The Beginning -let's start with a white canvas ...

... the greatest fear of many artists. I've never had a problem with that, it is more excitement and curiosity for what is coming than the great fear to fail ... but let's go back a little further. I'm most comfortable to stretch and prime my own canvas, it is sort of "pulling all the strings" and not leaving anything to chance. I use a heavy, very smooth and fine woven canvas as I paint in watercolours on canvas and need a surface that is as even as possible.

So this is the complete artists business from the first thought about a motive, research, taking photos, choose what and how I will paint, decide about the size of my artwork, over putting together the stretcher frame, stretching the canvas, prime it with gesso, let it dry and then do the first stroke of the brush, work the way over the whole canvas to the last stroke of the brush, fix it, give it a name, a frame, and a signature ...