What grit of sand paper do you use?

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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!

Thank you so much for sharing ❤️ Super helpful!

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

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

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

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

Thank you. I needed to learn this.

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

Very well done. Great video Kris

Great job! Thank you for sharing!

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

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.

Thanks for the great video and walk through!

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!!

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

Really helpful, thank you!

Right to the point. Thank you for this.

Great to see new content Kris.

Thank You 😊 Was very helpful.

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...

Excellent tutorial covering every detail! Thank you!

Amazing video

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

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

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

Nice.

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.

Thank you so much this video was so helpful

Loved It!

Great video

Ilove how detailed you are

You are a pro, thanks!

As always an amazing video from ghost hunting to artist

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.

Superb

Thanks so much for the help

Thank you!

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

Thanks a lot !!

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

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.

Very Informative! :)

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!

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

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 :)

Do you ever do a glue coat before the gesso?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Can you use regular paint primer

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.

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

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. 😊

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

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?

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

Is this ready to alcohol painting too ?

What brand/type of brush are you using?

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.

what are the panels called at Michaels

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

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Do you have to sand between gesso layers?

Does it matter the grit of the sanding block?

What do you use to remove dust from sanding?

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

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

Can you link to your sander please?

Have you tried our panels?

What grit?

Is it ok to water down thick gesso?

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?

what number for the sand paper?

Should you gesso both sides of a wood panel?

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

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

Are you going back to ghost hunters?

Thank you so much, it is very helpful info.