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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. | ||
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Revision as of 22:16, January 25, 2010
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 or acrylic with the canvas fibers.
A painting executed on such fabric is called "a canvas".
Miriam Nones Andrews, oil on canvas.
Author unknown.