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April 3, 2012 at 2:27 pm #989537
Hello,
Looking for some help please. I’m new to oil painting. I want to paint on boards of about 120cm x 190cm. What’s the best way to prepare them? Do they need to be framed? What’s the best way to hang them once they’re finished?
Thanks
BismarkApril 3, 2012 at 3:53 pm #1159414Welcome to wet canvas…… First off you should build a cradle for the back to support the plywood and help keep it from wrapping. If you’re handy that cradle could give you a nice finished edge as viewed from the side so you may be able to get away from buying a frame if that is the look you’re after.
For how to prepare the plywood for paint, there is a current thread called sizing “hardboard” that will tell you all you need to know.
Solvent = Leaner Oil = Fatter Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. (Arshile Gorky)April 4, 2012 at 5:39 am #1159418Excellent, thanks
April 4, 2012 at 1:08 pm #1159416I made one mistake with plywood that hit hard during a painting. Sinking. Don’t forget to seal the plywood with some kind of primer sealer or I believe the plywood will suck the oil out of the painting, in blotches.
I’ve never had this issue with Masonite hardboard. A few layers of gesso on Masonite seems to be fine.
April 4, 2012 at 1:20 pm #1159413I’ve been painting on panel, GessoBord, Masonite, etc., for years.
I’ve never had a “sinking” problem with anything but panels I’ve built which were primed with “traditional” gesso (RSG, gypsum, marble dust, Titanium Dioxide).
Panels primed with (at least) three coats of a good acrylic gesso have worked fine for (me) for painting in oils or acrylics, with no “sinking” when using oils.
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Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, "Small Works", December 2019April 4, 2012 at 1:51 pm #1159417Yes, I should have said I prime my Masonite panels with acrylic gesso, not traditional gesso.
I have only had the sinking problem once in my life, and that was when I tried using a piece of plywood that was only primed with acrylic gesso.
April 4, 2012 at 2:59 pm #1159415Plywood is very heavy to paint on, making it hard to hang later. Unless you are doing mural panels, it might be more useful to use a lighter weight painting surface.
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