The student, painting and costs…
As a student of the arts cost is generally a big factor, you want to paint but by the time you make a stretcher, get the canvas (heck linen is so expensive, canvas is it…) then stretch it and undercoat… PHEW it’s time to paint at last!
All very well but the cost is sending you broke… so what to do?
Q. Especially in the start of the learning process, are you about to create a masterpiece? Chances are no…
A. So why go expensive, grab a big chunk of “straw-board” whack on the undercoat and get started.
1. It’s faster to get started.
2. It’s cheaper.
3. It’s easy to store…
Lets face it even if you do a “masterpiece” on board you will probably be able to copy it in canvas anyway…
Limitations… size, no canvas texture and permanency. Other than that give it a go…
How about another idea, use canvas, but stretch it onto a board of some kind, plywood etc using drawing pins, paint let it dry and hang it using bulldog clips. You want a neater finish? hem the edges on a sewing machine…
Hey what about those cheap Chinese canvases you see in the two dollar shops? are they any good, short answer, no… but if you want cheap and are desperate to paint grab one or twenty and go for gold! some of the sizes are bigger than straw-board so that’s useful. Its cheap but storage becomes the issue (again!)
Remember this… “Make Art Have fun…” (at least some of the time.)
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