Canvas vs Panels-Which Is Better for Painting?

[@AmpersandArt]

Really useful and clear comparison! Thanks!

[@mbrownie22]

You changed my mind

[@babyroo555]

incredible! thank you! and subscribed :)

[@rainerburmeister5758]

Thanks for this Video.

[@robmurrah3224]

What panel material do you recommend?

[@ChrisBreier]

I should say that I've been receiving Gessobords for free so I use those, but I also used them for years prior to that. If you're interested in making your own panels then tempered hardboard will work. It's not all the same quality, some of the hardboard is snooth on one side with a texture on the other etc. Ampersand has some technical data on their website about the hardboard they use.

[@Letha222]

Good explanation. Thanks.

[@ZadenZane]

The main reason I use canvas is because it's more convenient than board for me anyway. I paint round the edges and hang it straight on the wall unframed. I really don't like the weave of canvas so the first thing I had to learn was how to get a paper smooth surface with gesso which is easy if you use a plastic scraper. Mostly i paint on paper by the way. Acrylic on paper in a "watercolour" style!

[@ChrisBreier]

I love painting with acrylics in a watercolor style! It's like watercolor but you can paint as many layers as you want. 🙂

[@louiecanaria9960]

Are panels good for textured art?

[@ChrisBreier]

Yes! Wood panels are more rigid than canvas and they don't expand or contract as much-so thick paint textures are less likely to crack.

[@louiecanaria9960]

@@ChrisBreier thank you! Do you think it's practical to use if i use thick layers of texture paste on it though? Kind of like sculptures, but on panels. I'm using plywood now but it's really heavy, although acrylic wall putty really adheres to it well. But i'm just looking for other options for my art like panels.

[@ChrisBreier]

The larger panels have a cross brace down the middle so that makes it more stable. I've never built up extra heavy textures like you're describing so you'd have to test it out to see how it holds up. I also think you might be able to find a way to make the sculptural aspects of it lighter. Perhaps there's a way to make it hollow.-paper mache comes to mind. There's also lightweight molding pastes that might help, it's kind of springy and not as hard but it's definitely lighter.

[@louiecanaria9960]

@@ChrisBreier thank you for the suggestions, Sir! Much appreciated. :)

[@LeftBrainedArtist]

For acrylic paint pouring, canvases are so much cheaper that is usually the best option for those that watch my video. I do love having a rigid board but the costs is crazy different.

[@ChrisBreier]

Are you using the inexpensive craft store canvases?

[@LeftBrainedArtist]

@@ChrisBreier Most pouring artist that watch my videos are using the bulk canvases from Michael etc.

[@ChrisBreier]

Okay, I think maybe that's why you're seeing a bigger price difference. The higher quality canvases are much closer in price to a panel. There might be a difference of around $5 for a 16x20 flat Gessobord compared to a higher quality canvas. I think it's worth it....especially since the warped stretcher bar in this video was from one of those "premium" canvases. I had put over 30 hours into that painting and I had to remove it and stretch over a new set of stretcher bars.

[@LeftBrainedArtist]

That totally makes sense. I'll have to do some comparisons of those. @@ChrisBreier

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Do you still suggest panels if the size is very big?

[@ChrisBreier]

Yes but at a certain size, larger panels should be cradled.

[@madeleine363]

​@ChrisBreier why should they be craddled if they are larger?

[@ChrisBreier]

It's more stable-large sheets of hardboard can warp. I also like finishing the edges so I don't have to frame it.

[@KeithJackson-v6w]

I see some people make split primary color videos using 2 of each warm and cool red blues and yellows I see the you get full and muddy purples and if you mix a blue with a red bias with a yellow with a red bias or a blue with a red bias with a yellow with a blue bias you get medium to muddy Greens but tthe oranges still be pure and vivid like when you mix a red with a blue bias or a yellow with a blue bias with the red you still get orange it doesn't come out muddy for example if you mix alizarin crimson or rose red with a hansa yellow or a cadmium red with a greenish hansa yellow the orange still be bright it doesn't change only the greens and purples I wonder why the orange still be orange when the reds and the yellows have blue biases why the orange still be vibrant

[@ChrisBreier]

I have found that the orange that you can mix will always be a little bit duller than cadmium orange. I haven't found any combination of yellow and red that's as vivid as cadmium orange. So if I want the most saturated orange possible, I just use cadmium orange instead of trying to mix it. If the orange that I'm trying to match doesn't have to be as vivid as possible then I might just mix it from yellow and red. As you said the mixed orange isn't as dull as mixing a green from ultramarine and yellow.

[@KeithJackson-v6w]

Yes I understand I just was confused cause the people in the videos did mix alizarin crimson and hansa yellow it still made a vivid orange when both of those reds and yellows have blue in it

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

I love panels too...but in galleries they prefer stretched canvas

[@ChrisBreier]

That's interesting, I haven't run across this before.

[@iam_karla]

Stretched canvas should have slope on its contact to the cloth.

[@ChrisBreier]

Yes, that should help with the stretcher bar ghosting problem. But the issue is that most canvases don't have a deep enough slope so the canvas still touches the stretcher bar with enough pressure.

[@iam_karla]

@@ChrisBreier yes. But for the info of from the "west" the store bought canvasses here in Asia are already engineered to have a slope. I think companies should be requested to have slopes on their canvasses.