Being in a new location and with new bench to work on has proved an interesting challenge. I have had three attempts to make a new type of frame for the painting commission completed weeks ago. Three fails, but each one the technique is getting better. Lucky I have “painting as model” to guage my certain eventual success by.
And as I wait for today’s videos to upload to the cloud, I can show you the split saw horse in action.
The stone grey double weave canvas comes from Hemp Wholesale formerly of Western Australia and since the sale of the business now […]
Painting conservation work showed that in 1820 90% of select European masters painted on hemp supports. The rag from hemp clothing and […]
I don’t yet have a video of laying on the hide glue. So here is a still image showing two types of […]
I have already assembled the strainers (fixed at the corners) and stretched the canvas. Not hemp as did not have appropriate sizes […]
