canvas
Breakthrough
I tried painting on watercolor-treated canvas and it worked. Hard to explain but canvas just feels more like art than the boards. I’m tempted to paint everything I ever painted all over again.
Update: added photo
Quick thoughts: more forgiving than the board, less bleed, backgrounds are snappier, modeling (form shadow) is possible, but requires more sheparding, need to know what I’m going to do in advance, but room for improvisation when I’m more comfortable. Hair is potentially trickier, but could be due to the fact I worked so much smaller than I’m used to (about a quarter of the size).