To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:35:48 -0600
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Flexible medium


The Mona Lisa is an oil painting done on a wooden (cross cut poplar)  
panel.
It did not/does not roll up.

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On Jan 24, 2009, at 11:02 AM, malgosia askanas wrote:

> 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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