Hardboard and Wood Painting Panels

Claybord is a true multimedia panel, ideal for paint, ink, gouache, egg tempera, acrylics, airbrush, collage, photo-transfer, pencil, casein, and for mounting papers, prints, and fabrics.

Pre-primed with acrylic gesso and ready to paint, Gessobord's fine tooth finish is delicate enough for glazing, fluid brush strokes, and tight detail, yet tough enough to hold up to rigorous palette knife painting, collage, and masking techniques.

Prized for their strength, stability, and perfect smoothness, hardwood panels have been a popular painting support. For today's artist, Blick is pleased to offer our Premier Wood Panels — among the best quality on the market and, like all Blick products, a terrific value.

Blick Studio Wood Panels feature a standard 4 mm basswood surface, cradled with a highly stable solid pine frame. These unprimed panels are an excellent choice for beginners, hobbyists, or professionals seeking an economical substrate for studies, experiments, and everyday work.

Use multifunctional hardboard panels as a painting surface, mixing palette, drawing board, or for taping down watercolor paper. Hardboard is a resilient surface that will stand up to years of use.

Show off your colors like never before! An archival, acid-free textured clay surface that absorbs watercolors like a fine paper, Aquabord allows colors to retain their purity and vibrancy in a way that even the finest watercolor papers can't match.

Claybord is a true multimedia panel, ideal for paint, ink, gouache, egg tempera, acrylics, airbrush, collage, photo-transfer, pencil, casein, and for mounting papers, prints, and fabrics.

Ampersand Claybord Art Tiles are 1/8” deep tiles ideal for use with a variety of media, including graphite, ink, acrylic, gouache, and airbrush. The Kaolin clay surface is acid-free and pH-neutral for archival-quality results, while the hardboard backing provides a sturdy foundation.

Created as the result of a collaborative effort between Ampersand and R&F Encaustics, Encausticbord features a ready-to-use surface that meets the unique demands of encaustic painting and mixed media. Holds tight to layers without cracking or separating.

Pre-primed with acrylic gesso and ready to paint, Gessobord's fine tooth finish is delicate enough for glazing, fluid brush strokes, and tight detail, yet tough enough to hold up to rigorous palette knife painting, collage, and masking techniques.

This solid wood art Gessobord shadow box is pre-primed with premium gesso on the inside. Each box is 2" deep, so they're great for dioramas, installations, and three-dimensional painting.

Ampersand's Value Series Artist Panels are crafted specifically for students, hobbyists, and budget-minded professionals. These ready-to-paint primed panels are made with top quality materials. They are less susceptible to moisture and never sag or stretch like canvas. All panels are ready to hang, framed or unframed.

__BLICK Exclusive!__ Developed in celebration of Blick's anniversary, the Best of Ampersand Panel Pack Assortment includes three of Ampersand’s most popular acid-free, archival-quality art surfaces. Available in 5" x 7" or 8" x 10" sizes, each pack includes one each Claybord, Aquabord, and Gessobord panel.

Give your students all the advantages of painting on a prepared wood panel, minus the stretching, sagging, and priming associated with canvas panels. They'll experience better brush control, superior paint application, and brighter, more intense colors.

Blick Premier Artists' Panels are primed on all sides with premium, archival, acid-free gesso. The silky-smooth finish is ideal for painting, drawing, and mixed media work, as well as for mounting canvas, paper, and photos.

Rigid, primed wood panels are 3/8" thick and pre-coated with acrylic gesso - no prepping required! A wonderful, light canvas texture offers students superb brush control, making their first painting experience easier and more successful.

These panels are an affordable choice for artists, students, and leisure painters! They are primed with acrylic provide an exceptional painting surface for oils and acrylics. The unique surface allows for great brush control and intensity of color.

A surface and frame in one! Hampton Art Mix the Media Framed Boards are perfect for displaying photos, memorabilia, and more. Personalize them with paint, glitter, and other embellishments.

Masterpiece Alcohol Ink Art Panels are perfect for alcohol ink, acrylic paint, pouring techniques, and other mixed media applications. These 1/8" thick bright white panels are made of warp-resistant, non-porous vinyl mounted to a hard-core MDF board with pH-neutral glue.

Designed to contain liquid art materials such as fluid acrylics, glazing liquids, gels, grout, encaustics, and more, Pebeo Liquid Art Panels are surrounded by a wood frame with a 3 mm raised lip.

Richeson Premium Gessoed Hardboard Panels save you the time and effort of priming your own painting surface. They come pre-primed with a double coating of high-quality gesso. The 1/8" thick panels are tempered to resist warping. 2" thick panels are cradled.

These ready-to-paint, tempered hardboard panels are factory-coated with gesso. They're excellent for oils, acrylics, gouache, egg tempera, or pen and ink. Panels have a smooth surface. Each panel is 1/8" (3 mm) thick.

American Easel Clear Gessoed Wood Panels let you retain the natural beauty of a woodgrain background in your paintings while saving yourself hours of prep time in the studio.

Save a ton of prep time and get right to work with American Easel Gessoed Wood Painting Panels, manufactured in the USA from top-quality 1/8" birch.

American Easel WaterMedia Panels are a perfect surface for any watercolor medium. They're ready to use — no prep required. High-quality birch panels are triple-coated with an acid-free, archival acrylic formula. The result is a lightly textured surface that resembles cold press watercolor paper.

A high-quality panel for all mediums, American Easel Maple Panels feature a smoothly sanded maple face and back with three thicker poplar and cottonwood cores for excellent strength and stability.

Softer only as compared to hard maple, these soft maple blocks are a good substitute when a hardwood of moderate density is called for. Soft maple is slightly easier to work with, and won’t dull cutting edges as quickly. The 5/16" thick blocks can be carved on both sides.

These wood painting panels are manufactured in the USA from top-quality birch, sanded to render a smooth, firm surface. Cradled with a poplar wood frame, panels won't flex, stretch, or warp. Flat, Deep cradle, Extra Deep cradle, Oval, or Round.

Hardbord is a better support from start to finish! The high-density fiber core is engineered for stability, eliminating the warping and bowing issues common to other substrates. Accepts all commercial and handmade gesso grounds.

Ampersand's Value Series Artist Panels are crafted specifically for students, hobbyists, and budget-minded professionals. These ready-to-paint primed panels are made with top quality materials. They are less susceptible to moisture and never sag or stretch like canvas. All panels are ready to hang, framed or unframed.

Ampersand Value Series Unprimed Artist Panels are handcrafted using a thick, non-flexible basswood top, sanded perfectly smooth. It is ready to seal and prime with the ground of your choice. Unlike other plywood panels, you don't have to worry about knots, seams, or excessive wood grain.

A truly flawless painting surface, engineered for stability and longevity. Each 3/8" panel features a solid core construction made of refined Douglas Fir wood fibers. These rigid art panels will not flex or bend.

A truly flawless painting surface, engineered for stability and longevity. The front and back of each panel is constructed using knot-free natural maple hardwood, which is meticulously sanded to provide a luscious surface, free of voids or seams.

Baltic Birch Panels are popular with artists because of their firm, smooth surface, neutral color, strength, and affordable cost. The smooth, sanded surface and edges on these panels make them ideal for detailed work.

Prized for their strength, stability, and perfect smoothness, hardwood panels have been a popular painting support. For today's artist, Blick is pleased to offer our Premier Wood Panels — among the best quality on the market and, like all Blick products, a terrific value.

Blick Studio Wood Panels feature a standard 4 mm basswood surface, cradled with a highly stable solid pine frame. These unprimed panels are an excellent choice for beginners, hobbyists, or professionals seeking an economical substrate for studies, experiments, and everyday work.

Budget-friendly Blick Super Value Wood Panel Packs are available in a range of popular sizes. The panels feature a smooth, hand-sanded 4 mm birch surface and are supported by a sturdy pine cradle. Use the cradled wood panels for painting, encaustic, mixed media, and more. 3/4" profile.

Just 1/32" thick, these ultra-thin, featherweight cartón panels are waterproofed with resin sizing to resist buckling. Cartón Plein Air Panels provide a great substrate for oils, alkyds, acrylics, casein, gouache, and pastels.

Use Hampton Art Wood Plank Surfaces as your base for hand-lettered signs, home accessories, rustic wedding décor, and more. Hang your finished designs as wall art, use them as display signage, give them as personalized gifts — so many possibilities!

Use multifunctional hardboard panels as a painting surface, mixing palette, drawing board, or for taping down watercolor paper. Hardboard is a resilient surface that will stand up to years of use.

Create artwork with watercolors, oil paints charcoal, acrylics, colored pencils, and more on Midwest Studio Birch Artist Panels. These high-quality, versatile mid-tone surfaces will make colors pop.

Create one-of-a-kind pieces with Walnut Hollow Basswood Bark Edge Panels. They're ready to personalize with paint, stain, and other DIY finishes. The panels are made of basswood, which is the best wood for wood burning and carving. Bark gives the panels a rustic, natural look.

Create unique signs, block prints, and more with Walnut Hollow Basswood Panels. Basswood is soft and lightweight, making it ideal for carving and woodburning.

Wooden framed signs have finely sanded pine frames and Baltic birch plywood backs, making them ready for you to start any project. Embellish these two-sided signs with woodburning, hand lettering, decorative paper, art prints, maps, fabric, photos, stain, or paint.

These Walnut Hollow Framed Signs with Design each feature a pine frame and baltic birch plywood back with a routed design on the front. Finish the design with paint, paint markers, and decorative craft accents. Or, enhance it with woodburned patterns or phrases. It’s veined on one side only.