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How I Set Up To Paint
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How I Set Up To Paint

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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Beck Lane

Beck Lane

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I'm an abstract realist painter who's work has been described as being "The love child of a Soviet graffiti artist and Vincent Van Gogh". Work is in collections around the world & available thru galleries & venues from Florida to NYC to RI to Israel. Also on Youtube, Pinterest, Instagram, Google + & more. All sites can be reached thru my website!

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Beck Lane

Beck Lane

Author, Community member

I'm an abstract realist painter who's work has been described as being "The love child of a Soviet graffiti artist and Vincent Van Gogh". Work is in collections around the world & available thru galleries & venues from Florida to NYC to RI to Israel. Also on Youtube, Pinterest, Instagram, Google + & more. All sites can be reached thru my website!

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