Making a batch of rabbitskin glue, some will be used at once and the rest frozen. Not the nicest smelling stuff when it goes off. As I use traditional gesso (Rabbitskin glue and chalk) as a medium I need to make enough rabbitskin to finish the series of paintings if I want to prevent cracking as the layers are built up.
Boards cut, sanded and ready for first coat of glue.
Glued and drying
Five to eight layers of gesso are put on the boards before I start painting.
Never spent so much time watching and waiting for stuff to dry. This is why I use acrylic paint, the additional drying time needed for oils would make this process even longer.
Denise Clarke @ The Appleloft
