Canvas for painting (blank canvas)

Stretched and ready to paint

It comes stretched on a wooden frame, ready for acrylics or oils. Cotton canvas has a natural feel and good absorbency, while synthetic canvas is more uniform and stable, and handy for practice.

Available sizes and prices

We have common sizes that suit classes and hobby painting, and you can also order a custom size. The price depends on the size, the type of fabric and the thickness of the frame. The price is given at the studio for the size you choose; by phone you can check which sizes are in stock right now.

Which paints it suits

Primed canvas usually suits acrylics and oils. Before you start, make sure the surface has been prepared for your paint and your style of painting.

Stretched to order

If you need canvas in an unusual format, or fabric stretched to a particular size, we can look at stretching it to measure. Tell us your painting technique and the size, and we will recommend the frame thickness and the fabric.

We build the inner frame to the size you ask for, rather than fitting you into an existing catalog size. That is what makes unusual proportions possible: a narrow panorama, a large square, or a size taken from a particular wall.

The depth of the inner frame

The wooden stretcher bars behind the fabric have depth, and it shows from the side. A standard depth of around 2 cm suits most work and gives a subtle look. A deeper frame, around 4 cm, gives the piece the presence of an object, and it is a common choice for anyone who plans to hang the painting with no outer frame at all.

If you already know the painting will hang as it is, it is worth choosing the deeper frame from the start. Once the fabric is stretched, changing the depth means stretching it all over again.

When you finish painting

A painting on stretched canvas is ready to hang as soon as the paint is dry: no frame required, and no glass needed. Plenty of the paintings hanging in people's homes are exactly that.

If you do want an extra finish, the two options are a floater frame, which leaves a gap around the fabric, or a classic frame that sits tight. With an older oil painting where the paint has already hardened, mention it when you come in, since a piece like that is stretched and handled with much more care.

And if you painted on fabric that isn't stretched, rolled canvas or fabric bought off a roll, you can bring it to us for stretching once you're done.