Forum: Supports

I would like to mount linen on plywood with acrylic gel, and I'm wondering if it would be reasonable to skip the step of nailing stretcher bars into...

When mounting paper on panel, how should the panel be prepared and what adhesives are recommended? I anticipate mounting Arches 140lb hotpress...

A reader who is unable to register and post at AMIEN because of our temporary ban on new registrations, has posed the following question. We will...

I just recieved the ArtBoard maple panel I ordered. It seems like a very sturdy support for oil painting. My question is this: How durable are...

I have a 6 x 18 foot oil painting commission, which I plan to paint on #13 single primed linen. It will hang in a stable climate controlled...

Hello Amien I'm planning to start using plywood as a surface for my oil paintings. What type of plywood would you recommend? My only concern...

Hello, What can I use to glue linen to board I need it to be extremely stable, one source says I could use rabbit skin glue, however I have found...

i am new to amien and may have missed this somewhere. i have searched your forum and have only found bits and pieces of the process and most of what...

It's good practice to size and gesso both faces of hardboard. But should I also apply oil paint and varnish to the reverse? (in equal measure to the...

I recently ordered some pre-stretched linen canvases. When I inquired as to the type of linen they use, this is the response I received: "It is...

I am building 30x42 prototypes with 1/4' untempered hardboard. I am using 3/4" plywood cut into 1.75" strips, joining/gluing rather than mitering the...

Hello Panel - I have an oil painting and an acrylic painting both recently completed on stretched and primed canvases. After a few weeks I have...

Hello, shopping for an artist linen to stretch and came across senso line available at at ASW and Jerry's Artarama, the price seem to good to be...

Would this glue be suitable for gluing hardboard to a plywood frame? ...

What are the specific pros and cons of each, in comparison with the other? Apparently, products within each of these categories can vary in...

In Australia there is a company making a hardboard that they call a Standard Hardboard or Masonite (tm) hardboard. The MSDS sheet states that it is...

Hello all, I've been painting with oils since October 2009, using cheap acrylic-gessod cotton canvases. I would rather paint on something that...

I have been commissioned to paint a large altarpiece for a baptistery- How can I be sure the painting will be conserved for years to come when it is...