The canvases are all gridded, aligned and secured together. Next comes the fun of blowing up the image to this massive scale. This technique is the same that the renaissance masters employed, and is older than the actual act of painting, having been used to scale things up for a few millennia. Each grid square is 5 inches, and painted on with cobalt blue and mineral spirits. Cobalt blue is used because of it's transparency; meaning the light lines will disappear into the next layer of paint. Painting it on with the mineral spirits also slows the drying, and so in addition to the color disappearing, it will actually rewet and melt into the next layer, allowing me to get a few hours of sleep before I begin painting.
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