrait
Digital Portrait
Digital Portrait Part Two
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.
Newest
Niklas Nilsson
17d
First step! I absolutely love the attitude and approach in this course so far. 🎨
@nahlamahmoud
2mo
As I understood I have to put acrylic primer then acrylic gesso white not clear or both are the same cause unfortunately this is the first time I know abut acrylic primer and acrylic gesso
@alanareynolds123
3mo
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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3mo
acrylic is gesso. so yes, acrylic gesso primed. most cheap canvas is exactly that.
semir hamzic
3mo
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
4mo
Is it ok to use liquitex gray gesso and skip the white gesso?
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4mo
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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