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The Super Colossal Mess Jungle 2.0

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 30, 2020 by Michael D. SmithApril 30, 2020

Following up on the building of the red stretcher and stretching its canvas, here’s the sequence of the completed painting, though as usual I forgot to chronicle all of it, so we see just a couple major steps and the … Continue reading →

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Stretching the Canvas

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 22, 2020 by Michael D. SmithApril 22, 2020

This almost has to be demonstrated in person before it makes sense, but I’m giving it a verbal try here. First, vacuum the floor to get up items like cat hair. Unroll the canvas on the floor. Place the completed … Continue reading →

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Construction of the Red Stretcher

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 12, 2020 by Michael D. SmithApril 22, 2020

This will be a non-adjustable stretcher. It doesn’t allow further adjusting of canvas tension as with commercially-made stretcher bars, which have corner slots that aren’t glued, along with pegs which you hammer into these slots to take up slack. However, … Continue reading →

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