Painting on Claybord

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This is the first painting I have done on any type of primed board vs canvas. My first try painting on this medium felt like I was sliding around on ice.  I prefer painting people on a rigid surface, however some canvas panels can be rough on details,  unless a lot of prep is done to smooth the canvas. When I have "time" I want to be painting not preparing canvases. So I gave it another shot on some Ampersand Claybord I found if I used a lighter touch the brush flowed beautifully over the surface with no drag and the paint layed down wonderfully. In fact I did this painting in one night as it was one of those moments when everything came together and I did not want to stop painting. I had already decided to do this particular painting in black and white then added a touch of lavender to soften the grays. The only color are in the signs and the halo of the lights. The painting was done using a loose technique.  This is a small version 5"x7" of a larger painting I am planning. Titled "Resting" it is of an older italian woman sitting outside of Brocato's Ice Cream shop in New Orleans this is from another era. So we shall see if gessoed masonite or Claybord becomes my surface of choice for all my people paintings. Please check out my ebay auctions as I will be posting new painting in the next few days. And as promised I will be posting some of my new red shoe series shortly.