Find your own way of doing things - this just happens to be how I begin a painting. There is a "craft" to creativity! This is a 40"by 40" canvas - plan to block it in with a painting of Abiquiu - I use a fine textured/pre-primed Belgian Linen on heavy-duty stretcher bars. Mix gesso with water to a medium consistency, add Payne's Grey for a light blue/grey ground - a "grisaille". The toned ground eliminates a fight with the white spaces and nicely modulates the colors of the final painting.
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