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Martin xxShawxx

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Any idea what the best value canvases are? Transferring from work on paper to these. Just thought it saves a bit of money on framing. 
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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The Canvas Store has a good range.
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In the USA, every time I went to buy blank Canvas at Hobby Lobby or Michael's in the size of 20 inch by 30 inch or Larger, they wanted to charge me $35.00 Dollars to $55.00 dollars a piece for them... Who can afford that?? I certainly can't.. That is one of the main reasons I went full digital...  Maybe try Amazon or Etsy...

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Martin xxShawxx

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Thank you, Robert and Eric
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Martin xxShawxx

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Wow, expensive Robert. Reckon to have a go at Jackson’s too. Thanks again
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Martin Cooke

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Hobbycraft in the UK have a few different canvas grades that are reasonably priced, especially if you manage to catch one of their frequent 3 for 2 offers. For the larger sizes (I think their largest is 1 x 1.5m) I'd advise checking them over first in person to avoid those that are warped.

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Daler Rowney and Belle Arti, both from Jackson’s…both excellent! I’ve tried unbranded cheaper canvases and they’re dreadful, in every respect!
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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That's the trouble - good canvas is (relatively) expensive; cheap canvas is invariably b. awful.   The Canvas Store's prices may have crept up since I last looked (I very rarely use canvas).  Take a look at Grantham's Art Discount, as well as those others suggested.  
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Collette Hughes

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I don't know if you've tried cradled wood panels. I get wood panels from Art Discount, their own. I prefer it to canvas. They are accepted for exhibition without frames just like a canvas. 
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Martin xxShawxx

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Thanks all, Alan, Robert and Martin. Robert, your time and dedication is ver valuable.  Thought you were a bit of a troll, once. I couldn’t have been more wrong. My mistake in a big way.  Value-value-valuable. Happy weekend.  Alan, such a masterful artist you are. One has to bow the head in acknowledgement to you, always. It would be hard to find someone that has such capability. No replacement will be considered.  Really don’t know a good or bad canvas. I have painted on cheap ones before. I shellac the wood frame to stop them from warping, then flood the canvas, on the face, with acrylic. Not a brilliant way of doing things, I know.  I’ve just bought a tube of Langridge oil… quinacridone burn orange. See how it goes for my faces. Can’t wait. Also bought some cadmium red, dark. There are capillaries of the face that are hard to mix as that sort of blush. The Williamsburg stuff I’ve started to use dries a little fast for me at the moment. I’m always breaking the skin on my palette to get at the colour, the following day. The  Naples yellow is good, though I found the value of Winton in this colour to be a great alternative. Dries slower though is a little more runny. The burnt sienna is break-neck brilliant, the more you thin, the more orange the tone. Anyway, will listen to you guys about the canvases and look for the decent stuff for my next purchase. Thank you again, Martin for your advice
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Martin xxShawxx

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High Collette. Thank you. Often wondered if wood could eventually react with the paint. I’m on lining paper at the moment, that I put an alkaline resisting paint on as a gesso. Might try your idea if the wood has been dried for a long time
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I use watered down bindex to size the back and sides, then give the front a few coats of jacksons acrylic gesso for both oil and acrylic. I've not run into any problems. I've also used birch ply cut in custom sizes from a firm called Cut my plastic. Very nice it is too, lovely smooth edges and reasonable but it's not cradled so you are back to framing. 
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