Mediums & Varnishes
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Rabbit Skin Glue
Rabbit skin glue is a traditional animal-hide adhesive used to size canvas before applying oil paint grounds. It seals the canvas fibers to prevent oil penetration and has been the standard canvas sizing material since the Renaissance.
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Uses rabbit skin glue to size his heavy herringbone weave linen canvas before ground application. PVA sizing noted as alternative.
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Used to size linen canvas before applying the dark ground preparation
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Used in the ground preparation layer on oak panels, combined with chalk
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Used for sizing canvas before applying the double ground of lead white, chalk, and earth pigments
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Prepares her own linen and cotton canvas with rabbit glue, following a medieval sizing technique
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"Two coats of rabbitskin glue" for canvas preparation, discussed in Menil ADP interview.
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