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bif

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3. An artist friend swears by them

Reply to 58Sunliner (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 10:33 AM

Feb 2020

He said once you paint on a board, you'll never go back to canvas. I've been a bit leery because I paint so much, it could get expensive. I buy the budget, multi-packs of canvases, which work out fine.

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Bring a couple of sheets of roll canvas with you. Zoonart Feb 2020 #1

Ye olde wood board. Many artists have painted on board. Just gesso them. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #2

An artist friend swears by them bif Feb 2020 #3

I can see that. Canvas always stretches, and I'm hard on everything. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #7

There are pads of real artist canvas lunatica Feb 2020 #4

This sounds like a good bet bif Feb 2020 #5

You can go on the site and locate a store near you lunatica Feb 2020 #6

You could use hardboard. femmedem Feb 2020 #8