Juan, thank you , thank you, THANK YOU. I had planned to glue the canvas to masonite instead of stretching it. HOWEVER, its size seemed a bit too large to do that (17 " x 18 ") and the buyer is older (hmph..not too old!) and conservative. (a retired cop and his wife). It was recommended that the conventional canvas would be more easily accepted by the "Commish". And (...drum roll...) it WAS. I was so very concerned that the belated stretching would be a problem, that your post was a real relief as I didn't want to do it OVER. The canvas was taut and evenly stretched as my helpful husband helped while I "supervised". I thought it looked perfect and the "Commish" loved it. It looks as though I may be doing a number of other police officers from the same area. As an outcropping of this, I find that I would enjoy doing a series about officers in their work environment. (showing the brotherhood so frequently portrayed in the fire fighter genre).
Thank you again. I am seriously enjoying your articles in International Artist on drawing.
Carol
