Tempera paint on canvas?

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Is it okay to use tempera paint on canvas instead of arcrylic paint? Whan are the effects?

Answer 1

The paint might just flake off the canvas after a short amount of time, since it's going to dry and not adhere to canvas. You can try it, but beware.
Acrylic paint drys into the canvas surface while the tempera drys and turns into a sort of chalk surface which doesn't really stick to canvas the way it does to paper. With paper it is absorbed into the paper itself and it will stay on. I don't think it will on canvas but maybe. As in all art, "try it out...then see for yourself"

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Tempera Paint On Canvas

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Is it okay to use tempera paint on canvas instead of arcrylic paint? Whan are the effects?

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Acrylic and oil is usually used on canvas, cause canvas is strong enough to hold the paint. tempera is a lighter paint so you can use it on a heavy paper or cardstock and it'll probably be fine

Answer 5

Sure, it's a long, accomplished tradition: Botticelli painted "Birth of Venus" (1482) with tempera on canvas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Botticelli_Venus.jpg

Answer 6

not a good idea at all canvas flexes a lot and tempera cracks and is water soluble even after it has dried for ages and ages using latex or acrylic and that will develop a hard bond to the fiber of the canvas and not get reconstituted with any liquid

Answer 7

Sure no problem. The difference is that all types of paint have different results (mostly in the handling).

P.S: Canvas I assume is primed with gesso. Else I'd recommend against it