Besides canvas, what other surfaces can take acrylic paints?

Question

Canvas is expensive... so what else could I use to paint on?

Answer 1

you can paint on almost any surface with acrylic paint--glass, wood, paper, plastic, cloth. What makes it work, though is what you use to prim some of the slick surfaces with. You will need some kind of sealer to provide "tooth" to your surfaces if you want acrylics to stick to shiny surfaces. I use gesso or Jo Sonja All Purpose sealer. Then just paint away with your acrylics.
Dick Blick also sells canvasboards that are really cheap. You might want to check that out!

Answer 2

wood but this too is expensive and it is also very heavy there are some good deals on the internet if you look real hard. It sucks I know My budget is short of what I desire to paint. But I will be having a show in three weeks so that will help a lot. I ussally sell five to six per show and I make after paying the house around 4K so that is not to bad.

Answer 3

Cotton takes acrylic paints but you need stabilizer added to paint to keep it from fading. Also sweats will take paint too. I used to paint on tee shirts, sweat shirts, ETC. You can buy the stabilizer for fabrics in the craft dept. Of Walmart. Actually I think acrylic paint can be used about anywhere.

Answer 4

Just about anything except plastic, it will peel off. But why don't you stretch your own canvas? I used to stretch my own and they worked perfectly. It is hard to describe the method in detail, so I found these links to assist you: (go through all of them to get a good idea before you start)

http://painting.about.com/library/weekly/aa012102a.htm
http://www.allenscanvas.com/fredrix%20rolls2.htm
http://www.rexart.com/stretching.html
http://www.ndoylefineart.com/stretchcan.html
http://dart.fine-art.com/aqd-asp-im_98659-buy-m.htm

useful info:
http://www.cheapjoes.com/art-supplies/4551_artists-canvas.asp

Making it easier with additional tools:
http://reviews.ebay.com/Everything-about-Canvas-Stretchers-and-Tools_W0QQugidZ10000000000928078?ssPageName=BUYGD:CAT:-1:LISTINGS:1

(I used ordinary calico - a strong one though - and painted it with a white PVA wall paint, 3 layers - one up and down, next one sideways and last one up and down again. Even cheaper and worked perfectly, especially if you are a beginner. Just make sure you stretch it very tight and not skew!!)

Have fun!!!

Answer 5

Hollow core doors are inexpensive and really nice to paint on once they are gessoed, but you will need a good power saw and fine toothed blade if you cut them down from their 80 inch length, plus a bit of woodworking for the cut ends.

Answer 6

I paint on everything with acrylic. Old furniture, scrap wood, new furniture, tin or metal items. Just sand lightly and prime metal things.

Look up tole painting ideas on the internet.

Answer 7

Canvas panels. You can buy them at any art supply store in many different sizes. They're inexpensive and easy to find. You can also use cardboard. Apply gesso first.

Answer 8

You can paint on Material like Fabrics, masonite, seashells, rocks, aluminum foil, cardboarb, corregated cardboard, Illustration board, glass, regular and nonglare, paper then drymount the paper to a surface and you can paint on top of paint, i.e. oils, industrial, latex.
"It's your world", paint on!

Answer 9

actually al s is wrong you cannot paint on oils with acrylic, no matter how long they've been drying, acrylics will however stick to most other surfaces provided they are somewhat pourous and free of oils and solvents

Answer 10

You can use acrylics on canvas board.