I have always bought the Masonite that is only finished on one side, because the unfinished side has an "almost canvas" like pattern on it. I cover the unfinished side with 4 coats of gesso, alternating brush/roller directions, and have never had a panel warp. Done this with panels up to 24x36.

@chamberlainpaintings

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

Totally agree about using cheap materials for painting on - very liberating. I've even used stuff like plasterboard and concrete sheet. Really enjoying your videos and love your style. Thanks from NZ.

I just wanna say that you are SOOOOOO talented!!!!!!!!!!!

Would love to see your materials used / suggested in your description ☺️ Will be rewatching to take meticulous notes! Have some painter friends here in the bay and I think these would be awesome gifts to make for our “canvas nights”

Yeah tackling some large works is awesome. Enjoy your trip and painting Mike 😊

My favourite landscape painter!

This is awesome! I'll have to try this out. Canvas can get pricey! And like you said, you can definitely get nervous with experimenting when you're invested financially in the support.

I use the pumice and I like it. Good suggestion. I forgot to thin with water. Live and learn.

Woo love these tutorials!

I’m going to try this! I haven’t tried painting on hardboard

$10 is such a good bargain for a 30x30!

Can you do a video also on your art journey? Did you study art in college? What lead up to your career? Im getting my bachelors in fine arts and would love to know how everything falls into place after 😊

@chamberlainpaintings

5 жыл бұрын

Ok will do! 😊

You should do a video with Emma !!!

Great video, thanks Mike!

Thanks for the link 👍🏻

Thanks for the tips

Awesome! Yes, framing is the dilemma always - I use the $1.19 fence panels from Home depot, split them and fill in corners with putty. If ya got any quick tips on framing, please make a video.

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have several videos about how I make my frames. Here's the latest: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oXtntbWqmq3AddI.html

Please make a video on how you attach the supports to the masonite with liquid nails. Love your videos, they are very useful, greetings from Colombia

very cool, wish I did all this stuff haha

Informative. I am going to make an attempt at making some of these. I found the pumice powder on Amazon.

Loving this series Mike! Camera image looking extra sharp today (what camera do you use by the way?), thinking of picking up a G7X MII. Happy summer!

@chamberlainpaintings

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm using a G7X Mll.

I have never painted in my life. Why am I watching this video? But more importantly, why do I enjoy it?

@davidlang4442

2 жыл бұрын

Because there is an artist inside you wanting to get out..

You are such a great guy! It comes through in all that you do. We appreciate your sharing with us your money saving advice like this one. Wish I was handy with power tools or even had them...so may of us don’t have them, so we are stuck with $$ panels that we have to buy.

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Sherrie!

I always put some acrylic paint in with the last coat of gesso to tone the support. I do the same thing when I use canvas too.

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

I did that for a while, but now I like using transparent colors over a white support. What color do you tone with?

@claygreen4723

3 жыл бұрын

@@chamberlainpaintings usually a yellow ochre or some burnt siena. Nothing extreme but helps warm everything up.

Thank youuuu for sharing!! What size panels do you use/make?

I am glad you mentioned pumice powered ,☺️👍🙏😎Monterey and Carmel , lovely area , lucky you . Got ask my husband to cut this board for me 🤭☺️

Have done an oil toning on gesso coatings? I guess this stuff looks like dry erase board.

So Michael how did the large panels work out with the whiteboard on your cradles? Cheers -Greg

You got the Behlin pronunciation right, just fyi. Enjoying the process videos

@chamberlainpaintings

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

Nice music

Can I ask a really really dumb question please? Masonite / hardboard like that has the painted side (white in this case), then the back of it that is that sort of weird cardboardy stuff with like loads of crosses printed into it to add texture- normally the 'b' side that you don't see? So you have lightly sanded that & then primed that? Huh? Or have you gotten twin faced hardboard with two 'presentation' faces on it- one white, one the usual brown colour? Sorry to sound thick, but in the UK Ive only ever really seen the one sided stuff with brown one side & checker texture on the other, and zooming in on the video isn't helping much!

@KristaFulbright

6 ай бұрын

Yes I am wondering that too. Some hardboard has a texture on the back like an imprinted pattern and is rough and not smooth at all. I WISH we could get SupaWood in the USA!!!! UUUUUUGGHHHHHH.

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Do you ever make a texture on the board for your brush strokes before working? If so, how? Had to edit, what I mean by working, is painting. Haha

@chamberlainpaintings

5 жыл бұрын

I don't really texture the panels. Some people make a texture by doing random brush strokes with a large house painting brush.

@oilartworks9124

5 жыл бұрын

@@chamberlainpaintings Thanks for your help man. I gotcha. I like the idea of using boards and I can see you're a hard worker, but I also like the texture of a canvas on my brush so I figured I would see what you were doing beyond a roller. Boards with gesso on a roller only is just a bit too slick for me.

Thanks' for the video, but I have a question ... If you mentioned this I apologize, but are the panels you use here tempered or untempered? If they are untempered, is there a reason you didn't seal them for moisture resistance first, or is the gesso good enough?

@chamberlainpaintings

2 жыл бұрын

They’re tempered and they’re already sealed on one side!

What’s the biggest size you’ve ever painted on?

@davidlang4442

2 жыл бұрын

60× 48

Hi Again Michael….You probably don’t look too much at the comments on these older videos. How did the larger panels work out? Warping? Or OK? Cheers-Greg

@chamberlainpaintings

Жыл бұрын

They worked great! I cradle anything over 14x18”

@gregwing6409

Жыл бұрын

@@chamberlainpaintings Thanks for getting back to me. I’ve had a few birch panels warp on me even with a cradle and 2 coats of gesso on both sides and edges. Thinking about using MDF board, but concerned about formaldehyde leaching out from under the gessoed coats. How close to the edges of the board to you bring your cradles? Cheers-Greg

@chamberlainpaintings

Жыл бұрын

I prefer hardboard to MDF for durability. I buy hardboard that’s been painted on one side so I only have to seal one side. I’ve had no problems with warping! The cradle goes right to the edge of the panel. That way you’re strengthening/protecting the most vulnerable part of the panel (the corners and edges).

@gregwing6409

Жыл бұрын

@@chamberlainpaintings Thanks again for the additional info. Cheers-Greg

🙌👌

i need to make some panels too for oil painting. Im also wanting to use gesso or acrylic primer, but someone told me that even though the oil paint will stick to the gesso, it does not form a chemical bond with it, and so will not be archival. Have you heard about this? I too want to experiment lots, but the work im making is now turning out good, so i would also like my paintings to last. What type of wood do u think i should paint on for it to be archival, and do u know how i should prepare this wood for archival? Thankyou

@chamberlainpaintings

3 ай бұрын

Acrylic gesso is archival. Paint and have fun. A lot of quality panels are made from birch wood plywood

@peaceforchildren4303

3 ай бұрын

great, thanks!@@chamberlainpaintings

Never seen anyone use a table saw that way..just not done.

Why don't you seal it before the gesso?

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

The gesso seals it. That’s the point of gesso 👍

@jacquesxmas

3 жыл бұрын

@@chamberlainpaintingsthank you. that's what i thought, i had just heard you still needed to seal it so the board doesn't bleed into the painting.

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

No, the gesso is all you need 😊

Do not paint any thing on hardboard. It is the worst material to conserve

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

Worse than the cardboard painted on by Toulouse Lautrec, Nicolai Fechin, Jamie Wyeth and many others?!! You've got outdated information my friend. Present day hardboard it is pure cellulose fiber (wood); it has no additives, fillers, glues or resins added. It is one of the most stable supports for oil painting available today. 😊👍

@user-sw5bq3ek8q

3 жыл бұрын

@@chamberlainpaintings if you paint something on a canvas, it easy for conserves to transfer the painting on a second canvass, to fix the cracks or any damage. Not to hardboard. Except if you have glue a canvas on a hardboard

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sw5bq3ek8q How long do you want your paintings to last? I think most paintings are at higher risk of being buried in a landfill than deteriorating due to the quality of the materials.

@user-sw5bq3ek8q

3 жыл бұрын

@@chamberlainpaintings I wand them to last for many centuries, as the old time masters of painting

@chamberlainpaintings

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sw5bq3ek8q Do you have a website or Instagram? I'd love to see your work.