Material used for blog paintings
The blog paintings are made with high quality acrylics on
masonite just like my other work. The dimensions might vary
a little bit, due to the subject I'm painting, but usually
the size is 25,2 x 22 cm (9,9" x 8,7").
Acrylics
Acrylics is a high quality paint, just like oilpaint.
It's used by many professional artists. It's an young paint
though, not fully developed untill the 20th century. Because
of this there aren't any real old acrylic paintings yet, but
in theory it should withstand the ravages of time gloriously.
Some say even better than oil paint, because the paint is
really elastic, similar to rubber. Therefore it doesn't
crack easily.
I swear by this high quality paint, because it's appearance
is just perfect for my style. The paint also dries very quick,
within 5 minutes the paint is dry and ready for a new layer of
paint. That way I can work very fast and I'm able to produce a
new painting everyday.
Another advantage of acrylics is that it's soluble in water.
Therefore I don't have to clean my brushes with the poisonous
turpentine. After drying it cannot dissolve in water no more.
Masonite
The wood I'm using to paint on is called masonite.
Many professional artists use this type of wood. Masonite is
a hardboard but it's been soaked in oil. Therefore masonite
is many times stronger than normal hardboard and it can
withstand water.
I prefer masonite above canvas, because of it's smooth surface
and it's doesn't move all the time while painting. Before I start
to paint I first put an underlayer of Gesso on the masonite.
The Gesso attaches itself to the wood and the paint attaches real
well on to the Gesso. The biggest disadvantage of wood is off
course that it lives. It might curve a little sometimes by large
changes in temperature. After a while it also straightens out
completely, but it's wise not to hang your painting directly above
a stove or a heater.
Gerard Boersma
Wissesdwinger1, studio no. 15
8911 ER Leeuwarden
The Netherlands, Europe
0031 (0) 58 2151276
info@gerardboersma.nl
www.gerardboersma.nl