Traditional Profile Cotton Canvas

Traditional Profile Cotton Canvas and Your Art:  Choosing the proper canvas for your art can be a task in itself. There are so many types of canvas available on the market today. Price ranges vary from the affordable to the very expensive. The higher quality of canvas provides for more durability in the years to come. Many of the cheaper canvases will allow the color to fade into the fibers. Synthetic fibers in other canvases let the color sit atop them. This makes scratching and cracking inevitable. Many artists prefer to use the traditional profile cotton canvas. It has a unique quality of promoting bold colors and gives longevity to any work of art. It has archival qualities as well. Many artists prefer to prime their traditional profile cotton canvas themselves.

Blick Academic Canvas		Blick Premier Traditional 7/8' Profile Canvas		Blick Studio Traditional 3/4' Profile Canvas		Fredrix Archival Stretched Watercolor Canvas
Price: $13		Price: $3		Price: $14		Price: $15 - $22
Brand: Blick		Brand: Blick		Brand: Blick		Brand: Fredrix
These canvases are a good quality, economical option for students.		Blick Premier Stretched Canvas is a heavyweight, high quality canvas for the discerning professional.		For quality, dependability and affordability there is no better choice than Blick Studio Traditional Grade Canvas.		Join the Fredrix revolution!
Fredrix Blue Label Stretched Canvas		Fredrix Creative Edge Canvas		Fredrix Pro Series Dixie Traditional Profile Stretched Canvas		Fredrix Red Label Stretched Canvas
Price: $29		Price: $6		Price: $29		Price: $4
Brand: Fredrix		Brand: Fredrix		Brand: Fredrix		Brand: Fredrix
Get the smoothest working surface that Fredrix offers, especially good for the important detailing of portraiture.		This staple-free edge stretched canvas is 100% cotton duck canvas with tongue and groove adjustable stretcher bars.		Ideal for artists at all skill levels, the Fredrix Pro Series features the world-famous Tara/Fredrix Dixie #123 12 oz cotton duck canvas, double-primed with acid-free acrylic Titanium gesso for professional results.		These canvases feature the finest quality pure cotton duck, medium textured, and double-primed with acid-free acrylic gesso for use with oil or acrylic painting.
Lyons Black-Primed Stretched Canvas		Masterpiece Elite Cotton Canvas		Masterpiece Vincent Masterwrap Stretched Canvas		The Artist Grid Canvas
Price: $11		Price: $426		Price: $6 - $9		Price: $20
		Brand: Masterpiece		Brand: Masterpiece		Brand: The Artist Grid
Use these canvases coated with lightfast black primer for lustrous backgrounds when working with deep color palettes.		This heavyweight canvas from Masterpiece is the sturdiest cotton canvas on the market.		Vincent Masterwrap is manufactured from the same heavy-duty 12 oz acrylic primed cotton duck as Monet Professional Masterwrap, but stretched on standard ¾ Masterpiece pine stretcher bars.		The grid method has been used for centuries to create accurate perspective when painting.

A rather easy task, priming can be done by anyone but mostly done by accomplished artists. Some easy suggestions for priming are in the following:

• Stretching of the canvas should be done before priming begins.
• Sanding of any rough spots can easily be performed using a nail file or sandpaper.
• Always shake your primer, such as gesso, very well. Your priming efforts will be harmed if the primer is not completely mixed by rapid shaking.
• Use an older brush that is clean for applying primer. Older brushes are less likely to have loose hairs. If you are using a decorating or new brush, you should wash it several times to get rid of any loose hairs.
• Always start at the top of your canvas when applying the primer. You should work from one edge to the other. This gives a smoother appearance.

After you have applied a coat of primer, allow it to dry before adding another. Between coats you may want to sand the canvas smooth again. This provides you with an exceptional work surface for your traditional profile cotton canvas.