strange question but......?

Question

wat can i paint on other than walls, paper, or canvas? i love to paint scenery but i dont have canvas, my parents wont let me do a mural, and im NOT doing it on paper.I used to paint on square peices of drywall that we had left from taking a wall down and it worke great....until we had it all shipped away in a dumpster.Any good suggestions are very appreciated!
-someone who luvs to paint

oh well then....does anyone know exactly canvas usually is?

oops i meant to say how expensive is canvas

Answer 1

some of these have already been said, but anyways:

-- scraps of wood (i've used little pieces of scrap plywood from my dad's workshop-- and if u have some old tshirts or clothes, u can stretch and staple them over the wood)

-- cardboard- flatten a box, if u have gesso, prime the cardboard with it.

--not sure how selective u are in ur hatred of paper, but i know that usually u can get free matte board from framing shops. my mom goes there about once a week and picks up a TON!! they usually just throw it away so don't mind giving it away--u should probably call first though

--another paper product: newsprint--you can also make a collage of newsprint (tissue paper, magazine clippings, old book pages, comic books, old sheet music, etc..) and paint on top of that. here's a bit of an example, though it looks a bit more cartoony or crafty- it shows the "collage" sort of idea:
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--you can get some old books at libraries (most have old books that no one borrows anymore for sale). schools / teachers usually have random old books that they don't mind parting with. u can use these as sketchbooks as well as using their pages for collages that can be painted on.

-- go to a thrift store or a garage sale and pick up things like old frames, vases, bottles, or articles of clothing. paint right on the the glass or clothing, or you can used the fabric to stretch over plywood.

PAINT ON ANYTHING!!! well you know what i mean

Answer 2

Get a 'fake' wall up. They did it in a museum where the artist did a mural and after a month or so they needed the white walls again so they put up this fake wall in front of it.

Expensive but it is an idea.

Besides that canvas is very cheap. Just buy the cheapest non stretch fabric you can find and paint on that. It will do just fine.

Answer 3

You can get plain or colored tiles at the home depot for very little money- those are fun- use acrylic paint and a clear varnish when you're done.
You can use these boards that I've seen at craft stores- they are particle board with a dry-way like primer on them.
Try thin cotton or silk fabric and dye- it's kind of like water colors, and so very good for landscape, and you might even end up with some wearable art!

Answer 4

at the home depot i work at you can buy 2' by 2' pieces of drywall, u could also buy a full sheet 4'x8' sheet that is slightly damaged at or close to half the price approx $5

Answer 5

you can paint on a number of objects, such as wood, shoebox, plastic. I also read somewhere on the web that some guy painted on food, such as tortillas.

Answer 6

i paint on random things
i have a tree branch that i painted a landscape on.
i love to paint, specially surrealism and impressionism

Answer 7

cardboard boxes like shipping boxes and shoe boxes. maybe even try old books. i don't know about where you live but at my local library they sometimes sell really old books for like 30 cents.

Answer 8

you could paint on wood

Answer 9

rocks, shingles, ashphalt tiles, bricks, bark, boards, etc......