I don't use anything special. A fine grain one, sometimes called portrait canvas is what I prefer, but you can get a similar effect by coating regular primed canvas with gesso, then when dry give it a light sanding over with sandpaper / glass paper

Hi everyone, Just found the forum :) I'm from the UK, Wales I'm a wildlife artist. I have a couple of sites, one has tutorials etc on it - http://www.jasonmorgan.co.uk The other has a gallery of my wildlife paintings and prints http://www.onlineartdemos.co.uk I also have a blog http://wildlifeart.wo...

Wow! thanks for the wonderful welcome Barb :D I never even knew this forum exhisted till today! It look slike a friendly place to hang out. Really glad you like my demos / tutorials, glad you have found them of use. I'll be sure to get your reference photos and CD off to you ASAP :) in plenty of tim...

Here he is - 99.0% done now. All I have left to do is to add some blue shadow to some of the whiskers on the shadow side of the face and he is done - hope you all like him http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Nov-2009/5678-tiger-painting-final.jpg [url="http://www.onlineartdemos.co.uk/p...

Hi I'm new to the forum, so thought it might me useful to show how I work Here's a few step by steps hopefully someone might find it of use. :) This tiger although a portrait is actually a bit different from the norm, there will be extreme contrast and colours between the two sides of the face - sim...

Hi everyone, I just found the forum - looks great! Here is an oil painting I did a while back Oil on canvas 20 x 16in http://www.onlineartdemos.co.uk/misc_images/Framed%20Images/gorilla-framed.jpg and a detail http://www.onlineartdemos.co.uk/misc_images/Mountain-Gorilla-face.jpg

Hi there, I'm and new to the forum, just found it :) Thought it might be good to show you my sites http://www.jasonmorgan.co.uk http://www.onlineartdemos.co.uk here's a painting example, hope you like it http://www.onlineartdemos.co.uk/misc_images/thinker-print.jpg