Thread Makers

Here is a painting I'm about half way done with intended for my mom's workshop at the Laguna Playhouse.  The composition is based on an old engraving, and unfortunately I couldn't find any information on who originally made it.  It's my second time ever working on an unprimed canvas.  The process was a lot slower because the paint gets soaked up by the canvas.  You really have to commit to every stroke and use a lot of paint.  I don't think i'll work on an unprimed surface ever again.  It was kind of like painting with wrist weights on.  

Thread Makers, oil on linen