Path of Perception

Finalized tempera painting on wooden panel
I had a problem with this panel: the home made gesso layer started to crack upon drying. Nevertheless, I used this panel to paint on. The cracks are still visible through the multiple colour layers (not the best picture here)...
I guess it was a beginners mistake; I used a wrong ratio of glue/chalk/whitening agent/water together with the fact that the process of gessoing was not carried out correctly. So I prepared a new set of panels, this time using another type of wood and the famous recipe of Cennini for a perfect gesso layer. These panels look pearl white and are very smooth...ready for use