Lesson Learned

Going back to the old canvas I was using all last summer. It says no gesso needed. The paint however doesn't absorb into the canvas at all. So that led to a summer of a wax on, wax off type approach to painting. Applying wet oil paint on top of yet more wet oil paint constantly leaves everything swirling into a color you don't want it to if you are trying to finish a painting in one sitting.

Here I had to apply a fairly thick coat of gesso.