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| Starting with a large blank canvas (60" x 36" x 1.5"), I covered the surface with China Red Background Gesso from Matisse Paints. I love prepping a canvas with colored gesso -- especially a bright red. It really helps the next few layers "pop"! |
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| The next step involves using a charcoal pencil and twig charcoal, and making random marks and lines on the prepared canvas. I do this with my left hand (I'm right-handed) and lay down a suggested composition. Sometimes I follow the lines; often I don't. It just depends where my artistic muse takes me in the next process!! |
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I had no idea there was such a thing as red gesso. I bet it does make a wonderful undercolor. That is a big canvas! I love big art!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa -- I love your paintings!!! And I love gesso....the China Red is from Matisse Paints out of Australia. They call it "background" and it comes in several colors. The red is my favorite.
DeleteI forgot to mention you can buy the Matisse brand through Jerry's Artarama.....they're awesome to work with!!
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