Unlike stretched canvas, a painting on a rigid support can’t be rolled up. This also depends, of course, on whether the artist has used an oak panel, or Masonite board. One of the disadvantages to canvas panels that I can think of, is that they can start to become a little heavy once they reach a certain size. Canvas panels that have been painted on, can simply be wrapped with paper and then bubble wrapped (once the painting is properly dry that is) and then stored in a box or pile. While stretched canvases need to be stored carefully so that they do not damage each other. Panel boards are easy to stack up and store away and use little space.Painting on a rigid support mitigates annoying ‘canvas bounce’ which artists often experience when painting on a traditional flexible canvas support.Canvas panels are more durable than traditional canvas, and are not vulnerable to tears or indentations like traditional stretched canvases are.Canvas panels or rigid supports are very easy to make and are extremely durable (if made properly with good materials).Therefore the paint film has far more protection against changes in surface tension, and the effects of cracking. Unlike traditional canvas stretched on a frame, a rigid support does not flex.What are the benefits of painting on a rigid support? Gluing canvas to a rigid panel has several advantages, and as I mentioned in How to Stretch a Canvas for Painting - the Easy Way!, my favourite surface to paint on is a rigid support. Canvas boards use thin cotton or muslin glued to cheap pulp cardboard, primed with an acrylic dispersion ground… These materials are technical disasters… you can easily make your own at less expense and be equally assured of a durable product. Not only are canvas panels easy to make, and the materials relatively easy to find, you’ll also be more confident of their quality, when compared to the cheap and horrible commercial canvas panels available at most art stores.Īccording to Mark David Gottsegen in The Painter’s Handbook which I bought in my early years and which really helped me a lot in the pre-internet era:Īrt supply stores sell canvas boards and primed paper as supports for painting, but these products are of doubtful quality, and you, a serious artist, should avoid them. Today, making your own canvas panels for oil painting (or acrylic) is so easy to do. These were carefully selected pieces of hardwood, and painstakingly sized with hide glues and primed with gypsum or lead-based primers, in preparation for egg tempera or oil painting. This is how I make mine with my own homemade primer.īefore the invention of oil painting on sailcloth canvas, artists during and before the Renaissance Period commonly painted on solid wooden panels. Making your own canvas panels is a great cost-saver when it comes to being a painter. Making Your Own Canvas Panels for Oil Painting
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