Paint on a linen canvas, how to do it? Tissushop guide

Linen is known for its many qualities, especially breathable and is increasingly used in the fields of fashion, furnishings or decoration. It is also essential for painters and delights fans of creative leisure and customization. Here is an express topo to wake up your artist’s soul and learn to paint on linen canvas.

Why paint on linen canvas?

Did you know that the famous Monat of Leonardo da Vinci is painted on a linen canvas? There texture and the resistance From this support allowed the work to cross the centuries and to keep all its splendor today.

Linen, privileged support for all styles of paint

An inimitable texture

The linen canvas has a slightly irregular grain which gives your brush kicks a unique and authentic rendering, by highlighting the depth of the subject, be it a landscape or a portrait.

The texture of the linen offers a Excellent hook for paintingallowing precise application and remarkable details. No more pigments that slide or the colors that fade! Of course there are many types of canvas in different grammages (extra-fine, end, medium, large, etc.). Some linen fabrics are natural and others are sold coated with an already applied primer so that you only have to focus on your future work.

Likewise, it is possible to get you Wooden frames or mediumsAlready stretched by canvas by choosing from the sponsorship formats offered by your seller. Or buy the Lin to the footageAs with Tissushop, which will allow you to define your own dimensions, with the exact size imagined for each type of pictorial creation.

It will be up to you to determine whether it is preferable to make a unit purchase for each drawing or several parts at a cost, which can assert a reduction.

Before you get started, you must prepare the canvas with a coating Adapted, to make yourself, or a gesso to buy commercially.

Note that linen, due to its resistance, is a recommended tissue for large format canvases. And that it is rather reserved for painters already experienced.

A versatile, durable and ecological canvas

Whether you are a follower of oil, acrylic, watercolor or even gouache, the linen canvas adapts to All paint styles and techniques. It is perfect for the brush as for the technique of knife paint and is so easily painted with a roller. And the thicker and dense, the more it supports paint paints and overlays which will hold on the fibers of the fabric.

Note also that the linen does not absorb painting and that it is therefore more economical than cotton for example.

Made from natural fibersThe linen canvas is a choice ecological. You can thus give free rein to your creativity while being aware of the impact of your choices. She is also biodegradable If you ever want to separate from your paintings.

Thick and solid, the linen canvas is renowned for its robustness and longevity. Your masterpieces will cross time without yelling or distorting, to the delight of future generations (or not!). If a cotton support is ideal for a beginner artist, because of a more affordable price, it tends to relax over time.

Choose and prepare your linen canvas for paint

To help you find the ideal linen canvas for your needs, here are some tips:

• Grammage : The grammage corresponds to the weight of the canvas per square meter. The higher the grammage, the thicker and resistant the canvas. For paint, a grammage between 280 and 400 g/m² is generally a good choice.
• Primer : The linen canvas is often sold already primed, which means that a layer of preparation or coating has been applied to facilitate the support of the paint.
• Paint : be careful to choose the right fabric paint, so that it perfectly adheres to the fibers.
  • THE acrylic paint Suitable perfectly for linen and is rather easy to work for beginners as well as confirmed painters. It is also a relatively economical painting with which you can have fun.
  • THE oil paint offers a great color in color and a satin rendering, but its drying time is longer.
  • L ‘watercolor Allows to carry out transparency and lightness effects. We like its natural appearance which comes out on the canvas as well as on a classic white paper.
  • Gouache : Gouache offers bright and opaque colors for energetic paintings, roller or brush.

You can also find in the store Specific tissue pensDifferent of the pens for paper, if you just want to add inscriptions for example. Or take you for a graffiti artist and paint your article in linen with a aerosol By choosing original formats. Mixing techniques and products, adding collages or modifying the type of plaster is also possible. In art, everything is possible, like paint starred skies in red or white, or add drawing on the paint!

You can also choose a Natural linen canvas If you want to make your own primer. You just have to acquire the canvas sold to the footage, to order in the Tissushop store for fast delivery. You will have to shall the canvas yourself on the chassis, as well as the spinning, that is to say the preparation of raw linen so that it can be painted (and that the painting holds well).

If you choose a fabric yourself, wash it before you put in the paint, to prevent it from shrinking, and to paint on a clean canvas. Especially if you recover old fabrics, such as the stock of naps or grandmother sheets, a rather nice free solution!

Obviously, before painting everything in the colors of your choice, remember to test a samplesn of fabric and to verify that the products used are well compatible with your support and offer the desired rendering with the adequate color. Similarly, unless you are already an accomplished artist, pre-skew in pencil or on a draft the subject to paint.

To each his implementation technique: some make mini cross on the canvas after having passed it to white, others crash the silhouettes or main elements or each section of table, others still accumulate the drafts on papers … Of course, beginner painters will make mistakes which will be corrected in time, once they will perfectly control the technique of painting on linen canvas.

Our complete guide to preparing a linen canvas for painting gives you all the details you think before you take for Picasso and tells you which product to choose according to the desired rendering.

Paint to customize a linen article

Perhaps you are not an artist and yet concerned by this article. Indeed, the linen canvas is not only reserved for painters! You can use it when creative hobbies Or have fun at customize clothes or accessories By painting them.

Thus, it will be fun to prepare your Christmas decorations with fir trees, Christmas balls or other festive decorations. Or the anniversary of the youngest, a family celebration …

Linen is also really nice to sew and paint next. Get started in making handbags or shopping bags to go shopping, and give your creations a real style by adding your personal touch with brushes or stencil inscriptions or inscriptions. You can also create cushions, sofa throws, table runners, curtains …

Have you always wanted to be an artist? Get started! With its exceptional qualities, the linen canvas is a real ally for creators from all walks of life. Whether you are confirmed enlightened or professional amateur, it will enhance your creations and give them a unique dimension.

The world of art is waiting for you!