Hello,
I found this video the other day, and was interested to try this method, if it can acquire your seal of approval.
This appears to be two layers of just linseed oil and "chalk" calcium carbonate, with a dollop of color-of-one's-choice for toning. Two layers of this, applied five days apart, and you are ready-to-go in ten days' time. Allegedly.
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(18) How to prepare a canvas like the Old Masters | Demonstration by Jan-Ove Tuv - YouTube
00:12:08 - :00:12:16: "The canvas, which of course is pre-glued, by all means."
Additional comments: Though some in this "school" use RSG, this particular canvas in the video "is a "pre-glued" Claessens 066GL." (So, PVA?).
"At least two [layers], but you can do three (as I mention towards the end: the ground will then suck [absorb] much more, but that can also be exploited to your advantage - depending on the technique you prefer)"
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In this second video, this Nerdrum-school painter uses the same method of priming, but adds an "alkyd resin," and relays how this prevented his painting cracking while being rolled.
(18) Learn to Paint like the Old Masters from Odd Nerdrum's Prominent Pupil Sebastian Salvo | Part I - YouTube
Discussion of his priming and preparation method from 00:05:30 until 00:11:00. I am also assuming this is pre-glued, though there is no verbal mention.
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This first one, without the alkyd medium, interests me, but is it really enough to do:
layer 1) RSG or hide glue (or PVA, I imagine)
layer 2) linseed oil - calcium carbonate - dollop of paint. five days to dry
layer 3) linseed oil - calcium carbonate - dollop of paint. five days to dry
Any thoughts? The non-toxic nature, and quick drying time (I do not have access, in my region, to some oil grounds I see advertised by painters on YouTube, that dry in two weeks or so).
Thank you
