Why I now use archival canvas mounted on Dibond permanent board for my paintings
Traditionally, oil paintings have been painted on linen canvas stretched on a wooden frame, sized with rabbit skin glue, and primed with white lead. But there are a few drawbacks with this traditional material. Firstly, it is relatively fragile and can easily be punctured or dented. Secondly, it is flexible, and as it flexes, the paint layers adhered to it flex as well leading to cracking over time. Thirdly, it is dimensionally unstable and can change size, and therefore tension, dramatically with changes in temperature and humidity which, again, subjects the paint layers to mechanical stresses that eventually lead to […]
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