Recent content by AKrillLick

Thank you!

16" x 12" on board.

Many thanks everyone. I have been a huge fan since from back in the first podcast days — he's so funny I can watch/listen to anything he's in over and over.

Here is Karl Pilkington on A4 MDF. I've been a huge fan for years so this was a fun one to do. 😃

Interesting, thanks! I also find a brush cleaning soap is good for keeping them in shape and increasing their longevity. :)

MDF and hardboard are very porous so it is possible to size them yet not make them sufficiently resistant to moisture. I've sized a fair few now and you end up getting a feel for when it is adequately sealed. I recommend going thinly for the first layer and increasingly thicker with each...

Other than price, how do you tell the difference? 😬 I honestly don't know.

I size my boards with three layers of thinned medium on all sides and then gesso the side I'm painting on. When the painting is finished off I then coat the edges again with acrylic gel. Golden used to recommend GAC 200 but they recommend medium instead now. I have submerged my panels in water...

Good points, Bartc, it does very much depend on how highly you regard permanence. I don't have unlimited funds and while I very much doubt anyone will be looking at my work in years to come it does feel like, out of everything, spending money on nice paints is worth it. I paint on MDF and most...

I do sometimes wonder whether it is a false economy to buy cheaper paints if you need more of them (since you would imagine the pigment load is lower). I really don't know — I appreciate it's hard to justify the price of artist paints if funds are limited. I have only ever painted with W&N pro...

Lovely warm blue, it really does feel like a snapshot of the beach.

Here's another one. I'm not sure how well known this character is outside the UK but he's from a classic 90s sitcom called The Royle Family. A4 MDF.

Such great painterly style!

What a great album cover!