its for my drawing class and ima get paper today!!!! need help asap!
2007-11-27 07:14:37 · 9 answers · asked by Shakira S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
can bristol work??? which paper can absorb the most oil?
2007-11-27 07:25:22 · update #1
real canvas or canvas board. the board is cheaper. It can take oil paints weeks to dry completely.
2007-11-27 07:18:28 · answer #1 · answered by totalbeyotch 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do not want to use paper unless you are experimenting with a possible new technique. Oils are normally painted onto a non absorbent surface. wood, Masonite, or canvas which has been treated with a sealer like gesso. Canvas is convenient because you can roll it up. The wood and Masonite will need to be sealed so the oils in the paints do not bleed Any fabric will work but canvas because of it strength is preferred.
2007-11-28 08:06:00 · answer #2 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't usually use paper to do oil painting, for practicing and doing studies i would recommend canvas board. But if you want to go cheaper than that some store have a canva-paper which is thick and it even has the tooth of the canvas.
2007-11-27 15:26:51 · answer #3 · answered by Bellini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paper will not stand up to the oil paints. The oil in the paints will completely destroy the paper. Stick with canvas or the canvas board. The canvas board would be quicker to get and easier to deal with. You can find this at any art supply shoppe or craft store. The canvas, you would need to find a place that stocks stretched canvases, and they can be bulky to lug around.
2007-11-27 07:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by jstjen71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to be weird and subversive as usual, but when I was doing oil painting for my A Level art about 15 years ago (UK) we all used 'sugar' paper, not sure if you call it that in the States, it's that very absorbent paper kids use for art, it comes in different colours and seems to work fine for beginners if you don't put the paint on too thick, final piece is still on my wall on a backing sheet all these years later..........
2007-11-27 07:41:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't. As a general rule oils should never be applied to paper. If you insist on it get a sheet of heavy cold press watercolour paper and gesso it. Other than that it would be better to get a sheet of cloth and paint on that for all it's worth. A tea towel even. Tack it down on a board or staple it which ever is more convenient to you then paint it. Even that's better than paper.
2007-11-27 23:05:11 · answer #6 · answered by the old dog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prime your paper really, really, really well. That way it might be a few decades before it deteriorates too badly. You can use any good heavy paper that will stand up to three coats of primer and a bunch of oil paint.
2007-11-27 11:11:00 · answer #7 · answered by helene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canvas
2007-11-27 07:18:52 · answer #8 · answered by Blow at High Doe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gesso paper
2007-11-27 08:30:31 · answer #9 · answered by charlene r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋