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I like ridges
Funny how different we are. I work hard to get a lot of texture into my work. I gesso everything I paint on - canvas or Masonite. I apply gesso thickly with a large knife, and then when it's about half set up, I brush into it with a whisk broom. I swish this way and that, and get some quite prominent surfaces. Once dry, I paint over it, letting the texture add to the lights and darks in my painting.
Something that turns out quite well in this method is to paint a rather small painting, say, 9" x 12", of your favorite flower, and then have a 30" x 40" giclee print made from your painting. It looks like you painted it with a wallpaper paste brush. Very different.
I realize this is the opposite of how to get rid of ridges, but sometimes, those ridges can make a difference in the appearance of your painting.
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