Tutorial - Making Panels to paint on

Anything can be a canvas for art - paper (graph paper, lined paper, blank paper, junk mail envelopes, cardboard, old blueprints, paperboard (think cereal boxes), index cards...well, you get the picture! But, if you are wanting something hard to make art on, you can use Masonite, which is a thin 1/4" brown board (it also is the same stuff that pegboard is made out of) that comes in 4x8 sheets (sometimes smaller too) and you can find it at Home Depot or Lowes in the lumber area (usually). They will usually cut it into smaller pieces for you - just ask!

I wanted to share a tutorial I just found on how to finish a piece of masonite so that you can use it as a canvas. You'll need gesso, which is white (but also comes in clear) and is an opaque, white, thick paint-like coating. You can find it at arts and crafts stores.

Here's the tutorial, from artist Debbie Miller's blog.