Inspiration. Inspired by a Long Series.

24x24 inch canvas.

I’ve started painting with oils again. I love all types of paint but nothing smells as beautiful as oil paint. I bought a 24×24 inch canvas with the intention of translating some of my Long Series of 12×12 inch paintings into a larger format.

Long Series.

There are many of my Long Series paintings that I want to use as inspiration for larger paintings.

Long Series.

I’m not interested in an exact copy of the paintings, but rather I want to use them as starting points for new work.

Stencil.

I started by cutting a piece of brown paper to use as a stencil.

Gesso.

I poured gesso into the opening of the stencil.

Circle.

I poured and let the gesso flow until the stencil was covered. When I removed the stencil I had this circular puddle of gesso.

Cutting into the gesso.

I placed a wooden form in the centre of the puddle and let it sit for the day. Yes that is a wooden cheese box, and the cheese was fantastic.

Let dry.

When I removed the cheese box there was a circle cut in the middle of the gesso. I let the gesso dry overnight, and the next day I found I had a problem that I’ll talk about in a later post..