Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Some Masonite Paintings by Frank Frazetta









Has anyone else used masonite board for a canvas?  Genius
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  1. Staz JohnsonAugust 21, 2014 at 6:40 AM

    I read a story somewhere about the 'Neanderthals' painting. This was from Frazetta himself & as best as I can remember he said the he was running late with getting it done because he'd just moved house. Anyway, the time came when it was due the next day (Monday) & he hadn't even made a start on it, unfortunately there wasn't a scrap of artboad anywhere in the house, so he just ripped up a piece of the flooring from the new house, & stayed up all night to paint that iconic image on that.

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  2. Cap'n's ComicsAugust 21, 2014 at 10:11 AM

    Sounds like Fritz to me. However he did it, I'm so glad he discovered masonite for some of his paintings

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  3. RussAugust 24, 2014 at 7:19 AM

    Here's a quote from Steranko's "How I Paint the Shadow" as published in Mediascene:

    I prefer to take about three days to complete a cover. I paint the Shadow covers on 24" x 30" Masonite board, 1/8" thick. Before painting, I prepare the surface with three coats of white Gesso applied in opposing directions for complete coverage. This gives the paint a surface to hold on to.

    Steranko goes on to explain how he used carbon paper to transfer a detailed pencil drawing to the board. Essentially, he's making pictures using an amplified comic book drawing technique,and coloring a tone drawing. Frazetta was painting in a more classical manner, which accounts for the sense of volume and depth that he could get on a tiny paperback cover image. I bet Steranko saw some of those Masonite masterpieces in person and picked up on it.

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  4. Cap'n's ComicsAugust 25, 2014 at 8:37 PM

    Wow-thanks for the edumacation! I had no idea Steranko ALSO painted on masonite. Now you've got me wondering about others....

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