![]() First thing to mention is that paper is no good for oil painting because the oil soaks into the soft fibres and spreads outwards discolouring the paper and sucking body out of the paint. But a bought-in prepared gesso board loses the advantage of cheapness. When used on a good quality plywood panel it provides a smooth, strong, stable surface for paintings. ![]() It can be rubbed down to make an ultra smooth surface for fine detail. Gesso is the Plaster of Paris or gypsum surface that artists used centuries ago when they painted onto wooden panels or walls. Plywood boards can be better quality and even purchased in art shops as ‘gesso’ panels. And the hardboard will warp if the artist doesn’t stiffen the board with battening to prevent this. The surface still needs a base coat to seal the surface. This can inspire and enable the artist to create very textured artwork. So the ground will be quite a bit heavier than a same-size canvas. It is common to treat the texture with a substance like plaster first to fill in some of the holes. There is a smooth side and a textured side where the surface is even rougher and dryer than most canvases. It usually comes with two quite different surfaces. So it is a popular first choice for art students and beginners. It is cheaper per square inch than canvas by some way. Hardboard in the UK is also known as ‘Masonite’ in the US. I will include plywood and other composite building materials into this category.Īgain these grounds are suitable for oil or acrylic paints but not for water-colour, pastel or pencil. Next alphabetically in my list is hardboard. It is lightweight and so quite large paintings can be transported easily, and hung onto ordinary walls without need for much re-enforcement. A smooth surface enables fine small detail instead.Ĭanvas has another advantage. But it is exciting and screams ‘real paint’ at the audience. Rough texture canvas is no good if you want to paint fine detail. The roughest texture ground will drag the paint from a brush and leave little holes in the paint surface. The artist makes a choice depending on the style of painting. This can be quite rough or very smooth or somewhere in between. The most obvious characteristic of canvas is the texture. When you buy a prepared canvas from an art supply shop it will be white. Often the first coat will be plain white. Middle range and better quality canvases are stretched onto expanding wooden frames so that they can be tightened by tapping hidden wedges in the corners at the back of the stretchers.Ĭanvases usually have to be painted over with a flattish sealer layer of paint to stop them being too absorbent. Modern very cheap, ready stretched, Chinese import, canvases are fragile and stretched onto fixed flimsy wooden frames. There is a big price range as well.Īs a rule canvases come stretched, although do-it-yourself is cheaper. The actual cloth could be anything from most expensive linen canvas, through standard cotton, down to hessian. But it is not suitable for water-colour or pastel. This surface is considered to be the obvious choice for original oil and acrylic paintings. So, let us look at my list of four grounds. in painting and decorative art, a main surface or first coating of colour serving as a support for other colours or as a background for designs. Any material surface which is taken as a basis to work upon esp. Yes ‘grounds’ because that is the slightly posher established word to describe these painting surfaces.įrom the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary… But in this piece I am just concentrating on the standard flat grounds. ![]() Of course there are also other surfaces such as walls, fences, metal, pottery, and even human bodies that have been chosen by successful artists. These four surfaces are the common available products that an artist can paint on, or have used, for making his or her paintings. Big plaster of Paris beads (also at First Palette)ġ0.Canvas, hardboard, paper or plank. Update :: We’ve since made these plaster balloon sculptures and they were so much fun!ĩ. Plaster of Paris freeform sculpture using a balloon (at First Palette) Plaster and cheesecloth ghosts for Halloween (at Ashbee Design)Ĩ. Make your own sidewalk chalk (at Playful Learning)ħ. Plaster of Paris and the best art group project ever!ĥ Plaster of Paris crafts I’d like to tryĦ. Plaster of Paris sculptures with the art groupĥ. Sandcasting in the sandbox or at the beach!Ĥ. The second 5 look awesome and are on our list to try soon. Here are some fun Plaster of Paris crafts to try with your kids. You can buy it at local craft stores, the hardware store, or online. It dries fairly quickly into whatever shape you’ve chosen. You can then pour, color, shape, or press things into it. It starts out as a powder that you mix with water to make a thick gooey liquid. Plaster of Paris is a fun material to work with. ![]()
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