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

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.

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.

My favourite landscape painter!

Woo love these tutorials!

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

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

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

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 😊

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”

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

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

You should do a video with Emma !!!

Thanks for the link 👍🏻

Great video, thanks Mike!

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.

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.

Thanks for the tips

very cool, wish I did all this stuff haha

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.

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

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

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!

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!

Nice music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Su bazlı cessoyu 1 kat boyadınız, ikincigosterdiğiniz kutudaki nedir.? Rica etsem yazar mısınız.? Ingilizce bilmediğim için

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

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?

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

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Why don't you seal it before the gesso?

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