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Blick Brand Canvases: Trusted Archival Quality, Outstanding Value

Whatever your medium of choice, find the best foundation for your artwork. Our selection includes stretched canvas, blankets, and rolls in the widest assortment of materials, weights, sizes, and textures to meet any artist’s needs.

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Stretched Canvas

Blick Premier

Blick Premier represents our finest line of professional-quality canvases, meticulously handcrafted to ensure maximum archival stability and longevity. Hand-stretched and back-stapled onto heavy-duty, solid pine stretcher bars, choose from our highest-quality 100% heavyweight cotton, medium-weight cotton, or Belgian linen canvases.

  • Blick Premier Heavyweight Cotton

    • Expertly prepared to support heavy applications in oil or acrylic

    • 100% cotton duck; 15 oz. pre-primed weight

    • Triple-primed with acrylic gesso; 20 oz. primed weight

    • Hand-stretched and back-stapled onto heavy-duty, solid pine stretchers

    Sizes range from 8” x 8” to 60” x 72”

  • Blick Premier Belgian Linen

    • Our highest quality oil painting substrate

    • 100% Belgian linen; 5.5 oz. pre-primed weight

    • Triple-coated with oil-based primer; 10 oz. primed weight

    • Back-stapled with blanket-fold corners; 1-3/8" solid pine stretcher bars

    Sizes range from 6” x 6” to 40” x 40”

  • Blick Premier Cotton

    • Gallery stretched for broad range of oil or acrylic techniques

    • 100% cotton duck; 10 oz pre-primed weight

    • Triple-primed with acrylic gesso; 15 oz. primed weight

    • Choose from back-stapled or splined

    Sizes range from 4” x 4” to 60” x 72”

Blick Studio

Blick Studio offers a versatile range of high-quality canvases designed for permanence and stability when a lighter weight substrate is suitable. Ideal for students, hobbyists, and professionals conducting studies or experiments, Blick Studio canvases provide an excellent balance of quality and affordability.

  • Blick Studio Cotton

    • Designed for versatile applications in oil or acrylic

    • 100% cotton duck; 7 oz. pre-primed weight

    • Triple-primed with acrylic gesso; 10.5 oz. primed weight

    • Medium texture

    • Back-stapled to solid wood stretcher bars

    Sizes range from 4” x 4” to 60” x 72”

  • Blick Studio Linen

    • High-quality linen for oil or acrylic applications

    • 100% linen; 6 oz. pre-primed weight

    • Triple-primed with acrylic gesso; 9 oz. primed weight

    • Medium texture

    • Back-stapled to solid wood stretcher bars

    Sizes range from 5” x 7” to 48” x 72”

  • Blick Studio Cotton Panels

    • Durability and strength for oil or acrylic applications

    • 100% cotton duck

    • Double-primed with acrylic gesso; 5 oz. primed weight

    • Hand-turned on a rigid board with an acid-free core

    • 1/8" thick

    Sizes range from 4" x 4" to 24" x 36"


Blick Custom Canvas

Can't find the size you need? Design an archival quality stretched canvas online in minutes with our Custom Canvas Builder. Handcrafted to your exact specifications, provide your dimensions, choose from premium linen, cotton, and synthetic canvases in a range of textures and finishes. Our stretcher bars are crafted from kiln-dried, knot-free pine and built to last a lifetime.

  • 35+ Canvas Types: Select your material, weight, texture, weave, and surface treatment.

  • Two Stretcher Profiles: Kiln-dried, knot-free USA pine, cut and notched on-site.

  • Any Size Configuration: From small studies to grand-scale installations, we’ll build a bespoke canvas to your exact dimensions up to 83″.


Blankets & Rolls

Whether you want to prime your own canvas or stretch pre-primed linen or cotton, we offer the largest range of textures and weights to fit any artist’s needs.

Blick Unprimed Cotton Canvas

Natural, unbleached, premium-grade 100% cotton duck, available by the yard.

  • Lightweight, 7 oz.

    Fine Texture

  • Lightweight, 10 oz.

    Fine Texture

  • Medium Weight, 12 oz.

    Double-weave, medium-smooth texture.

  • Heavyweight, 15 oz.

    Double-weave, medium-rough texture.

Blick Acrylic Primed Cotton

Premium-grade 100% cotton duck. Choose from a variety of weights and finishes, available in rolls or by the yard.

  • Lightweight, 7 oz.

    • Double-primed

    • 9.5 oz. primed weight

    • Medium texture

    • For oils, acrylics, alkyds, and tempera

  • Medium Weight, 10 oz.

    • Double-primed

    • 12 oz. primed weight

    • Medium texture

    • For oils, acrylics, alkyds, and tempera

  • Medium Weight, 5 oz.

    • Triple-primed

    • 10.5 oz. primed weight

    • Medium texture

    • For oils, acrylics, and alkyds

  • Premier Heavyweight, 15 oz.

    • Triple-primed

    • 20 oz. primed weight

    • Medium texture

    • For most mediums, including oils, acrylics, alkyds, tempera, and casein

  • Medium Weight, 7 oz.

    • Double-primed

    • 12 oz. primed weight

    • Medium texture

    • For oils, acrylics, and alkyds

  • Medium Portrait Smooth, 7 oz.

    • Double-primed

    • 11 oz. primed weight

    • Ultra-smooth texture

    • For portrait and detail work with oils, acrylics, and alkyds

Blick Unprimed Belgian Linen

Produced in Belgium, where growing conditions and expert cultivation produce the highest-quality, long-line fibers. The proprietary weave configurations are exclusive to Blick.

  • 79D: Medium, 10.3 oz.

    Rough Texture

  • 135: Medium Weight, 9.4 oz.

    Medium-Smooth Texture

  • 66J: Medium Weight, 8.8 oz.

    Extra Smooth Texture

  • 73D: Lightweight, 8.4 oz.

    Medium-Smooth Texture

  • 185: Medium Weight, 9.3 oz.

    Smooth Texture

  • 74D: Lightweight, 10.9 oz.

    Medium Texture

  • 144: Lightweight, 6 oz.

    Smooth Texture

  • 215: Heavyweight, 11.5 oz.

    Medium-Rough Texture

  • Blick Premier Oil-Primed Linen

    The same very fine, master-quality Belgian Linen used for our Premier Belgian Linen Stretched Canvas, available in rolls. Medium Weight, 5.5 oz.

    • Triple oil-primed

    • 10 oz. primed weight

    • Extremely smooth

    • Our finest archival surface for oil colors

  • Blick Unprimed Polyester Cloth

    An extra fine painting surface suitable for detailed work, this high-quality synthetic cloth offers greater longevity and dimensional stability than natural fiber substrates. Tension remains consistent after stretching, even with extreme variations in humidity levels. Medium Weight, 12 oz. Ultra-smooth, single-weave texture.


Blick Standard Stretcher Bars

Made from premium white pine. Slotted, double-mortised corners ensure outstanding long-term stability.

  • 1-1/2" W

  • 13/16" (38 mm × 21 mm) profile

  • 1/2" relief eliminates ghost impressions on stretched canvas

  • Rounded edges reduce surface friction and allow for a tighter, more even draw


Additional Canvas Resources

Looking for more? Check out these helpful canvas guides and how-to articles:

  • How to Stretch Canvas on the Bias

    Try an alternate way of stretching canvas to spread tension more evenly, minimize weave distortion, and reduce puckers at tack points.

  • Choosing Canvas: A Comprehensive Guide

    Find everything you need to know about buying, building, or prepping artists' canvas.

  • How to Use Canvas Keys

    Master the art of tightening your canvas with canvas keys.