Art Supplies

Preparing a canvas for paint begins with building a frame from stretcher strips. Stretcher strips are normally made in a tongue and groove pattern at the corners, allowing for easier assembly....

Rabbit skin glue is made from rabbits, hence the name. Sometimes it is known as "rabbit collagen." It was used as a primer for oil paining canvasses, although now that's taken place by water-based...

Believed to be invented by Italians because the word gesso means chalk in Italian, black gesso is used as a primer for canvas and other surfaces intended to be painted. Because gesso resembles...

Here's how to gesso a stretched, unprimed canvas.

To restore an antique chalk picture frame, many materials are needed. Time, patience and skill is required. There are places that will do the restoration, but can be very expensive due to the...

According to Dictionary.com, to cannibalize is to remove parts, equipment, assets, employees, etc., from (an item, product, or business) in order to use them in another. You don’t have to be a...

Many artists paint on wood panels. They offer different textures and properties compared to traditional canvas. You can buy wood panels, and so long as you can find exactly what you're looking...

Canvas is a form of cotton that is commonly used as a surface for oil, watercolor and acrylic painting. You will most likely be working with an easel, but canvas is also sold in pads. Canvas needs...