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Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas By the Yard
Item #: 07334
(186)
$5.50 - $23.87
Stretch your own canvas with professional-grade Blick Cotton Canvas By the Yard. It's available in five styles, including primed and unprimed options....
Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas By the Yard
Item #: 07334
(186)
$5.50 - $23.87
Stretch your own canvas with professional-grade Blick Cotton Canvas By the Yard. It's available in five styles, including primed and unprimed options....
Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas By the Yard
Item #: 07334
(186)
$5.50 - $23.87
Stretch your own canvas with professional-grade Blick Cotton Canvas By the Yard. It's available in five styles, including primed and unprimed options....
Blick Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07362
(51)
$8.37 - $803.00
Ready to paint once stretched, Blick Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls make creating your own canvases easy! Available in rolls or by the yard, choos...
Blick Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07362
(51)
$8.37 - $803.00
Ready to paint once stretched, Blick Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls make creating your own canvases easy! Available in rolls or by the yard, choos...
Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas Rolls and Blankets
Item #: 07375
(128)
$10.60 - $1,559.95
Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas is available in a range of weights, textures, and weaves for all types of art making, from quick studies to monumental in...
Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas Rolls and Blankets
Item #: 07375
(128)
$10.60 - $1,559.95
Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas is available in a range of weights, textures, and weaves for all types of art making, from quick studies to monumental in...
Blick Unprimed Belgian Linen Canvas
Item #: 07392
(50)
$62.25 - $6,554.45
Blick Unprimed Linen is produced in Belgium, where growing conditions and expert cultivation produce the highest-quality, long-line fibers. All styles...
Blick Unprimed Belgian Linen Canvas
Item #: 07392
(50)
$62.25 - $6,554.45
Blick Unprimed Linen is produced in Belgium, where growing conditions and expert cultivation produce the highest-quality, long-line fibers. All styles...
Blick Unprimed Cotton and Linen Canvas Blankets
Item #: 07333
(33)
$36.75 - $234.91
Prime and stretch your own canvas without the hassle of transporting a large roll! Iron the folds before stretching or mist the canvas with warm water...
Blick Unprimed Cotton and Linen Canvas Blankets
Item #: 07333
(33)
$36.75 - $234.91
Prime and stretch your own canvas without the hassle of transporting a large roll! Iron the folds before stretching or mist the canvas with warm water...
Claessens Oil Primed Linen Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07354
(29)
$282.21 - $645.54
Experts and internationally renowned artists alike appreciate the qualities of a Claessens Belgian linen - an archival support of exceptional quality....
Fredrix Style 123 Dixie Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07323
(8)
$97.81 - $236.14
Style 123 Dixie is a very heavy 12 oz cotton duck canvas with substantial texture and tooth. It has been double acrylic primed on one side, so you can...
Utrecht Artists' Acrylic-Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07385
(15)
$108.95 - $151.98
Utrecht Artists' Acrylic-Primed Cotton Canvas is expertly prepared for superior workability and optimal paint adhesion. Ready to stretch on a frame or...
Fredrix Style 122 Yankee Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07312
(6)
$15.81 - $157.07
Great for murals and larger paintings, Fredrix Style 122 Yankee Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls feature strong, medium-weight cotton duck with exce...
Claessens Acrylic Primed Linen Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07354
(4)
$283.68 - $529.00
Experts and internationally renowned artists alike appreciate the qualities of a Claessens Belgian linen, which is an archival support of exceptional ...
Blick Premier Oil Primed Belgian Linen Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07363
(11)
$420.00 - $826.00
The same top-of-the-line, professional-quality linen used for our Blick Premier Belgian Linen Stretched Canvases — now available in rolls! It is quite...
Blick Medium-Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas by the Yard
Item #: 07309
(3)
$8.12
Blick's Medium-Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas by the Yard is 100% cotton duck canvas. This 7 oz canvas can be primed with your choice of primers making...
Blick Medium-Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas by the Yard
Item #: 07309
(3)
$8.12
Blick's Medium-Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas by the Yard is 100% cotton duck canvas. This 7 oz canvas can be primed with your choice of primers making...
Fredrix Paint It Yourself Classroom Mural Acrylic Primed Polyflax Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07348
(5)
$90.59
Paint It Yourself Classroom Mural Canvas uses art to teach young people about our forests and oceans, including their importance to the world as irrep...
Fredrix Style 568 Medium Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07303
(12)
$32.83 - $87.92
Fredrix Style 568 Medium Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas Rolls is a selected artists' grade of finest pure cotton duck, and its weight is 7 oz unprimed....
Fredrix Style 580 Universal Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07325
(4)
$135.10
Fredrix Series 580 Universal acid-free, medium weight cotton duck canvas with an even texture caters to almost any artist's painting needs. It is univ...
Artfix Acrylic Primed Linen Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07337
(1)
$286.21 - $1,879.73
Artfix's Acrylic Primed canvas is prepared by hand application of up to four layers of acrylic primer and hand sanding. The ground replicates the char...
Utrecht Studio Acrylic-Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07381
(9)
$88.50 - $89.04
Expertly primed with a bright, flexible universal acrylic ground, these 100% pure cotton canvas rolls are suitable for oil, acrylic, and alkyd paintin...
Fredrix Archival Watercolor Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07321
(11)
$90.05 - $168.59
Join the Fredrix revolution! This innovative 100% cotton artist canvas combines the texture of a natural, woven fabric with a specially formulated ges...
Fredrix Folded Unprimed Cotton Canvas Blankets
Item #: 07322
(4)
$117.48 - $201.72
Prime and stretch your own canvas without the hassle of transporting a large roll! Classic Fredrix raw, unprimed 12 oz cotton is now available in conv...
Fredrix Style 70 Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07305
(6)
$75.00 - $130.25
Finest quality 53" wide canvas which is a medium texture, 6.6 oz 100% cotton duck canvas. It is primed in the USA with an acid-free acrylic titanium g...
Richeson Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls
Item #: 08956
(2)
$77.99 - $169.03
Richeson Acrylic Primed Cotton Canvas Rolls are triple primed with professional acrylic gesso and ready to be painted. They're available in half rolls...
Blick Unprimed Polyester Cloth Canvas Roll
Item #: 07380
(12)
$103.11
Blick Polyester Cloth Canvas is an unprimed canvas with an ultra-smooth, single-weave texture and a raw weight of 12 oz. It provides an extra fine pai...
Caravaggio Clear Acrylic Primed Linen Canvas Rolls
Item #: 07346
(1)
$448.00 - $840.00
If you love the color and texture of Caravaggio Linen, these Clear-Primed Linen Canvas Rolls are ideal for you. Double-coated with transparent primer,...
Canvas Rolls
Cotton canvas rolls are an economical option for artists who want to stretch multiple canvases or create canvas sizes not commonly available. Canvas rolls are either primed with acrylic gesso or unprimed. It's recommended to purchase an unstretched canvas roll several inches wider than at least one side of the desired canvas. Linen canvas rolls are an economical option for artists who want to stretch canvas in sizes not readily available or artists stretching multiple canvases. Slightly stretchy, linen canvas can be difficult for inexperienced artists to stretch for the first time. Linen canvas rolls are available primed with either acrylic gesso or oil ground or unprimed. Other canvas rolls are rolls of woven canvas material other than linen or cotton. These can be natural fibers such as jute, synthetic fibers such as polyester, or a combination of synthetic and natural fibers in the same material.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the standard methods for attaching canvas to stretcher bars?
There are three standard methods: side stapling, back stapling, and spline finishing.
Side Stapling is the least expensive technique for securing the canvas to the stretcher bar because it uses less canvas. Finished pieces are generally framed to hide the staples.
Back stapling is a more expensive finishing technique and requires more canvas, but it provides more selvage for future restretching. Some artists paint on the side as well as the face, creating works that don't require framing.
Spline finishing is the most expensive finishing technique. Though some artists feel that it's not as easy to restretch a splined canvas as it is a back-stapled canvas, many artists choose splined canvas because it has a neater appearance than other finishes, and because it's popular with their customers. Splined canvas hangs tight to the wall.
What's the difference between cotton duck canvas and linen canvas?
Cotton duck canvas is much less expensive than linen and has become the most popular support for oil and acrylic painting, especially for students. A properly prepared cotton canvas has longevity similar to linen, and it's more flexible and easier to stretch properly. However, cotton duck is considered too flexible for very large paintings.
Linen canvas with an oil primer is the classic standard for oil paintings. Though more expensive and harder to stretch properly, linen canvas offers the smoothest and stiffest painting surface and has proven longevity. Strong and durable, linen holds up to a heavy painting hand and doesn't become slack as easily as cotton canvas. For many artists, linen canvas is worth the investment.
What surfaces are suitable to paint on when using acrylic paints?
Because acrylic paint is very adhesive and flexible by nature, it can be used on a wide variety of grounds. It is recommended that an acrylic emulsion "gesso" be used to prepare whatever surface is to be painted. The best surface is a slightly textured one, such as masonite or hardboard. Heavy paper and canvas are also excellent surfaces.