User talk:Deborah.goudreau

I have 7 canvasses, presewn, 26"x36". I'll get them primed before May. Some of them have a rough/textured surface due to a failed priming. I have a roll of unprimed cotton canvas. I can cut what we need from it, but I need sizes and quantities. Also: Lots of student-grade (rheotech/Venetian) acrylic paint, some better quality acrylics, and various sizes of brushes (I would suggest wrapping tape of a particular colour around your brushes to distinguish them - mine have green tape).

HelenPaintingfaces (talk) 14:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

99.246.153.140 (talk) 23:20, 27 March 2009 (UTC) Hi Helen,It seems that many people have responded enthusiastically. I, too, have a large piece of canvas available (actually it is part of a painter's drop cloth). I guess I should prime it ahead of time? White latex paint should work all right, shouldn't it? Deborah

I think regular white latex is alright to use though if you have a proper primer paint (ooh - I just illiterated!) it gives a better ground. You can also leave the canvas raw and use your acrylics like watercolours, wet the canvas and 'dye' it with the colours. They soak through & you can then go opaque, or continue to use glazes. It gives it a softer look. Marilyn suggested oil pastels for the encaustic (which I'm really interested to try). I'm going to clean up my studio and see what I can find. I know I have some old beeswax around. I was also thinking - Wendy mentioned embellishments - but what about stamps to use on the wax? We could use interesting old costume jewellery to impress the wax- or pinecones, thick-veined leaves, sticks, etc. Helen Paintingfaces (talk) 12:18, 1 April 2009 (UTC)