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Mike, I have been painting on raw linen (sized with three coats of rabbitskin glue) a lot last year, but got advised not to because the surface was drinking up all the colour and the paint was dull.
I found that toning the primed linen with diluted raw umber and a cloth was working quite well and allowed me to build up the layers fat on lean better.
This was the result halfway through a recent work on toned linen, I then ended up covering all the umber, but I think I could as well leave it showing.
Ilaria
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