Garth just posted
good instructions on how to stretch preprimed linen.
Too late for me, though, because I've just committed myself to stretching raw linen and priming it myself.
Even though I think I know what I'm doing with this, I have never done this successfully (by that I mean "never well enough to make me 100% happy with the result"). Any tips?
I don't need to use PVA size underneath acrylic gesso, do I? (I have a big jar of Golden's Gesso.)
Alternatively, if I wanted to "lead prime" this linen, would I use the PVA size and then a couple of coats of tubed lead white paint? Sanding in between coats? Would I need a haz-mat uniform to protect myself from all the toxics I'm releasing (it's a pretty big canvas)?