2007-01-27 20:44:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
canvas is pretty cheap. what size are you looking for? a wood-framed canvas thingy is best, you can find it at michael's or someplace similar. clip the coupons!
2007-01-28 12:39:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canvas is the best painting surface, not only because of its texture, but because it is so cheap. You will find nothing cheaper.
If you go for raw canvas, you can even get off-cuts for free. But that will work out more expensive, because you still have to stretch it, size it, and prime it. That costs wood, carpentry, primer, and a lot of time. Oil paint will destroy unprimed canvas or cotton over time.
Buy canvas, stretched and primed by professionals. They are cheaper than anything you can do yourself. Save money by working hard and studying your craft, not by using bad quality materials.
2007-01-27 21:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by Rynbow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy MDF board at Home Depot - very affordable - you can have it cut to size there. Just make sure you give it a good layer of gesso or sealer before painting. You can also use watercolor paper and mount it on board using an archival glue - same thing, apply a layer of gesso to the paper and it will be almost like canvas.
2007-01-31 13:58:08 · answer #3 · answered by Isabel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey absalutely any thins make sure you size it and coat it properly as with canvas, wood is good, canvas board you can pick these up pretty cheaply at discount stores, i have even pulled apart and old pair of jeans, they obviously ended up as long thin paintings but it was interesting and the material was perfect, you can even buy paper for oil paints.
2007-01-27 20:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by phantasmagoriajewellery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use cardboard, which you prepare by putting a first thick layer of "acrylic Gesso". Do it with an old credit card for example, or with a business card not with a brush. And make it thick.
You can also mix some acrylic paint with the Gesso, before painting with oil on top of it (according to the fat-on-thin rule). You then get a nice background colour (for example, a light-yellow -Naples yellow- background will enhance the blue colours on your painting).
Try it, it gives amazingly good results!
P.S. Some great artists, like Kandinsky, did a lot of "oil on cardboard" paintings.
2007-01-27 21:20:06 · answer #5 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Something that is really cheap to paint on is drywall. You can get 4X8 sheets for under $10 and it is perfectly flat and sturdy. It is easy to frame. Masonite Panels are also another way to go but they are a little more expensive but they are lighter. Of course you will need to coat it with Gesso or something like that.
2007-01-28 22:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by Trollkepr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything you like basically as long as you prepare it properly before painting on it..
Why don't you do what the Old Masters did before canvas came along and paint on wood. Even a bit of old ply-wood is OK once it is prepped properly.
2007-01-27 20:49:02 · answer #7 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try 1/8" thick melamine board. It comes in sheets 4ft x 8ft. It is smooth white on one side and textured on the other.
2007-01-27 21:51:16 · answer #8 · answered by Rawstuff 007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋