[Leica] Wondering About Canvas?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

And we know that oil or acrylic painting is done on a stretched canvass
which as been Primed, Gesso'd  first as an undercoat often in multiple
coatings which smoothes out and fills in much  of the canvas texture.
In a way in the end you're not painting on textured canvas but on smooth
gesso.
For oils painting a weak solution of animal glue is first put on the linen
canvas. Ground is applied on top of sizing. Ground is usually Gesso which is
" a combination of oil with an inert white pigment such as chalk, whiting,
or plaster of Paris, and an aqueous binder such as casein or animal glue."
This gives it a smooth texture.
So even painting on canvas is not about the texture of the canvas."


On 7/18/14 9:11 PM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> 
wrote:

> I'm rarely fond of faux.
> The visual qualities of photographs work best on smooth surfaces IMO.
> 
> I've printed "paintings" on canvas.
> I've printed "water color paintings" on water color paper.
> I can imagine some of the things Tina has done with that "painting 
> software"
> on well chosen textured surfaces.
> 
> Though something as "photographic" as these beautiful aquatic plant
> compositions?
> Well you'd have to "convince" by printing them both ways and let my eyes 
> make
> a choice.
> 
> a note off the iPad, George
> 
> On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:45 PM, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Agree, of course, but it's not for us.  ;-)
>> 
>> Have you ever done (or had done) photo prints on
>> canvas?  If so, what's your impression. I'm
>> not sure, in fact, I can't remember ever seeing
>> one. Don't really see much point too it, but it's
>> a request, so I thought I'd ask before I test it out.
> 
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