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I came across some inexpensive medium density fiberboard or MDF recently. I’ve never heard of them before but I’ve been wanting to try painting on surfaces other than paper, so I gave MDF a whirl. I painted my cow character above directly on the board with poster paints and colored pencils. Not bad for a test painting, I think. I’ve already gessoed my other MDF boards (so I don’t paint directly on the surface and cause warping) and bought gouache paints which I’m experimenting with. I’m looking to offer mini paintings like this on the shop as well, but it’s not a priority at the moment. I have 52,104 ideas for the shop I can’t wait to execute but I’m concentrating on paper goods first, which is our main offering. One step at a time…