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Old 09-06-2006, 09:56 AM   #1
Anthony Emmolo Anthony Emmolo is offline
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Ever heard of latex ground linen.




My painting and drawing teacher here in China is a master craftsman. I have confidence in his workmanship. However, I see something that he does, that he learned from his teacher, that I am not sure about as far as its archival possibilities.

He streches his linen, and doesn't prime it with gesso. He uses a can of adhesive latex. After putting on one thin coat, he allows it to dry. Then he puts on a second coat. When that dries, he sands it to the desired smoothness. Then he'll put on a third coat, and sand that down. At this point it looks like a thin skin of rabbit skin glue on the linen. Then, he palette knifes a grayish color ground made of oil paint. He does that three times sanding between coats, ad says he can paint four days after he sands it that third time.

He strssed that the reason he can paint so quickly is that the coats are so thin. Through this whole process there is no gesso proteccting the linen. I must admit I want to do it. The surface of the linen is like leather, and it looks great.

Anyone ever heard of this process?

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