What grit of sand paper do you use?

@KrisWilliams81

2 ай бұрын

Hello! You’re looking for a fine grit sandpaper. Nothing too course since you want a smooth finish. ❤️

I don't have a question, I think you explained the task very well. Thank you Kris for the video. California loves you ❤

@KrisWilliams81

4 жыл бұрын

Paul's Life thank you!! 🙃 and Hello from AZ!

Excellent info and clear explanation. Just what I needed.😊

This was excellent and extremely helpful. Please keep it up. It's appreciated.

Thank you so much for sharing ❤️ Super helpful!

Finally, a video that gets to the point quickly and helpfully

@KrisWilliams81

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤

Thank you. I needed to learn this.

A+ video - The detail is very much appreciated for us beginners. Thank you, Kris.

@KrisWilliams81

4 жыл бұрын

mark stone thank you!! 😊

Very well done. Great video Kris

@KrisWilliams81

4 жыл бұрын

Caughtafaygo _ thanks so much! ❤️

Great to see new content Kris.

@KrisWilliams81

4 жыл бұрын

Brad Avery Thank you! Working on another!

Right to the point. Thank you for this.

Great job! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for this Video! I'm doing wood panels and this is VERY helpful 🙂

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

No problem!! Happy to help others avoid the same headaches!! 😆

Thanks for the great video and walk through!

Thank you so much all the way from New Zealand 🇳🇿

Hi Kris nice to see you again. Very helpful thank you. I just started paint and I wanted a canvas larger then I wanted to buy and we work with wood already. Thanks again, and glad to see you guys moved on. Sorry it's not TAPS.

Great job Kris and you're still my favorite ghost hunter

Really helpful, thank you!

Very good job and explanation! Thank you…😊😊😊

Excellent tutorial covering every detail! Thank you!

@KrisWilliams81

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😊 More art videos coming soon! ❤️

@helenai13

10 ай бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 look forward to watching them!

I'm new to the idea of Paint Pouring and hadn't thought of painting on wood. But now that I've seen this video, I will definitely try it!! This was very informative!!

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

I love using wood panels becuase I found canvas would sag in the middle of the canvas and the paint would pool in the middle. Thats what made me switch. I personally wouldnt go back. ☺️

Oh no! Watching this made me realize I've been inducing swells on my panels I've done before with acrylic 😲 Thank you for the great break down!

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Swells suuuccckkk!!! Believe me - I had it happen a few times before I finally got a handle on it. ❤️ Glad you found the video to be helpful! ☺️

Nice clear instruction. Thank you. Archival quality is important for selling artists.

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️

Thank you so much, it is very helpful info.

I prefer wood to canvas and shaped round/curved wood to plain straight angled rectangle/square canvas. Plus we are woodworkers so have a ton of wood to use up ;) This info is so needed for me to switch from canvas to create a professional resin artwork on wood. Thank you for sharing your talents! oh yea thanks for a clear narration voice lol

HI I'm working with wood panels and it has worked so far, were both watercolor and new acrylic and have found some good results...

What a great tutorial. Succinct, precise, and very helpful. Many thanks :)

@KrisWilliams81

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

I love that the video is very detailed thank you so much!!🙏

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️

@matriarchfacilitator

2 жыл бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 Hello to you and your very welcome and enjoy your Mother's Day weekend!!❤❤❤❤❤

Amazing video. I found it very informative. I'm not sure if anyone has commented on this, but I am coming from a woodworking background and I'd suggest doing a coat or two on the back so it does not warp. I found this out the hard way. Maybe it doesn't matter for what you are doing, but a larger piece of wood could bend. Cheers for teaching me about gesso!

@KrisWilliams81

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Not a bad idea on the back, especially if you live somewhere humid or plan on hanging it in a humid space (bathroom etc). 🤓

Very informative vid Kris!! You did a great job, very neatly done!! 👍👍 Also, your nails look great!! 😊😊

@KrisWilliams81

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Jacobs lol thank you! Nails were 👍🏻👍🏻 to make up for hair 😂

Ilove how detailed you are

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! :) I can be a little detail crazy

@ericbastiaanse6221

3 жыл бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 to be fair, thats a good thing actually.

I don't have a question. I just want to say "MORE"! More videos, more of you. My daughter likes art and painting and it is wearing off on me. I enjoying your videos, you explain things very well. Plus hearing your voice brings a comfort to me, since I have been a fan for a long time, and hearing you speak takes me back to days of less stress and better times. I hope you are well. Your art is so freaking cool. I will purchase one of your paintings one day. The one I really liked went really fast. So I am just waiting for the right one to not only pop, but also go with the room (haha). Thank you for all you have done and continue to do.

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I am working on it! Part of my problem is I have waaaayyyy too many hobbies... way... too... many. Can't figure out where to put my focus! :) Thank you so much for watching and for all of your kind words.

Loved It!

@KrisWilliams81

4 жыл бұрын

TheBrettBurnz thank you 😊

Amazing video

@KrisWilliams81

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you so much this video was so helpful

@KrisWilliams81

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad I could help. ❤️

You are a pro, thanks!

@KrisWilliams81

3 ай бұрын

Thank YOU! ☺️

Thank you for the video Kris. You weren't kidding, it does take a few days just to prep the canvas. I look forward to the next video, assuming its the actual painting portion of the piece.

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

It is quite a process!!! I used to be able to buy them pre-gessoed but I have stepped up in sizes so they are harder to find. I will eventually post a second half to this - the actual pouring process. :)

@foregintrucker464

3 жыл бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 awesome. Looking forward to #2 of the process. Hopefully one day, you'll be able to find larger ones.

Great video

As always an amazing video from ghost hunting to artist

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

Superb

Thank you!

Nice.

Thanks so much for the help

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! ❤️ Glad to hear you found it useful!

Thanks a lot !!

Thanks for your video Kris! I'm wondering what is the grit of the sanding block you used.

Wonderful presentation! You got right to the point without a thousand umms along the way. Thank you!! I didn't watch /read enough about pours and ruined a table top when it warped. I sanded off the commercial poly, painted three coats of Kilz and then poured. It swelled at least two inches. Uugh. Do you know how gesso is different than Kilz? I'm scared to try again but you've brought back a little desire to try again.

Kris, Your panel is 999.9% perfect! Couple of hints to get to the 100%mark. I make my own. I buy full skeets of Birch 1/4 inch panels. No others panels. Always use furniture quality panels. Cut them down professionally to make a range of sizes... small to larger... like 40 x 60 inch panels. To make the panel rigid I make a 1/2" x 2" frame, glued down... as in your panel. I have the carpenters give me the panels all 'sanded'. Easy for them and no mess for me! When I come to gesso, I start with blue tape as well. I can't stand a messy looking panel. It looks so unprofessional. If someone is paying thousands of dollars for your art then it is worth the effort to make the back as good as the front. First trick for you. When you want to give a light sanding first, take a damp, not wet, cloth, wipe back and front of the panel. Let it dry then use very 300 grit etc. The bit of damp will raise some of the fibres. It will get rid of any chance of that roughness will come through your gesso. It is a quick step and it saves time later. Second trick. Sizing. Get a bottle of PVA glue. Give two coats. It make sure that nothing nasty will get through the gesso. Just in case. At this point, apart from damping and sanding and the PVA, you are showing the correct way to prep panels. Bravo! I make a third step. :-) There is also a possibility that the panel might warp. The first time you put wet gesso on the panel it means that some moisture will get through. This the reason of the PVA... well, partly. The back of the panel, with battens, that should be sealed as well. Before I do the gesso part, I sand and coat the back and the battens, I give two full coats with polyurethane spar varnish. Completely sealed and the varnish will give a shine like your best dining room table! When your masterpiece is finished... make a label. Print off your own label. Title of the paintings, dimension of the piece, 'Oil on Panel' and then your name. If you want, make a small description of the painting... location or history etc. Neatly cover the label with clear tape. For the future, someone will know exactly what it was also about. I have been making my own panels for 35 years. The first attempts were a bit 'rough', but over the years originally I used masonite panels. real rabbit glue size, lay down a sheet of 'butter muslin', more sizing and the REAL gesso. Building the layers of gesso.. forrough or smooth. When finished it looks like linen canvas. Great work Kris!

Very Informative! :)

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

On a totally different subject it would be great to see you in Paris next year fro Jim's 50th. I hope you can make it.

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to... are you going?!?!

@deanpreston

3 жыл бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 I'll be there. I'll be doing another documentary so if you want to be involved let me know. My email is deansos@yahoo.com

Thank u very much for this good explanation! Which tape do you use?

Question, I have some nice panels of hard board that have a shiny finish on one side, like a varnish maybe. Is it ok to go over that finish, if so do I still use gesso, and if using gesso would I sand the original finish before the first coat? Thank you.

Great channel! I just recently learned another method that has worked very well for me. You can go to Home Depot or Lowe’s to buy your wood panel with a 4 x 8 sheet, they will cut it for you for free any size!$32. you can prime it with rust, oleum, white primer, in a spray paint can.same thing, 4 or 5 coats. If your handy like me building the frame is easy and cheaper As well! Thanks again!

@HSDreamsprint

8 ай бұрын

Do you find that it's cheaper than buying the wood panel already primed?

@bruceallen6377

8 ай бұрын

@@HSDreamsprintabsolutely, here where I live there’s always scrap lumber, sometimes even the same wood panels you would buy at Home Depot at the transfer station/dump that’s free I use my table saw to cut and make frames with! All you need is wood glue and a few clamps! It’s work but fun. If you buy the materials it’s about 4 dollars for a 12 x 16 wood panel. With one can of rust oleum white paint primer you can do about eight panels that size, three coats on each. I almost forgot to mention buy a can of polyurethane to seal the backside of the panel as well to prevent moisture from soaking into the wood. One can will last you a long time, each panel only needs one coat on the back.

Need I to coated with gesso or rabbit skin glue if I painted on plywood with egg tempera ( because plywood has on one side white color)? I am waiting for answering, thank you very much.

Do you ever do a glue coat before the gesso?

Do you recommend this one other types of wood? Such as wooded bowls?

I find your video very helpful! What do you think if i skip any prep if i wanna do acrylic pouring on wood panel? It will be already very think painting that ill be pouring on, so it wouldn't matter much, woundt it?? Look forward to your answer. Thanks :)

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Yoi def cannot skip doing gesso for a wood panel if you’re doing a pour. The reason, bare wood absorbs the paint and it’ll cause the wood to crack, swell, etc. You have to prep the panel with gesso since the paint will just sit on it like a puddle. The gesso creates a layer of protection between the wood and paint. I actually do extra coats of gesso to be sure it doesnt seep through.

I so appreciate this video. I just got into this and noticed some of my initial canvas panels have bowed. Not sure what caused it on some but not others. At any rate this was/is very helpful information. Can you tell me what grit sanding block you are using. Given the idea is to give it tooth after sanding down the untidy areas I am assuming it is a courser grit. Thanks again.

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

I have had bowing before too - especially with panels from Hobby Lobby where the faces of the panels arent real wood. Even though they came pre-gessoed the matierial just wasnt tough enough to withstand that much moisture. The grit of the sand paper I would have to double check but its not overly course - more fine to mid. With the changing direction of gesso being brushed on, you get a lil added texture there too depending on thickness.

@ryanlee9150

2 жыл бұрын

wait you're telling me your CAVASES were bowing?? Not wood panels you mean??! it your canvas isn't stretched tight you can easily fix that by spraying it with water then drying!!

thanks for these informations. tell me it is necessary to put a layer of white glue before applying the gesso? thanks again

@KrisWilliams81

2 ай бұрын

No need for glue, just apply gesso straight to wood.

Oh it's fun to prep the wooden circles....& hearts! Ugh

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Lol nooo way!!! 😂

So you ever use a pva sealer before gesso? I've seen that in some other videos, but not all. I am interested in finishing an electric guitar body with acrylic and sealing it and I'm trying to figure out best practice.

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

I have not… just the gesso. 🤔

I have wood panels w/o cradle- is the method the same, or should I do both sides? Thank you

Hey Kris! I watched a lot of Bob Ross as a kid and always told myself I would one day try painting. Back in 2007 I bought a small starter kit of paint and canvasses and been practicing ever since. My question was regarding using black Jesso as a base, have you ever tried it? It works really good for shadows and lowlights being there automatically. Anyways, good job! I enjoyed your video

@livefreeordie1776

Жыл бұрын

Depends on your starting point. Bob used black and white gesso for his paintings. A lot of people gesso then tone the canvas with a color.

Thank you for your video. Artists use Gesso for priming the board. But why can't you use waterbased Kilz instead?

Thank you for the video! Do you wait 20 mins between each coat and then 24 hours after the last coat?

@KrisWilliams81

Жыл бұрын

Yes ❤ sorry - just seeing your comment. 20 between each coat then 24 hours after final coat.

I see you tape off the back. What if you want to paint the 4 sides with gesso, when the painting is visible from the side, what direction would you do? Thanks

How do you finish the wood after painting it or doing your pour? I recently completed a table top and I want to put a finish on it to protect it. 😊

@rosesoothsayer6904

Жыл бұрын

Usually epoxy resin

What brand/type of brush are you using?

Can you use regular paint primer

Actually I do have a quick question related to pricing. When you are pricing your pieces to sell do you account for the time it takes you to prime the piece?

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - it is time consuming. I dont count drying time - just when I’m actively working on it (applying gesso, sanding, etc.) I usually will prep a bunch in one go too. Just easier to get several ready to go once the mess has begun 😂

Is this ready to alcohol painting too ?

Hey new subscriber here all the way from India ♥️🥰❤️♥️ is 2 to 3 coats enough for a MDF for regular acrylic painting?

what are the panels called at Michaels

Do you do acrylic pours? Can you post some videos of that?

Will gesso fill any small nicks or imperfections in the wood? Or should I sand them out and use a little filler? I used plywood to make a wood round for my painting.

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

If the imperfections are small enough it will fill to some extent. Good to always sand down though to get rid of all high points. And, if the indented/cracked imperfections are larger enough would def use a proper filler.

@joeycasey2323

2 жыл бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 Thank you very much. I have heard of some people using floetrol in their gesso too. Would that work for the small ones? Just to level it all out.

Should you water gesso down to prevent brush strokes, and if so how thin should it be?

@KrisWilliams81

Жыл бұрын

Answered this in video

Kris, are you still selling your works? If so do you have an online store for that? Thank You for being YOU..

@KrisWilliams81

4 жыл бұрын

Len Shreck thank you!!! I do, right now Im selling on ebay (the link is in the video description above) but I am working on my own website too.

@philipreedwallace

4 жыл бұрын

Len Shreck agree

Do you have to sand between gesso layers?

@KrisWilliams81

5 ай бұрын

Answer is in video

What do you use to remove dust from sanding?

@KrisWilliams81

2 ай бұрын

I’ve always just used a dry cloth or paper towel. ❤

Can I use gesso on wood panel to draw using charcoal and pencil?

@KrisWilliams81

3 ай бұрын

I cant say Ive ever thought to gesso wood to draw on it… usually it’s just to paint since the medium is wet (being wet it can be absorbed by the wood). But, if your hanging your art in a bathroom or damp area when done it might be a good idea. There are clear gessos too. Might even help add some extra texture to the wood for the pencil and charcoal to grip to. I am only guessing though since its not something ive done personally.

@HM-sx3fq

3 ай бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 actually because I want a white background for my charcoal on wood artwork, that's why I was thinking to use gesso on wood. I'll give it a try. Thanks for your response ✨

Can you link to your sander please?

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

I dont have a link since I bought it at home depot. If you go to their sanding isle they have reg. Sanding paper and they’ll have the snading blocks in the same place. Forget exact grit but go fine for a smooth surface. You dont want anything too course since it’ll just scratch up the surface.

Does it matter the grit of the sanding block?

@KrisWilliams81

Ай бұрын

Check pinned comment 🖤

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Is it ok to water down thick gesso?

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

It is! I like to water mine down a little bit to try to cut down on noticable brush strokes. 👍🏻

@annevolk1099

3 жыл бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 Thank you! mine is really thick, don't know why I bought it that way, but if its ok to water it down, that is great.

what number for the sand paper?

@KrisWilliams81

5 ай бұрын

You want a fine grain - nothing too course since you want a somewhat smooth surface.

So you don't use a wood primer? The Gesso I'm using dries semi clear. It's by Matisse and called Transparent Gesso but I see the Gesso you're using is like covering the board in white paint. So is my Gesso ok to use without wood primer?

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard of clear gesso, have also seen it in black and other colors. Most standard is the white used in the video. Gesso acts like a primer, use it directly on the wood. It is also used on canvas - canvas is typically a tan color. The white of a stretched canvas is the gesso.

@coffeesnob100

2 жыл бұрын

@@KrisWilliams81 Thank you Kris.

What grit?

Should you gesso both sides of a wood panel?

@KrisWilliams81

2 жыл бұрын

Typically you wouldn’t. Just the side you’ll be painting on.

If you ever move to Miami I can help you with your projects.

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

lol deal! :)

Have you tried our panels?

@KrisWilliams81

2 ай бұрын

I have!! I believe I started ordering from you guys through Amazon shortly after this video. ❤

I just wanted to say that you're still as beautiful as you was when you was on Ghost Hunters and your husband is a very lucky man

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

Ex-husband... but thank you!!! :)

Are you going back to ghost hunters?

@KrisWilliams81

3 жыл бұрын

No plans to, thank you though.

Thank You 😊 Was very helpful.