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[ntl]

I'm using a teaching video (the instructor expects people to follow his instruction) to paint a scene in oils. He is using a stretched canvas 15x30. I don't have one. I planned to use an 11x14 one. OR, I could use two 9x12 canvas papers taped together. Mine will be a practice piece for a much larger but somewhat similar basic scene, where I will be able to use his instructions I think. Which would you choose, the 11x14 canvas, or the canvas paper for this practice piece?

 

[Enyaw]

For what it's worth:

....if you cut your canvas paper to 6 x 12 you would keep the same ratio as the 15 x 30
If you are trying to squeeze the same painting you should have the same ratio or things won't fit.

 

[ntl]

Good point, and thanks for doing that math. FWIW, and I don't know if it makes a difference, if I can accomplish this, the canvas I would hope to use is 25 x 36. I have never done one that size. My largest have been 18 x 24, and that was numerous years ago. I will not be "copying" his piece, but using it as a guide for a somewhat similar one. His original piece was 24 x 36. For his demo, much of the foreground was compressed, maybe some of the sky eliminated.

 

[16ga]

You could also keep the same aspect with both sheets by cutting one in half and going 9x18 if you want it bigger.
when following a tutorial or the like I prefer to keep the aspect the same if I cant use the same size but I tend to try following them as closely as I can.