Painting is one of the beautiful forms of art and many consider this as a way to reach to their soul and believe that it brings out their emotions.
When a person is really deep in thoughts and are finding means to expose it, they practice many forms of art like music, dance, writing, painting etc.
Canvas material: Canvas is a very commonly used material by most painters and it is very comfortable to paint on a canvas.
The canvas does not refer to one particular kind of material, for it is made from many fabric materials that are closely woven.
Most commonly used materials for canvas are cotton, linen, or a combination of both.
Linen is usually much costlier than its counterparts, and both the cotton and linen can be purchased either primed or unprimed.
Primed materials are those with a special coating to prevent the paint from soaking deep into the material, and they can be easily distinguished from each other.
Purchasing a primed or unprimed material is both available while purchasing and unprimed materials are of light tan color.
When purchasing a primed material it prevents and saves time while it skips the process of grounding, for this very reason the beginners prefer a primed one.
Most of the artists who are well influential of the priming process and most often make use of the canvas material for painting tend to purchase unprimed canvas, cause it saves much money as it is comparatively cheaper.
Also, they can create the type of surface that is suitable for their painting requirements.
Stretching canvas: Stretching a canvas can be initially difficult for beginners and this should be done before the material is primed.
Stretching a primed canvas will result in flaking of the prime coating and will make it rough and uneven for painting.
Once you have the essential tools for stretching like the four stretcher bar, staple gun, staples, canvas pliers, knife, sharp blade or scissors and a right angle to check for the evenness of stretching.
How to stretch a canvas? Initially arrange all the four stretcher bars even on a flat surface to form a rectangle and you can tighten them with a hammer or with the help of your hand.
Later by making use of a right angle ensure that the corners are of 90degrees.
Following this step you can roll out the canvas on a clean flat surface and by placing the frame on top of it, stretch the canvas material and staple them to the frame.
To do so, you need to leave at least three inches of extra material outside the frame to make it easy for you to stretch.
Sizing, grounding and priming a canvas: Once the above procedure is done, the material is then applied with a thin coating of animal glue known a sizing.
Gezzo is a common grounding material that is applied on top of sizing, which is later coated with the final priming material.
When a person is really deep in thoughts and are finding means to expose it, they practice many forms of art like music, dance, writing, painting etc.
Canvas material: Canvas is a very commonly used material by most painters and it is very comfortable to paint on a canvas.
The canvas does not refer to one particular kind of material, for it is made from many fabric materials that are closely woven.
Most commonly used materials for canvas are cotton, linen, or a combination of both.
Linen is usually much costlier than its counterparts, and both the cotton and linen can be purchased either primed or unprimed.
Primed materials are those with a special coating to prevent the paint from soaking deep into the material, and they can be easily distinguished from each other.
Purchasing a primed or unprimed material is both available while purchasing and unprimed materials are of light tan color.
When purchasing a primed material it prevents and saves time while it skips the process of grounding, for this very reason the beginners prefer a primed one.
Most of the artists who are well influential of the priming process and most often make use of the canvas material for painting tend to purchase unprimed canvas, cause it saves much money as it is comparatively cheaper.
Also, they can create the type of surface that is suitable for their painting requirements.
Stretching canvas: Stretching a canvas can be initially difficult for beginners and this should be done before the material is primed.
Stretching a primed canvas will result in flaking of the prime coating and will make it rough and uneven for painting.
Once you have the essential tools for stretching like the four stretcher bar, staple gun, staples, canvas pliers, knife, sharp blade or scissors and a right angle to check for the evenness of stretching.
How to stretch a canvas? Initially arrange all the four stretcher bars even on a flat surface to form a rectangle and you can tighten them with a hammer or with the help of your hand.
Later by making use of a right angle ensure that the corners are of 90degrees.
Following this step you can roll out the canvas on a clean flat surface and by placing the frame on top of it, stretch the canvas material and staple them to the frame.
To do so, you need to leave at least three inches of extra material outside the frame to make it easy for you to stretch.
Sizing, grounding and priming a canvas: Once the above procedure is done, the material is then applied with a thin coating of animal glue known a sizing.
Gezzo is a common grounding material that is applied on top of sizing, which is later coated with the final priming material.
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