stretched canvas
Taut artist's base
Stretched canvas is fabric—typically cotton or linen—pulled taut over a wooden frame, ready for painting.
Artists buy pre-stretched canvases or stretch their own.
The tension creates a firm, springy surface that accepts paint well: She picked up a stretched canvas and began blocking in shapes.
- tautStretched under tension
- linenFlax-derived textile
- primerPreparatory coat or guide
- easelUpright frame for paintings
- artist studioCreative person's workspace
ready to paint · gesso · painting · frame · artist · studio · cotton · texture · weave · staples · wooden · gallery · gallery wall · oil paint · acrylic · brushstrokes · oil painting · tension
- taut thingsbowstring, drum skin, guitar string, trampoline, rubber band
- oil paintingoil painting, oil paints, oil paint, linseed oil, turpentine
- art surfaceswatercolor paper, wood panel, hardboard, linen, paper
- printsprint, fine art prints, art print, woodcut, lithograph
- canvas typesBelgian linen, fine linen
- paintingoil painting, watercolor, acrylic paint, oils, oil paints