Making Panels for Oil Painting

I have been trying out different materials and seeing what I like. Recently I've been painting on linen panels with an alkyd primer.  I really liked the way the oil paint behaved.  But they are way too expensive for my painting habit so I'm making my own....

I went to a big box store, bought two 4x8 sheets of masonite, and had them cut it in specific sizes.  The guy was great and I came home with a pile ready to paint. We did this project it out side. We?  Marcus (my hubby)  took charge... and wow - two of us did it really fast.

 Marcus is a real professional .  He painted the oil primer on the panels.  Fine with me.  I carried the panels to lay them in the sun to dry. Sherman Williams is 7 miles from my house, they sell the primer .

Here is the drying area.  We had a thunderstorm in the morning so the blue tarp on the wet grass created a nice drying "table." As you can see the sun is moving fast. 

Ok, Here we are getting a little closer to finishing!

Evening is here , all the panels have 2 coats of primer on the front side and tomorrow we put a layer on the back to seal the panel.  Thanks to Stapleton Kearns for sharing his system!