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Thanks for your input.
I recently started using Masonite, which I can texture with acrylic gesso. To texture, I use an old plastic scrub brush and swirl the gesso until it forms an interesting pattern. I use quite a lot of gesso, and when I get a nice pattern, I set it aside to dry. The original size of this painting is 16" X 12". I use oil, but the white I use is Griffin Alkyd Flake White. Lately, I've begun using half Permalba white and half Alkyd Flake White. I work every day (sometimes twice a day) so I like my work to dry a bit before going back to it. The alkyd white seems to take care of hurrying the drying time, at least to the point where it's touch dry in a few hours, or overnight. As for posting the source photo, I can't. I don't have a scanner, although I have my work scanned for making Giclee prints. However, (call me cheap) I don't want to spend the money to have a source photo scanned, too. Sorry. Of course, I abstracted the background as well as the lower part of the figure in an effort to draw attention to the face, which, in a portrait, seems to be the major point of interest, anyway.
Thanks for your interest. Perhaps I'll post another.
Dick Budig
p.s. By the way, the "o" in my email address is a ZER0.
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