Artists Stretched Canvas

Art CanvasesBuy Artists Blank Stretched Canvas, Boards and Rolls designed to help artists to create art to a high standard. There are many makes and manufacturers of relatively cheap canvases for painting on the market today. We have art canvas for sale in small and large box quantities, stocking a range of Winsor & Newton Artists' (21mm) and Deep Edge (38mm) canvas. We also sell a wide range of inexpensive Student Canvases in standard and deep edge varieties at Incredibly Low Prices. We also offer a range of Professional Canvases which are made in Britain with the best quality American pine stretchers and a wide choice of specially selected primed linen or cotton.

Canvas Rolls - Primed Cotton, Linen and Jute

We offer a wide selection of high quality cotton, linen and jute Primed Canvas Rolls from America and Belgium designed for the professional artist and coated with a selection of primers to suite oil or acrylic paints.

Compare the Prices of Our 3 Main Brands
Student Canvas - Imperial 20 x 16 inch - 51 x 41 cm Approx
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 Single £6.82
 Box of 2 £12.66
 Box of 10 £53.60
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Professional Canvases 20 x 16 inch - 51 x 41 cm Approx
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 Single £7.25
 Box of 8 £52.20
 
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W&N Artists - 21mm Deep - 20 x 16 inch - 51 x 41 cm Approx
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 Single£14.80£10.14
 Box of 2£29.60£18.84
 Box of 8£118.40£63.76
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Art Articles

ABC Art Supplies has now teamed up with Artists Materials Online to provide one of the widest selections of Art Supplies in the UK, with over 50,000 products listed on their website including oil and acrylic paint, watercolours, canvases, easels and many other arts and crafts supplies. (Full article coming soon)

Art Supplies for Sale Online - The Advantages
The best way to buy art supplies depends upon your own personal requirements. There are advantages and disadvantages with both the traditional and online store which are worth weighing up before deciding which way to shop. Read Full Article

How to Make Canvas Boards
Learn how to make canvas panels to standards even professional artists would be happy with by following this step-by-step guide. Making your own canvas boards is relatively easy and rewarding, allowing you to create your ideal support to your own exact bespoke needs. Read Full Article

How To Prepare an Un-primed Canvas for Painting
Most stretched canvas comes primed and ready to paint. However, cotton-duck - often supplied on a roll - may be un-prepared and may have to be primed to prevent the paint (especially oil paint) from soaking into the material. Read Full Article

The British Caricaturist Sue Macartney-Snape
Sue Macartney-Snape is one of the most amusing and whimsical social observers in England, communicating her observations through her brilliant caricatures. The popularity of her pieces among members of the high society, who are ironically the target of her sarcastic observation, illustrates the amazing reach and aesthetic value of her paintings, and her ability to convey ideas that stir up interesting thoughts and notions in her observers. Read Full Article

A Popular Figurative Artist: Sarah-Jane Szikora
While many artists portray unhappiness and sad themes, Sarah-Jane Szikora creates humorous pictures that incorporate gingerbread men, food and most important - appalling fat ladies. Her purpose through her art is to make people smile, for people to like themselves, and for women to not have bad feelings about their body. Quirkiness or eccentricity, bright colours, and much detail make up her hallmark style. Her art has been greatly appreciated to the extent that it has been replicated as limited edition prints, sculptures and ceramic ware. Read Full Article

How to Tighten a Canvas with Tightening Keys
Tightening keys are supplied with most canvases and they can be used to tighten the canvas if it becomes slightly loose. This step-by-step guide explains how this can be done safely without damaging the stretchers. Read Full Article

How to Tighten a Slack Painting on Stretched Canvas with Hot Water
This guide explains how paintings on canvases which have become slightly slack over time can be easily tightened by applying hot water. This is one of the common techniques used by artists to quickly and easily restore the tension of the art canvas. Read Full Article