Kirstie
PFG, Picture Framing God
I have a customer who is looking for someone to stretch and gesso a large blank canvas. Do any of you offer that service? We are concerned about sanding dust. Thoughts?
Gesso a canvas
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Dave
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
Not sure of your concern, Kirstie.
No sanding involved unless the customer wants an ultra smooth canvas and then several coats of gesso would be put on with sanding in between. Portrait artists often like this super smooth surface.
You don't have to sand the surface, just apply the gesso with a brush.
Acrylic gesso is easy to use.
No sanding involved unless the customer wants an ultra smooth canvas and then several coats of gesso would be put on with sanding in between. Portrait artists often like this super smooth surface.
You don't have to sand the surface, just apply the gesso with a brush.
Acrylic gesso is easy to use.
Framar
WOW Framer
I usually apply two coats of premixed acrylic gesso. Never sanded it at all. Worry not, m'dear.
Just get some portrait grade pre-primed canvas.There goes half your workload! L.
Wanta B.Framer
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
I have heard this before and that seems sort of odd to me. If a smooth surface is what they are trying to achieve from the start, then why not just use a wooden panel?
weight.Any sufficiently thick,stable panel would be a heavy sucker! There is smooth canvas out there. L.
Baer Charlton
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
Hundreds of years ago, there were quarter sawn boards of sufficient width, and tight enough grain. But even those are suffering from cell degradation enough for the biggie question about the Mona Lisa and other fine arts is not whether she is smiling, but rather "how do we get her off the board and onto a stable substrate?".
A canvas can be relined many times. A board, not so much. But a sheet of Alumacore does come to mind.
A canvas can be relined many times. A board, not so much. But a sheet of Alumacore does come to mind.
And one weird substate.I knew a painter that worked on canvas,that was gesso mounted onto a sheet of white plexiglas! Smooth as the proverbial baby`s butt. Little odd to me though. I like smooth watercolor paper,or French print paper myself. L.