Make Your Own Professional Quality Painting Panels, Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
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Time Stamp:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Tools List
02:14 Overview of Steps
03:25 Panel Surface Options
07:13 Measure & Cut Panels
14:28 Clean Up & Sand Panels
18:57 Trim Canvas
20:04 Gesso Panels
24:44 Skillshare Promo
27:16 Glue Canvas to Panels
31:50 Weighting Down Panels
34:36 Trimming Excess Canvas
36:40 Must Know Canvas Primer
38:15 Toning the Panels
42:59 Bonus: Finishing the Backs
47:19 Wrap Up
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Supplies Used to Make the Painting Panels:
1/8" Tempered Masonite: www.homedepot.com/p/1-8-in-x-...
Cutting Board: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06...
Utility Knife: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Utility Knife Blades: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Pencils: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
24" Metal Ruler with Cork Backing: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Speedball 4" rubber brayer: www.kqzyfj.com/click-9173789-...
Claessens Acrylic Primed Linen #166: www.kqzyfj.com/click-9173789-...
Chip Brush 2": www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
3M Medium/Fine Sanding Sponges: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Rustoleum Grey Spray Primer: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Raphael's Miracle Muck 1/2 Gallon: raphaelsap.com/miracle-muck-1-...
Gesso: www.jdoqocy.com/click-9173789...
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Thanks for the video Steve. The process was interesting to watch and seems easy to execute.
Let us know how it goes for you Karen.
Thank you so much. One of the best instructional videos on here.
Thanks Knighton, I'm glad it helps. I appreciate you taking the time to watch... Paint on!!
excellent demo! thank you very much.
Great! Thank you for the time and effort to show in detail how to make professional painting panels!
Glad it helped you Olija, thanks for watching. Lots more videos you may find helpful on my channel!
This was amazing and thorough! Your personality is awesome as well. Thanks!
Awww, thanks Finessence 808!
Thank you so much for clarifying. Appreciate your valuable time and teaching.
You're welcome, I hope it comes in handy and you try making these panels yourself!
Finally got to sit down and watch this. Fantastic information Steve. Probably the best and most detailed video on making your own panels on the internet. I've been using tempered masonite for the past year. I apply 3 or 4 coats of gesso to the shiny side (after sanding) then paint straight on this surface. It works well though it's pretty smooth and it is a bit too absorbent. At least in the beginning. I have a roll of canvas that I recently bought and I'm going to try this method. Thanks again for the great video.
Hi Steve! I have it on my future video list to do a gessoed panel video. I don't like that slick as snot surface, so I add a small amount of pumice to my gesso and if you get the proportion right, you'll end up with a very fine sandpapery painting surface that takes the paint without fighting you.
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Sounds great Steve.
Excellent explanation for producing a quality professional panel. Haven’t seen one this detailed.
The tip about pressing small panels in a t-shirt press is brilliant. I HAVE ONE OF THOSE collecting dust in the garage! Thank you for this video it's extremely helpful!
Hi Steve.... it's been quite a few years since I've done this now that I'm doing most all my work digitally. Every time I watch one of your videos I get the urge to do traditional work... maybe one of these days I'll actually make it happen. When I do, I'll let you know. Thanks again for a very well done and informative video.
Hey John, c'mon in...the water's fine! lol!!
Is the Raphael's Miracle Muck glue like rabbit or other hide glues. These hide glues are surface glues that do not sink into the materials, contact glues which are not setting glues. This means that like thermo-plastic heat cause them to loose strength. Thus can the canvas be pulled off the panel. Say for example the panel warps. Steam it until the adhesive releases. remove and while still hot place on a new panel with glued surface. and treat as before, apply a loaded.
Hey Steve, you made me smile when you said that you used to airbrush. My late brother had a airbrush shop where he painted everything from tee shirts to motorcycles. It made him a living with being a graphic artist as his 9-5 job. Thanks for the excellent tutorial.
Hey Brian, airbrushing was a great way for me to break into graphic arts and it paid my way through college. I started in high school by teaching myself to airbrush t-shirts, then motorcycle tanks and vans. I airbrushed t-shirts at Cedar Point, an amusement park in northern Ohio for a summer. Then taught myself to use the airbrush to do my illustrations, before eventually moving on to illustrate in Photoshop.
Hi Steve, well explained informative video. Thanks! I like the idea of the 1/8" masonite. I've only used 1/4", and my husband cut them with his table saw. It would be nice to hand cut them myself. I'm also intrigued by the idea of gluing onto the rough side since I've only used the smooth double sided. You've given me some good ideas. Thanks!
Let us know how it goes Debra. You'll do great! It's actually fun to put on some music and set up an assembly line style painting panel making station! Before you know it, you'll have more panels than you know what to do with.
If u ever take a break from art... u could be a great comedian 🤩😊💖 u make learn’n the not so fun part... & make it really an enjoyable process... Thank u...
Thank you Deonna, I'm lucky I get to do what I love... and I know it, ha! Thanks for watching!
I used to hear "experts" reporting that Masonite isn't archival until I saw a painting at our local museum dating back to 1925, still in great condition compared to others painted on linen. So there's that.
I just started with oil painting and this video helped me a lot!! Thank you so much!!! Do you have more tips on these more...logistical aspects of painting (materials, paint, framing etc)?
Best of luck in your oil painting journey P3gasus! Thank you for your kind feedback, it's much appreciated. Take a look through the channel videos I've uploaded. I'm taking a bit of a hiatus right now just trying to catch up on some commissions and deadlines, but I'll be back in the new year to continue to share my knowledge and help however I can... paying it forward! Happy New Year.
You have answered so many questions about canvas and board prep. So many artists blithely say "get masonite" or a "panel" but hello, peops at Home Depot sell wood for building and not for artists so they look at me like I'm tripping. Thanks, Steve! One of the most complete and informative tutorial I've seen! 🤗Cheryl
And a question. Does it matter which side of the masonite you paint? You talk about front and back side but after you cut the board, are the sides obvious? Thx, Steve, for your help!
For some masonite there is no difference between front and back. but some has a smooth front side and a waffle weave texture on the back. I will glue my canvas to the waffle weave back side if it has one. if not, either smooth side works fine.
That's what I love to hear Cheryl! We're here to make things easier for each other 😊
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Every time I watch your channel, I get inspired! You're a great teacher! See you again 🤗
Hi Steve! Your videos are invaluable, we are so lucky that you share all this painting knowledge with us here. I am kind of shocked to see nobody has asked the most important question left unanswered in this particular video though, which cool bands have you seen? Thanks for all your hard work, and huge congratulations on making the cover of Art of the West magazine!
Thanks Jim (or should I call you Mr. Macaroni?) for the congrats on Art of the West magazine, it was a thrill for sure. Ha, what cool bands? Unfortunately, I think I'm too old to remember 🥴
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt haha! Jim is fine, Mr. Macaroni is my father :-) I'm just kidding, this is just my online & gaming cowboy pseudonym unfortunately. Longtime gamsol exposure is probably eroding my band-seeing memory too 😭 take care!
Great! Thanks for the time and effort to show in detail how a pro oil painter does this stuff 🤣. Especially appreciate the reference to your specific choice of materials and why. Little gems like "toning acrylic primed with acrylic or oil but toning oil primed only with oil" are gold. I'm curious, do you ever paint on plain gesso primed panels with no canvas? Good one buddy?
Hiya Steve! Ha, every time I think... I can do a short video about _______ , ... it always turns into at least 1/2 - 1 hour. There's always a need to break out this part or that to explain what I'm doing and why. LOL. Thanks for watching and for your support, it's much appreciated!
Hey Steve-o, I remembered when I was working away that you had asked about working on plain gesso primed boards. I have tried working on them and found I don't have the control I do with canvas panels. However, if I add a small amount of pumice powder, it creates a very nice tooth that pulls the paint onto the surface. Thanks for the question, I'll have to add that to my list for future videos! The check is in the mail!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt This was going to be my same question. I've noticed that some artists prefer the smoothness of painting directly onto the panel, of course, after it is sealed with gesso. I think some sand down the gesso and apply several layers. I think it all comes down to your style and personal preference?
I was going to ask the same question too! I think if you want to paint very fine detail, you use the smooth panels (without canvas). Good tip about adding pumice powder to the gesso.
I recently found out about ACM (Aluminum Composite Panels), which sounds fantastic from a practical and archival sense of view, albeit less warm and cozy than wood.
A friend of mine uses them exclusively. They take a little prep work, but work great and are very light!
Thank you for the video.This is very helpful.Can you make video about how to make your own canvas.Thank you
You are the MAN!
Thanks buddy. I know it's a long one, but there's just so much to cover and since I'm showing how to do it, I don't wanna miss anything. Thanks for the support, I appreciate it!
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt it’s good stuff thanks
Great stuff. Would you mind showing how you finish the back after you finish a painting? e.g. do you sign/number it, etc?
Hey Steve, I took your advice and ordered the Carlson landscape book. I'm a voracious reader, but this book is some tough sledding. Still, it's full of great information. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Dale, I'm glad you did, and if you stick with it and get used to the way it's written, it's so very filled with great information. The best book on useful painting information I've ever read. In fact, it's so full of great info that I read it in small chunks and use my highlighter and notebook. Every time I read it, I find things that I wasn't ready for at the last reading. It always gives me something I can tuck away and use later. Good on you!!!
Excellent 15 minute video.
Thanks Jeff!
Nice informational video 🥇How about toning your gesso, instead of two-step gessoing and toning your glued canvas?
Hi Rune, you sure can if you know what color you're going to want your toned canvas to be when you go to paint. I change up the colors I use to tone my canvas, so that's why I wait. But there's no reason you couldn't do what you suggest!
Steve, thank you for sharing all of your knowledge here, I just found your channel today. Why exactly do you tone the canvas, is it to provide contrast for color while painting? Don't some artists paint directly onto the white canvas? What colors do you recommend, other than the one you use?
Hi Shane, you're welcome, I'm glad you found the channel. As to why do artists tone the canvas, it has to do with being able to judge the values better on a toned surface than one that's stark white. Often times, and especially with newbies, you end up painting everything too dark once all the canvas has been covered. It's kind of like trying to paint en plein air with the sun shining on your palette and canvas. It all looks good until you get it indoors in natural light and it's just a dark shadowy mess. It doesn't really matter what color you use, but I almost always tone mine with yellow ochre. That way if I let some of the toned underpainting show through, it adds a bit of sparkle. If I paint nocturnes, or moonlit night scenes, I tone with burnt sienna. But sometimes I experiment and try something out there. In my video I did a while ago here on the channel, I used a bright pink toned canvas. I've used purple and green and gray. Whatever floats your boat really. There's no wrong color. Good luck and happy painting!
Regular masonite is just wood chips treated with high temperature, high pressure steam, then moulded into panels. So there shouldn't be any noxious chemicals in it, unlike MDF. It's the lignin in the wood chips that bonds it together.
Wow thank you so much for all your helpful instruction! I'm having a problem with three of the four corners of a finished painting on a panel. The linen is separating from the board! My immediate thought is to brush some of this archival adhesive into the problem areas and press the corners until dry. Is this the correct approach to fix this long term?
Yep, exactly how I'd fix it! Make sure to press out the excess adhesive or else you'll have bumps there. Good luck!
Thank you for this cheerful video! I am creating a mixed media commission that needs to be 45"x45". Do you think using a 1/4" masonite will be safe from warping? I am worried about using stretched canvas for a collage type piece, because I don't want it to move and disrupt the glued on aspects. I would frame the piece and ship it framed, so that should protect it a bit from warping.
Great instructions. At the end of the video, I noticed the panel was a little warped, but you don't mention it. Is it something that will correct itself over time, something that you will take care of later, or it just doesn't matter?
Hi Francois, that panel will easily straighten out when put in the frame. I should have mentioned that, but it was so slight, I must not have thought to talk about it.
Thank you for this vid!!....
Do you use the medium or smooth linen?
You're welcome Snapper Lee! I use universally primed Claessens 166 medium texture.
Hi Steve, I just bought some birch plywood . Before I adhere the linen to the plywood I just wanted to check with you about priming the wood. I think I understood you to say that if you use birch plywood you do NOT have to prime first??? Is that correct? I know in this demo you are using tempered masonite primed with gesso. thanks again for the demonstration.
No, if it were me, I'd put a coat of gesso or two down just to be safe. You don't have to, but it's always better to play it safe and it will only take an extra half hour or so.
oh Steve, thank you for uploading this. this seems a lot of work and the only thing concerning me is,,,,will they warp?
Hi Huchen. I know it looks like a lot of work. I think that's only because I explain everything so in depth. Once you've done a few, they go very quickly and if you do multiples at the same time, you will only need to make them a couple times a year, if that. Will they warp? Sometimes only vey slightly if you don't gesso both sides, and never enough that it's a problem. Once they're in the frame they are perfect.
Old auto batteries make good weights. Put a larger board on top first then the battery. Use more than one for larger panels.
You are so funny!!!😂😂
How about using Kilz primer first, then the gesso?
Have you covered working with un primed canvas? I made a bad mistake priming linen and it really dried unevenly with wrinkles. Also if unprimed, should you iron it first before priming? Thanks for your knowledge.
Hello Candace, I haven't covered how to prime unprimed canvas because I don't usually prime my own. Almost always I buy preprimed linen because priming it myself is more work than it's worth to me personally. And the second reason is that I much prefer the surface texture of preprimed to what I can do. But. I have had to prime my own when I was experimenting to see if I liked it. Basically I stretched my unprimed canvas, then applied my first coat of gesso. Let that dry, sanded it to smooth the nubbies that are raised from the gesso. Repeat the steps... gesso, dry, sand, until you're happy with it. At least 3 coats, more is 👌.
Hi.
Thank you so much for the video. I have two questions for you 😊
Why do you use specifically "anti-rust primers" for the backside of your boards?
And with all steps in mind. Would you say that your masonite boards are just as archival as other store brought products?
I used the gray primer I had already. But really, any gray spray primer will do. Secondly, once the gesso has been applied to the masonite, which seals the board and protects the canvas and painting, it is archival. You can use birch plywood boards If you would like to use a better quality board that is safer archivally. Hope that helps!
Steve....tempered masonite is smooth both sides and non-tempored is rough on one side. When I was at Home Depo yesteredy, they just had the rough one side (I can't use that) but Lowels had tempored (a little hard to find these days).
There is a new product called EUCABOARD. Made from eucalyptus trees.
Looks a bit like masonite with a lesser rough surface that the not tempered masonite. However it seems to be a strong, durable as the tempered masonite.
I saw it at Lowes and Home Depot.
@@jeffhildreth9244 - Thanks for the tip, Jeff.
How about using masking tape to cover the finished painting on the front before spraying the back. I’m afraid of overspray - it goes everywhere and static attracts it. Also how much solvent do you use to paint for toning and do you add any liquin to it?
All good questions. Absolutely, yes you can mask off the back!
If you're using solvent and oil paint to tone your canvas, it can be the consistency of, say skim milk. You don't need much paint to tone your canvas. All you want to do is take the white of the original canvas down a value or two.
Hi, in one of the comments you answer: "prime neutral flag gray" did you meant flat gray. It looks dark. Also where can I order a stamp like yours to stamp the back of the panels. Thank you, this is the best video. Also the video on 10 tips for painting clouds deserves an award!!!
Hi Elizabeth! Thanks for watching and for your question. I did indeed say it is primer spray paint, flat (no shine to it), and a neutral grey. It's roughly a medium grey, but if it's too dark for your taste you can easily find a lighter grey. Really, any color you use is fine and just another way to express who you are as an artist. As I recall, I ordered my rubber stamp from Etsy.com and gave them a jpg of the design I wanted them to use. Paint on, and good luck in your artist journey!!!
Hi Steve, thanks for the answer, I was wondering who is the seller on Etsy? size of the stamp and font? @@SteveAtkinsonFineArt
Steve, can you tell me which fence to use? What weight? Can it also be linen? Does it matter. In the case of canvas on looms, apparently it has, but I don't know anything about it :)))
Sorry Chaconne 04, what do you mean... "which fence to use?" I'm not familiar with that. You can use any kind of canvas or linen. All will work.
If you gesso masonite, do you really need the canvas?
Steve, why not leave the backs white? Thank you!
Hi Ruth, that's a great question. You absolutely can leave the back white. But I find that if I'm sending my paintings to my galleries, I want them looking as professional as possible. So, I paint them a neutral flag grey. It's purely for aesthetics =0)
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt Thank you for the reply, Steve. That makes a lot of sense.
Hi Steve,
im so sad that you dont protect your cutting map!
Why not use a roller and cover the surrounding?
its not a good advice to mess up everything.
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Professionally, does it matter to galleries and buyers alike, if you work on panels or stretched canvases?
Not that I've ever noticed. As long as you're working on some kind of surface that's archival. Most plein air painters work on panels since it's easier to take them into the field. Studio artists work on whichever surface they're comfortable with. Good question.
@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt When I was a young artist panels were looked down on, but watching you it seems times have changed. Probably a matter of snobbery to a degree.
@@thomaskauffman983 truthfully, I've not run into that. But collectors can have their preferences. I know some collectors who won't buy a work of art if it's not painted on linen canvas. They don't like the consistent weave of cotton canvas. So I can believe it might be a "thing". But it's possible with the popularity of plein air painting, panels have shifted to being universally accepted.
Birch panels? Are you talking about 4x8, 4x4 and sometime 2x4 cut pieces? Birch plywood today? You mean that cheap stuff that warps, that you can hardly cut without major tearout, that has veneer to layer that’s so thin it sometimes buckles? Oh, that stuff.
We must not buy our Baltic birch plywood at the same place. Mine is not cheap or warped. I'm just trying to help people learn how to make panels like I make them. If you don't want your plywood to shred when you cut it, simply place a line of painter's tape along your pencil guide line and cut it with your table saw... no shredding. But let's try to keep the comments kind and civil, OK?
Why not spray the back first before gluing the canvas to the front?
I don't normally paint the back until I've done the oil painting. That way, I don't get the finished back of the panel fingerprinted up with oil paint. That's the only reason. Good question.
Couldn't you just use the acrylic paint on the back instead of the spray paint? Is there any difference in the two?
Yes, acrylic paint would be fine. The only reason I like to use the spray paint is that the spray paint leaves an absolutely smooooth surface, while the acrylic would be rougher, but either will work.
Thank you Steve for the wonderful video. Just one question, what happens if I glue the canvas directly to the panel without gessoing the panel.
kk3421 you can do that without any problem, it'll be a good painting panel. But, down the road, probably long after we're gone, the chemicals in the masonite may start to degrade your painting.
Never cut towards your body with a blade or any tool for that matter. Cut away. It’s fine when you have it on the mat separating the boards but one slip and you’re going to bleed out. Your video is the best one I’ve come across for preparing wooden panels but I really am concerned about your safety and anyone who tries to copy some of your cutting techniques.
that doesn't look like some ordinary canvas . is it linen
sir please reply
Nope, it's Claessen's Universal Primed Linen. Paint on!
Just a warning here on gluing canvas to panels. My experience is you do not want ANY glue to end up on your painting surface. I have horror stories to tell about pre primed linen canvas then glued to panels! I suspect the same horrors could happen on various other scenarios. The reason, you can not guarantee the canvas does not have some porous qualities where the glue can seep thru. It happens. So your paints end up atop not the acrylic ground or oil ground, but on glue. In time, it does not stay adhered and causes fragmentation of the paint layer, ruining your work. A cautionary tale.