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Originally Posted by Mike McCarty
No, no ...
Not body painting, not which surface of my hero Bill. Which traditional surface for painting would you choose?
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Oh, I was just messing with your head. I watch
Groundhog Day every year on Groundhog Day, by the way, and it's coming up again.
Back to your question. Untraditional surfaces are a harder sell for clients and I always talk about what I'm going to paint on as a support with them. Sometimes they say they don't care and sometimes they do. Linen and gessoed boards are traditional surfaces but I'm not sure I would paint on a big gessoed panel for, say, a full portrait size or larger. Linen is a lot lighter in weight and the paint is for me anyway easier to move around.
I wouldn't use a gessoed or ABS panel for a plein air or alla prima painting, either, for the same reason. Those panels need a couple of coats of paint on them.
If I had a client with, say, skin that I really wanted to work on - a child or a beautiful woman - I would get a gessoed panel and really noodle around with layers and scumbling.
Heidi, thank you. And Sharon, thank you - you are so funny... !