Making Renaissance Panels for oil painting

[@davidsierra6682]

How many parts Calcium Carbonate to the Rabbit Glue?? You skipped from the heating the pot to applying the glue to the panel.

[@MsSarah32503]

OMG Thank you for making this video. I took a materials class when I was working on my BFA. Gosh I loved that class. You prepaired your panel much the same way we did in that class 30 years ago. You have gotten me excited all over again to make gessos from scratch and prepare some panels. I really like the bounce of working on canvas. But I woul dlike to try a panel again. Tell me can I use the same recipe for canvas? Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. I look forward to more of your instruction.

[@jamessulkowski9802]

Great to hear from you! Thank you for your comments! This gesso is not used on canvas. Not good for a flexible support. I prepare my own canvases and perhaps I’ll do a video on that process as well. Two to three coats of rabbit skin glue are applied to the raw linen canvas, drying in between of course and sanded. Then two coats of white lead are applied ( also drying between coats) proportions are important and I can describe and demonstrate all of that in a video. The canvas of the masters!

[@MsSarah32503]

@@jamessulkowski9802 that would be wonderful, thank you 😊

[@chucktylerart7668]

Hello James. Thanks for another great video. I've always used untempered masonite coated with several coats of Liquitex acrylic gesso. I'm going to try this. Do you have any concerns about the chemicals in the wood your using? I was reading about avoiding some of the chemicals used in manufacturing panels. The paintings you showed looked amazing! Take care.

[@jamessulkowski9802]

Thanks for your comments. I really appreciate it! I have no concerns with chemicals that may be in the panel . These panels are permanent and make a beautiful surface to paint on.

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

Greetings from Ireland. This is called gesso. I used this method when making icons.☘️

[@jamessulkowski9802]

Yes it is. It’s gesso. And icon painters know how to make it. Great to hear from you!

[@Tt-t100]

How do you avoid the panels from wrapping?

[@jamessulkowski9802]

If the panels are 1/2” thick they won’t warp. If they’re 1/4” thick and are 16”x20” or smaller they won’t warp. If larger, than gesso the back of the panel with 3 or 4 coats.

[@miric6224]

James, ever gone through the egg tempra process? Up there with kramer; old holland; Varasi; is Rublev, Natural Pigments. (Foreign Correlations not listed,Like Petersburg Master Class). Guys, sorry, I spelled proper names to my best ability.

[@jamessulkowski9802]

Yes. I make my own egg tempera and I use it in underpainting.