Canvas vs Panels-Which Is Better for Painting?
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2024
- Wood panels have many advantages over canvas but I don't always have the time to make my own, so I've been purchasing them for years. The time I save can be spent on creating paintings rather than on preparation, plus the panels from Ampersand are better than what I can make.
All of the panels in this video were provided by @AmpersandArt The various panels that I mentioned in the video are listed below. #teamampersandart #gessobord #artpanel #aquabord
ART PANELS
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GESSOBORDS- these are the panels that I have been using for years. They're sealed and then primed with gesso. I use them for both acrylics and oils.
They have a variety of sizes and thicknesses on Amazon amzn.to/49jN3sb
Blick also carries many sizes, here's a link to the product page shrsl.com/4f5i8
AQUABORD- I like using these panels for oils, acrylics, and gouache. It's a panel that's coated with clay that's absorbent and it has textured surface. If you prefer and totally smooth surface then you want Claybord, see below.
Amazon 5x7 three pack amzn.to/42LhtS0
Amazon 8x10 amzn.to/4bRzW3o
Blick: here's the product page with various sizes to choose from shrsl.com/4f5ij
CLAYBORD-these panels are the same as Aquabord but have a very smooth surface. They work well with a variety of media.
Amazon: amzn.to/42GIshc
Blick: shrsl.com/4f5ji
PRIMED SMOOTH ARTIST PANEL
The Artist Panel is part of their value series. This surface is coated with gesso and sanded to a smooth finish. Here's a link to the product page on Amazon that contains a variety of sizes and thicknesses amzn.to/42IBloE
Here's the product page on Blick shrsl.com/4f5j2
PASTELBORD
Pastelbord is great for various drawing media. It has a gritty surface that works well with pastels, conte crayon, charcoal, and other drawing media.
It's available in white, gray, sand, and dark green.
Amazon amzn.to/3OJ0xFK
Blick shrsl.com/4f5j5
ENCAUSTICBORD
These panels are engineered for use with encaustics so they're resistant to heat and the surface is absorbent. It works well with encaustics but it also can be used with other media such as acrylics, charcoal, collage etc.
Amazon amzn.to/3I10jpR
Blick shrsl.com/4f5ja
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Really useful and clear comparison! Thanks!
Good explanation. Thanks.
Thanks for this Video.
I love panels too...but in galleries they prefer stretched canvas
That's interesting, I haven't run across this before.
I see some people make split primary color videos using 2 of each warm and cool red blues and yellows I see the you get full and muddy purples and if you mix a blue with a red bias with a yellow with a red bias or a blue with a red bias with a yellow with a blue bias you get medium to muddy Greens but tthe oranges still be pure and vivid like when you mix a red with a blue bias or a yellow with a blue bias with the red you still get orange it doesn't come out muddy for example if you mix alizarin crimson or rose red with a hansa yellow or a cadmium red with a greenish hansa yellow the orange still be bright it doesn't change only the greens and purples I wonder why the orange still be orange when the reds and the yellows have blue biases why the orange still be vibrant
I have found that the orange that you can mix will always be a little bit duller than cadmium orange. I haven't found any combination of yellow and red that's as vivid as cadmium orange. So if I want the most saturated orange possible, I just use cadmium orange instead of trying to mix it. If the orange that I'm trying to match doesn't have to be as vivid as possible then I might just mix it from yellow and red. As you said the mixed orange isn't as dull as mixing a green from ultramarine and yellow.
Yes I understand I just was confused cause the people in the videos did mix alizarin crimson and hansa yellow it still made a vivid orange when both of those reds and yellows have blue in it
For acrylic paint pouring, canvases are so much cheaper that is usually the best option for those that watch my video. I do love having a rigid board but the costs is crazy different.
Are you using the inexpensive craft store canvases?
@@ChrisBreier Most pouring artist that watch my videos are using the bulk canvases from Michael etc.
Okay, I think maybe that's why you're seeing a bigger price difference. The higher quality canvases are much closer in price to a panel. There might be a difference of around $5 for a 16x20 flat Gessobord compared to a higher quality canvas. I think it's worth it....especially since the warped stretcher bar in this video was from one of those "premium" canvases. I had put over 30 hours into that painting and I had to remove it and stretch over a new set of stretcher bars.
That totally makes sense. I'll have to do some comparisons of those. @@ChrisBreier
What panel material do you recommend?
I should say that I've been receiving Gessobords for free so I use those, but I also used them for years prior to that. If you're interested in making your own panels then tempered hardboard will work. It's not all the same quality, some of the hardboard is snooth on one side with a texture on the other etc. Ampersand has some technical data on their website about the hardboard they use.
Are panels good for textured art?
Yes! Wood panels are more rigid than canvas and they don't expand or contract as much-so thick paint textures are less likely to crack.
@@ChrisBreier thank you! Do you think it's practical to use if i use thick layers of texture paste on it though? Kind of like sculptures, but on panels. I'm using plywood now but it's really heavy, although acrylic wall putty really adheres to it well. But i'm just looking for other options for my art like panels.
The larger panels have a cross brace down the middle so that makes it more stable. I've never built up extra heavy textures like you're describing so you'd have to test it out to see how it holds up. I also think you might be able to find a way to make the sculptural aspects of it lighter. Perhaps there's a way to make it hollow.-paper mache comes to mind. There's also lightweight molding pastes that might help, it's kind of springy and not as hard but it's definitely lighter.
@@ChrisBreier thank you for the suggestions, Sir! Much appreciated. :)
Do you still suggest panels if the size is very big?