Watercolor Canvas
This canvas is stretched over a 70x25mm frame and the plastic wedges are tapped in to tighten it if it sags.
This little painting was done on commercially available Fredrix watercolor canvas stretched onto a 25x50mm stretcher frame.
The canvas is different to paper to paint on. The paint tends to sit on the surface and is easily washed off. It just takes a bit of getting used to. Once the painting is finished a clear acrylic varnish seals the surface.
The advantage of working on this type of surface is the ability to combine watercolor, gouache, acrylic and ink, then not have to protect the finished work with glass. It also allows you to work as large as you wish.
Watercolor Canvas has a very fine texture, well suited to the subtle nature of watercolor.
Fredrix Canvas have produced a watercolor canvas that provides the opportunity to work on a large scale, without having to protect the finished painting under glass. The same freedom is offered by a number of manufacturers of Gesso designed to accept watercolor.
Several coats of watercolor gesso on regular primed canvas make a great, large scale painting surface.
Golden Paints “ Absorbent Ground “, Daniel Smith “ Gold Gesso “, Art Boards “ Superior Quality Panel Gesso ” and Schmincke “ AQUA Primer Fine ” are all Gessoes blended to be absorbent to watercolor paint.
Techniques need to be adjusted when working with watercolor on canvas, just like changing from a familiar paper to an untried one.
The canvas surfaces don’t have the absorbency of paper, causing the pigment to sit on the surface. This means building up washes is trickier than on paper.
Speed and delicacy are required to save disturbing the underlying paint. This feature becomes an advantage when you wish to lift off pigment. Tones can be lightened by lifting off and, if necessary, taken right back to pure white.
The great advantage over paper is that, once sealed with a suitable varnish, the painting does not require glass. I use a pressure pack of mat varnish first of all, then spray everything with a few coats of acrylic satin varnish, which intensifies the darks and saturates the colors slightly. The painting ends up with a durable, impervious finish.
Primed Canvas Rolls
Recognized for its finish and durability Himalaya Picasso Primed Canvas is manufactured in compliance with the set industry standards using the best quality raw materials.
Sale
From: ₹ 1,359.00
Monalisa Artists’ Cotton Canvas Rolls are made with superior quality raw material to get the best possible effects in oil and acrylic colors. Monalisa acrylic multi-primed canvas forms an ideal surface to accept oil and acrylic paints.
Sale
From: ₹ 1,620.00
Sale
From: ₹ 12,960.00
Pintura Primed Canvas is considered among the best in the world! Expert craftsmen closely supervise the various stages of the production.
Sale
₹ 39,690.00
Sale
₹ 10,471.00
Pintura Italian Primed Canvas Rolls Polyester are considered among the best in the world! Expert craftsmen closely supervise the various stages of the production. The important and fundamental processes of shearing and the calendaring are carried out perfectly in order to guarantee an excellent surface for the base coating and for the final finish.
Sale
From: ₹ 44,460.00
Pintura Italian Primed Linen Canvas is considered among the best in the world! Expert craftsmen closely supervise the various stages of the production.
Filters
