Beginning Process

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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.

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