About pre-stretched canvases 554 by Jose Alvarenga on 05/20/01 at 11:58 AM
About pre-stretched canvases

I've read from some references that You have to prepare your own canvases, go to aprocess of priming it, this and that; that pre-stretched canvases are too absorvent and will make painting hard. How much of this is true? If you buy the canvas pre-stretched you avoid all the extra costs and work of going to all that process. The question is: how to make pre-stretched canvases the most non-absorbent and easier to paint with? My process for this has been to apply an extra coat of acrylic gesso, the canvas could still be a little bit absorbent, but not as much( I also done the process of stretching & preparing my own canvas, & the big difference for me, only has been that I did it myself). I was wondering what other artists think about this subject(?)


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Re: About pre-stretched canvases Steve Sauer   Posted at: 05/21/01 (0)

Post a Followup 554"> Jose Alvarenga"> a-jose_webtv.netAbout pre-stretched canvases_05/20/01 at 11:58"Re: About pre-stretched canvases"
: I've read from some references that You have to prepare your own canvases, go to aprocess of priming it, this and that; that pre-stretched canvases are too absorvent and will make painting hard. How much of this is true? If you buy the canvas pre-stretched you avoid all the extra costs and work of going to all that process. The question is: how to make pre-stretched canvases the most non-absorbent and easier to paint with? My process for this has been to apply an extra coat of acrylic gesso, the canvas could still be a little bit absorbent, but not as much( I also done the process of stretching & preparing my own canvas, & the big difference for me, only has been that I did it myself). I was wondering what other artists think about this subject(?)

 
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