In my Youtube series Studio 120, I talk about a myriad of subjects having to do with being an artist but in this one video I show & discuss how I set up my canvases & prep to paint.

Studio 120 #229 Studio Mate: Live talk about how I set up canvases for painting

Setting up new 3 canvases for 2 paintings with 3 portraits

Watered down black gesso brushed over white gesso and then whited down to greys

Aerosol over a few stripes of yellow acrylic paint applied for added texture

Orange aerosol is added to indicate the placement of figures

….then I start adding oil in thin layers to the two panel, 2 portrait canves set.

As shown the video, I also got a third figure underway.

Not finished, this simple portrait is about 70% done.

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