Quality Pre
Posted By admin on February 4, 2010
Quality Pre
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What is the highest-quality pre-primed canvas on the market?
I am BFA student in my senior year at school. My professor suggested that I purchase a roll of pre-primed canvas as it would speed up my process. What is the best canvas to purchase, and should it be a certain weight?
Your instructor is right in my opinion, to use pre-primed canvas. It is consistent and professionally prepared under controlled factory setting. Priming raw canvas or linen is just a big waste of time unless you want some special effect.
As for the highest quality- I don't think you will do better than Fredrix Brand, They have several weights and textures. You can also choose linen if you want instead of canvas.
Go to taramaterials.com for complete product list and descriptions.
You may need to buy it from www.cheapjoes.com or www.dickblick or your favorite art supply store but check these out for great prices and compare.
Lastly, I will go one better than your instructor and suggest that unless you really need to create an odd size or some very large sizes that are hard to ship, Or really need a specific canvas - use the pre- stretched ones in STANDARD sizes. Working in standard "picture frame" sizes will be much more cost effective and they will be perfectly square in the corners, be taunt, and ready for you as soon as the inspiration hits you.
Winsor & Newton has professional canvases too.
Mastepiece Brand
Claessens Brand
But I believe it is hard to go wrong with Fredrix
In terms of weight - size of the painting may be a factor to consider but for painting I have done as big as 60' square I have used 7oz. Yankee by Fredrix. It is great. The texture or weave is probably more important decision to make for most paintings. Fine linen for portraits for example and more coarse for landscapes for example.























































































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