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Artist Canvas which Can be painted with oils after printing
Hi Folks,
Has anybody heard of or used a canvas that can be painted with oils after printing on an pigment ink machine. The client requires a canvas that is 350gsm+, coated in acrylic?, and off white in colour.
The idea is that I scan an A4 sketch and enlarge up in size so he can begin painting. There will be about 50 canvas outputs all together so to make things easier for him to print the criteria above is required.
Also, I am paying about £90+Vat for gloss/matt paper at 220gsm 44" x 30m.
Anybody found a good supplier for cheaper?
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4 Replies
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As long as the paint doesn’t interact with the ink then I think most canvas substrates should be fine. I’ve had a client highlight a canvas I printed once to give it some texture with some paint highlights. It looks rather well when I viewed it.
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Oil paint has been clinging onto various substrates since before the Renaissance without any problems, should be no problem.
In fact Michelangelo preferred genuine oils to the cheaper chinese stuff Marco Polo used to sell . 😀
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quote Harry Cleary:In fact Michelangelo preferred genuine oils to the cheaper chinese stuff Marco Polo used to sell . 😀:rofl:
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Managed to solve this one by buying uncoated canvas not made for the canon. Its just a standard artists canvas from an art store that the customer knows he can paint onto.
As it is just a sketch which he then paints over, it means the finish dosent have to be perfect.
The black ink soaks into the canvas and drys almost instantly so he can take them home and paint on top of them, nice and easy.
Makes me wonder about trying other material in the printer to see what happens?
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