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I wish i didnt sound so dumb asking this.
I just want to see if somebody there could provide a great answer for this.
What's with the CANVAS? It's easier to paint on THICK PAPER or any papers. And in Canvas is harder...

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2007-04-22 23:25:11 · 7 answers · asked by Mr.HumanCurious 1 in Arts & Humanities Visual Arts Painting

7 answers

No, it is actually a good question.

Canvas is good because it is flexible to work with. Easy to store and available in almost any size. Yes you can paint on paper too but is isn't as forgiving as canvas. If paper gets wet it tears easily and ...the end of your painting. It also takes the primer easy (unlike wood that used to be the most used painting surface in the middle ages). Wood needs a lot of work before you can paint on it.

You can be as rough and as gentle as you want and it will not break bend or tear...well...within reason. Also if some mishap occurs... spray the backside with water and 90% chance it will return to it's original state.

That's about the main reason.

2007-04-22 23:53:29 · answer #1 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 4 0

Canvas is a perfect surface for oil paint for a number of reasons. Here are a few:

1) It is strong and endures for centuries and may turn out to last even longer. Paper oxidizes and disappears.

2) Canvas "breathes." Air needs to be able to permeate the oil and the canvas for the painting to dry properly and last.

3) Canvas is easy to transport. A painting can be rolled up and taken anywhere.

4) Canvas does not interact with the paint to break it down or change its color. It does not unite with the paint or become a part of it.

Bistro

2007-04-26 14:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by Bistro 2 · 0 0

Another good thing about canvas is that it is comparatively lightweight to wooden panel of the same size, while being more durable than paper. The texture of its surface holds paint evenly and reasonably invisibly (I've painted on burlap, which has such large holes that the paint can't form a successfully flat surface across the holes, if you follow the meaning -- you end up with a painting with five thousand dots of light poking through it).

2007-04-23 00:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by Benjamin H 2 · 1 0

I think, I was Pleased with Just Moving on the Canvas with My Family of 4, Now, I am trying to Please My EYES with 3 members, 2 becomes 1 as 1 is Hiding in 1 as a SINGLE Member and Enjoy the WORLD as Much as I Can as My Husband, Living and Enjoying the WORLD.

2016-05-17 04:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Artists use a variety of surfaces on which to paint, including canvas, masonite, plain wood, etc. Canvas is cheap and easy to make, so that's why it was often used. It's also easy to store, and easy to cut to the size you want to use. Different surfaces are appropriate for different media; you don't generally want the same sort of surface for water color as you use for oils, for instance; factors such as absorbancy and texture are important.

2007-04-22 23:35:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I don't understand this canvas hate. Its a wonderful traditional way to paint. The canvas has a nice "give" to it.
I paint on board though, too. You can paint on anything you want, you know.
Do you also hate paintings on linen?

2007-04-23 08:40:45 · answer #6 · answered by kermit 6 · 0 0

I like painting on cardboard and wood, its just that canvas is a mediun that lasts hundreds of years while wood and cardboard deteriorate no matter how well sealed they are, streched fabrick on wood, thats well jessoed or preserved just lasts longer, oh and the fabricks tipicaly thick not thin.

2007-04-23 15:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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