I did a lot of line work over a week or two of the painting being in the drawing area. I finally burned out and decided to swap it back to the painting room and get some reference lines on it so I could suss what’s really going on overall.
Are used to pretty cheap brush to get these lines in and got some balance as far as being able to get straighter and I can see what’s missing now or three or four key areas that I can start rendering again.
In the meantime I have been able to paint over a lot of the lines that need to be there anymore and these are just mistakes that would happen when you’ve been out of the game for 10 years but are somewhat recoverable.
It was great to have such a large piece right where I needed it next to my normal desk job and in a room where the kids get a lot of drawing done as well which is discussed in a previous post regarding pens and pencils for drawing, mechanical and artistic / composition uses.
Bought more paints and I definitely need more brushes and I’m noticing that for some reason the canvas is sagging and I’m unsure as to the root cause.
I’m used to working with a slightly thinner canvas in some cases and certainly when I do the priming there was enough shrinkage to keep things tight.
In the meantime I have developed a number of workarounds To solve the issues of a lack of Pinewood here as a fix for the twisty hardwood. Panels are the best possible option unless there’s going to be a decay issue between the canvas and panel chemicals.
