canvas board

Portable art panel

A canvas board is a piece of canvas glued to a stiff backing, typically cardboard or wood panel, providing a rigid painting surface.

Cheaper and more portable than stretched canvas, canvas boards are popular with students and for outdoor painting: She packed several canvas boards for the plein air workshop.

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oil · oil paint · wet on wet · gesso · stretched · texture · brush · studio · art class · primer · frame · surface · linen · cotton · rigid · portable · sketch · still life

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painting surface structure

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Fabric secured over frame

paper · wood panel · hardboard · glass

surface quality and texture

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Flat timber board section

glass panel

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G