En Plein Air: Empty Shrimp Boat Dock (Oil, 10 x 16)

I went to Fort Myers Beach shrimp boat docks. Unfortunately all the shrimp boats are out at the sea, so  simply painted the empty dock.

Home-Made Gesso and Oil/Acrylic Painting Panels

Today at Fort Myers Beach Art Association (FMBAA), some friends asked me about recipes for home-made Gesso. Actually there are quite a few recipes online. I've found a few and I follow the one which easily uses drywall compound and Elmer glue in a ratio of 3-1. The following are the websites I found:

http://www.finearttips.com/2010/05/how-to-make-your-own-inexpensive-small-painting-panels/

http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/articles/making-gesso/

http://pixiedustscrapping.blogspot.com/2013/04/homemade-gesso-good-and-bad-plus-link.html