Can i just attach it to a easel and paint?
2006-10-30 11:29:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
You really need to do some research, so start here: http://www.ucsart.com/howtos.html and here: http://www.ndoylefineart.com/stretchcan.html A canvas must be stretched on a frame (stretcher), and the surface gessoed. The gesso prevents the oils and solvents used in oil painting from rotting the canvas. The stretcher give the artist a taut surface to work on. Acrylics can be painted on any grease free surface and is more robust (ie can be rolled without cracking) than oils.
Use modern boards (Daler, etc) if you want to not use canvas, on which you can paint directly as the surface of the board has been primed ready.
2006-10-31 02:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but is it pre-primed? If not, you will need to gesso it, and that can be done on or off the stretcher bars. You can paint the gessoed canvas (or pre-primed) either way, but it is very difficult to stretch a finished painting over stretchers. The alternative is to frame it as a watercolor, using a mat and glass. Generally this is the exception, so I would ask why not do it conventionally?
2006-10-31 00:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by Victor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can do it that way. I had an instructor in art class that did an entire art show with canvas pieces she had painted with out stretching. She did however, sew a fold on the top of the canvas so she could insert a rod for hanging the paintings.
2006-10-30 23:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. You can thumb tack it to the wall, if you want. But when you finish painting and take it down, guess what happens? The canvas rolls, cracks and messes up your painting. You really do need to stretch it and put it on a proper backing before you start painting. If you bought it on a roll, you'll also have to prime it before you begin painting.
2006-10-30 11:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could staple it down (stretch it that way)
to a board of some type. (particle board works alright)
Or take masonite, cut it to the size you want- flip it to the rough side, gesso, put canvas on top, and gesso until smooth enough.
This is how you make your own "canvas boards" like the frederix ready-mades sold in stores.
2006-11-03 05:22:17 · answer #5 · answered by kermit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHY NOT BUY SOME TEXTILE MEDIUM AND STAPLE IT TO THE WALL TO PAINT IT THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT DOWN ROLL SOME SILICONE CALK ON THE BACK OF IT AND MAKE YOURSELF A RUG!!
2006-10-31 14:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by Paint N Paper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would work better if you pulled it tight on a frame
2006-10-30 12:07:28 · answer #7 · answered by mccjannivanni 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It'd be a helluva lot easier to work with than doing it loose.
2006-10-30 11:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's best to use stretchers and to gesso it of course.
2006-10-30 13:24:30 · answer #9 · answered by lost_realist_84 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋