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Thank you so much, Kay! 
Donna: yes, I really like the board for its weight and stability. I read somewhere about applying a layer of gesso on it before doing anything, because of how Masonite is coated, but you're supposed to sand it first to keep the surface smooth.
For glue, I used acrylic gel medium - I happened to have Golden gel medium in matte finish, so used that. Since I mistakenly didn't sand the board until after applying the gesso, I used heavy bodied gel medium when applying papers directly to the board, and the regular gel medium for paper onto paper. I was perhaps overly concerned about everything adhering to a potentially rough surface. It all stuck beautifully, though - I overthought it.
It got messy because I'm clumsy with a brush.
Sticky fingers!!!
I cut out the figures, various foreground shapes, the trees, all in advance so I could play around with composition before gluing anything. I would lay them out in different ways and take pictures, then decide what to do.
It went slowly at first until I felt it coming together at a certain point. When it clicked, I moved faster.
Thanks for your interest and kind words!
Donna: yes, I really like the board for its weight and stability. I read somewhere about applying a layer of gesso on it before doing anything, because of how Masonite is coated, but you're supposed to sand it first to keep the surface smooth.
For glue, I used acrylic gel medium - I happened to have Golden gel medium in matte finish, so used that. Since I mistakenly didn't sand the board until after applying the gesso, I used heavy bodied gel medium when applying papers directly to the board, and the regular gel medium for paper onto paper. I was perhaps overly concerned about everything adhering to a potentially rough surface. It all stuck beautifully, though - I overthought it.
It got messy because I'm clumsy with a brush.
Sticky fingers!!! I cut out the figures, various foreground shapes, the trees, all in advance so I could play around with composition before gluing anything. I would lay them out in different ways and take pictures, then decide what to do.
It went slowly at first until I felt it coming together at a certain point. When it clicked, I moved faster.
Thanks for your interest and kind words!
- more applause for you!
I appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.
