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'''Canvas''' as a [[painting]] surface is a heavy-duty fabric usually made of white [[cotton]]. The fabric is stretched across a wooden [[frame]] and protected from decay with a layer of gesso avoiding direct contact of [[Oil paint|oil]] or [[acrylic]] with the canvas fibers.
'''Canvas''' as a [[painting]] surface is a heavy-duty fabric usually made of white [[cotton]]. The fabric is stretched across a wooden [[frame]] and protected from decay with a layer of gesso avoiding direct contact of [[Oil paint|oil]] or [[acrylic]] with the canvas fibers.
A painting executed on such fabric is called "a canvas".