i have my standard old canvas up here, and i've covered it with a piece of con-tact paper with an oval out of the center. now then i've painted that with black gesso. onto the black gesso, you just caught in the act here, i was adding a mixture of alizarin crimson and phthalo blue. in the center here, i have more crimson, and as it works out then i've added progressively more blue, so that it gets darker toward the outside edges. and i thought today we'd do a little scene that's very similar to one i did in the last series. i had so many people write, and they were so crazy about that little scene, i thought i'd do another one and show you how you could just change it a little bit and vary it. use the same idea to do another picture. and i hope you enjoy this one. o.k., as i say, i've already covered it with a mixture of alizarin crimson and phthalo blue. and all you're looking for when you do this is just a nice thin even coat. you don't want big gobs of paint on here, just enough to cover the canvas. as we've mentioned before, if you're going to paint for family or friends, this is o