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Modern art is defined from the 1860’s to the 1970’s in terms of galleries and art history. In recent years the appeal of modern art in a widespread context has occurred. The new style of modern, open plan living had made for the need of equally as modern and unique art for the white stark...
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Hi I'm new to the forum. Wanted to share a step by step in acrylic. It's 11x14 on canvas panel. Thanks for looking.
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Patrick, be sure to try the watercolor canvases and clayboards, especially if you like the hot press paper. I think you will really enjoy them.
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can i use a regular titanium white alkyd paint as substitute for oil ground? can i put it onto my gessoed canvas and use it after a few days? would the effect be the same and would there be no problem in the future?
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Hello. I don't have much to say except that I'm painting for my life. My whole life evolves around painting and learning to paint. Please watch my videos in the video gallery and please take a look at my paintings in the member gallery. I always appreciate feedback, good or bad.....and I do my...
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How do you prepare hardboard for oil painting? What are the advantages of Masonite over canvas? Does one have more value to a collector than the other? Hardboard is a composite of shredded, compacted, and compressed wood fibers held together by lignin, a natural, sticky wood derivative. Known also as...
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I have a favorite 50"-x-54" painting that was originally done on very thin canvas. Over the years the canvas became brittle and as thin as paper and had to be removed on a few occasions to move the painting. Now the edges are gone in places, and there are a number of large and small tears in...
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Choosing a Preprimed Canvas I want to buy a pre-primed canvas and stretch it myself. Are there advantages to using double-primed canvas over single-primed canvas, oil over acrylic priming, or linen over cotton canvas? These choices are more a matter of individual preference than quality. After weighing...
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What is the difference between oil-prepared canvas and chalk-prepared canvas? Oil-prepared canvas is made for use with oil-painting media only. This type of canvas is primed with two layers of linseed oil-based paint. Chalk-prepared canvas, primed with two layers of powdered chalk-based paint, is for...
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Oil-Primed Canvas and Acrylic-Primed Canvas What is the difference between oil-primed canvas and acrylic-primed canvas? I recently bought some prepared canvas and once I got home I felt it was too smooth. Is there any way to rough it up a bit? The surfaces of these primed coatings feel slightly different...