Surface preparation for oil painting.

 The two alternative 'traditional' surfaces for oil painting are linen and canvas. For canvas you  can use either acrylic primer for a white surface (or what ever colour you desire) or an animal size. (You can also get size non animal size. I will get some of this in for when Richard does his master class on support/structure making for painting. I will post the date as soon as it's arranged.

Primer brushes, 

Canvas pliers, These really do need to be tried out/demonstrated to make sense of.

Just thought it would be worth showing you how beautiful linen is when it is sized with R.Skin, such a great colour. Any way this post is to pre-empt Richard's master class and remind me to make sure we have all the materials /equipment that we need.