Prime Panel

Prepare a wooden panel for painting

Parts 

• Liquitex gesso

• Golden GAC 100 Sealant

• Blue painters tape

• Liquitex Neutral black

• Golden Open Acrylics: Yellow Oxide, Burnt Sienna

Tools

• Rotary sander and very fine sandpape

Part A. Sand Panel

Step A1. Lightly Sand front and sides

Part B. Prime Panel

Step B1. Seal Front, Back and Sides

• Apply 2 thin coats of Golden GAC 100 to seal the wood on the front, back and cradle

• Don't do edges that touch wall

• Use offsets to raise wood off the table

Step B2. Apply gesso to front and sides of panel

• Spread gesso with a large (2-3inch) house painter's brush. 

• Tint (very light) each coat of gesso as follows: 

  • 1st is white, or just gesso.

  • 2nd is gesso lightly tinted with Yellow Oxide.

  • 3rd is gesso tinted with Burnt Sienna. When dry, the Burnt Siena tinted gesso should be the medium tone in the underpainting.

• Let dry for ~4 hours between each coat

• Sand between each coat of gesso

Step B3. Apply gesso to front and sides of panel

• Apply a recctangle of gesso on the back with a large (2-3inch) house painter's brush

• The idea is to put name of painting and other relevant info here

Step C. Paint Edges Black

• Paint the edges or sides of the canvas neutral black (Even parts Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber, plus a little bit of Dioxazine Purple

• Apply two thin coats

• Once dry wrap edges in blue painters tape. 

  • Paint the corner black, where the edge meets the front of the canvas

  • Keep the tape on until the painting is finished.