After almost two decades, I've decided to return to oil painting, and am currently trying to figure out how to adapt my current work processes to the new (old?) medium
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I've had friends who mounted that type of paper to masonite board or wood, gessoed it, and had success.* I don't know how well it would work with paper alone. 300lb paper can handle some abuse, but I think it would depend on how thick you like your oils.
You can also paint with oil straight onto masonite board, which is super-cheap if you buy it from a hardware store. You'll spend way too much buying it pre-cut from an art supply store. You can buy a monstrous piece of it for less than $10, and they'll cut it to whatever sizes you need for free. It was big hit among my classmates who worked in oil.
*From personal experience, I know for certain this works well with acrylic when you're in a pinch. I've never worked in oil myself.
Ah! I wonder how they mounted it... that sounds like a promising approach. I tend to do super-detailed pencil work to paint on top of, and I've gotten used to printing directly onto paper in order to paint... but my printer, stalwart as it is, is not going to print on anything as rigid as illustration board or masonite. So I have been pondering ways to get my pencil drawings onto something that would handle oil paint without having to project-them-and-trace-them, carbon-paper/pounce-them or transfer them in some other way that requires going over pencil lines again.
I did it once, doing it a second time is irritating. >.>
If they were working in a tight budget like I was, they just used the gesso as the mounting material. XD Put a coat of gesso on the board and stick the paper to it while it's wet, smoothing it out with a dry roller (or your forearms...) Throw some heavy art history books on top and let it dry overnight (24 hours drying time if you can spare it) = presto! Mounted paper.
The issues you run into here may be the archival quality of your paintings. I've been told that acrylic gesso is a no-no as a base for oils, but your mileage may vary. I don't know enough about oils to make a definite statement.
There's also wheat paste, which is low-acid, inexpensive and easy to make at home. I know some watercolor artists who swear by it, but I've yet to try it myself.
Hmm! This gives me hope. Especially if this translucent gesso really is translucent; if I can see most of the lines through it, that would be spectacular. Something worth experimenting with!
You can paint straight onto paper, I used Bristol paper all the time with oils, but it does soak in more. However, eventually the oil will eat through the paper.
You can gesso it, and that will form a barrier between paint and paper, but be sure to put a lot of coats on to make sure it's perfect.
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You can also paint with oil straight onto masonite board, which is super-cheap if you buy it from a hardware store. You'll spend way too much buying it pre-cut from an art supply store. You can buy a monstrous piece of it for less than $10, and they'll cut it to whatever sizes you need for free. It was big hit among my classmates who worked in oil.
*From personal experience, I know for certain this works well with acrylic when you're in a pinch. I've never worked in oil myself.
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I did it once, doing it a second time is irritating. >.>
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The issues you run into here may be the archival quality of your paintings. I've been told that acrylic gesso is a no-no as a base for oils, but your mileage may vary. I don't know enough about oils to make a definite statement.
There's also wheat paste, which is low-acid, inexpensive and easy to make at home. I know some watercolor artists who swear by it, but I've yet to try it myself.
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You can gesso it, and that will form a barrier between paint and paper, but be sure to put a lot of coats on to make sure it's perfect.
If you want to try mounting paper to board, Donato Giancola has a faq on how he does it: http://www.donatoart.com/technique/mounting/mounting.html
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Thank you so much!
Lol, he uses the same printer I do, except the model one size larger!
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