I just got back from a trip to Cambodia, more about that in another blog. I thought first I would share a bit about my process. I finished a painting just before we left for Cambodia. In between finishing the painting and leaving I got two new canvasses ready. I have my own specialist to build my stretches, my husband. We buy the wood we will need and leave it to season before making the stretchers. Since I found primed canvass sticking to the stretcher wood causes a line, David & I have tried various methods to avoid that line. We have ended up with a design that wood touching stretched canvas is at a minimum and that the underlying support is strong but not too heavy. David builds the canvas to exactly match the size I envision for the next painting or two. I stretch and prime the canvas, which takes a few days since I sand the canvas between coats of primer. As you can see in this photo I like to have the canvas with a base color, it does not matter what color. I find a blank white canvas too empty to proceed. Next I will start blocking in how I plan on dividing the canvas. Trying to put down the beginning of my idea can take much longer than the actual painting once it flows.
24
Nov
2013
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