I wanted to try a Bob Ross style B&W gesso painting, coloring it with oil glazes. So, as a second tribute to Bob Ross, I decided to use that technique on an 8x10 oval canvas. Starting with black gesso, let dry, then papertoweling in a white gesso background, then painting in the mid and foreground landscape in mixtures of the two gessos. Since the background works from light to dark at the edges, work the color of each tree dark to light so it will stand out against the background. The ...