File puptcrit/puptcrit.0901, message 315


Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:02:41 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Flexible medium


Wasn't the Mona Lisa painted on wood?  If he could roll it up, then 
that was SOME flexible medium he was using!

-m

At 10:05 AM -0500 1/24/09, Puppet People wrote:
>What about gesso? It is what painters use to prime their canvases. Also if
>you use oil based paint rather than acrylic it may be more flexible. While
>painting keep paint diluted. I know Leonardo kept the Mona Lisa on him
>rolled up as he traveled!
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