Sometimes art terms can be confusing – some words mean more than one thing, or one product can be called two or three different names. A case in ...
On 23 August 2021 / By Julie CavesA dent in a stretched canvas is something that happens to most painters at one time or another; a finished painting or an unpainted canvas can be dented ...
On 22 October 2019 / By Julie CavesIf you require a particular size or a type of canvas that is not available as a ready-made you may wish to make a custom canvas. Because the ...
On 30 April 2019 / By Julie CavesCanvas panels are the perfect solution if you like the weave of a canvas but not the ‘bounce’ that you get when canvas is stretched on a stretcher ...
On 4 April 2019 / By Julie CavesIf you’ve decided you want to stretch your own canvas, you’ll need to select your materials. The bars you stretch the canvas on are just as important as ...
On 13 September 2018 / By Julie CavesOil and acrylic paintings these days are most often created on canvas. Canvas replaced wood panels for painting during the Renaissance because stretching canvas across wooden bars allowed ...
On 13 September 2018 / By Julie CavesDiscover the importance of the wooden canvas wedges that you get when you buy a canvas or stretcher bars and learn how to insert them correctly to stop ...
On 12 September 2018 / By Julie CavesAssembling stretcher bars seems a little mysterious the first time you do it. The bars don’t seem to be able to meet at the corners, because at first ...
On 16 October 2015 / By Julie CavesRabbit Skin Glue is a traditional glue used as an ingredient in the preparation of genuine gesso and half-chalk ground; as a sealant (size) on canvas and wood ...
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