Painting with Masking Tape / Mountain Landscape / Acrylic Daily How-To Art / 119

[@facom40]

Congratulations Mike, it's amazing !

[@ArtWithMarc]

Do you prep the canvas in any way before putting the tape on? Any gesso or anything like that? I'm guessing maybe since I can't really see any texture of the canvas when you pull the tape off...

[@mikemcdonaldart]

I use pre-primed canvases but I also apply a layer of gesso to smooth them out more, especially when using masking tape. The smoother the canvas, the easier it is to get a good seal on the tape edges.
I also paint over the tape with the background color (white in this painting) to seal the tape edges an get a really sharp line when the tape is removed.

[@ArtWithMarc]

@@mikemcdonaldart Idk why I never thought about doing that with gesso for a painting I know I'm going to be using tape in. That makes total sense. I have also heard of the painting over the tape the background color technique but have yet to try it. More projects to add to the ever-increasing list!

[@maykondouglas7710]

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