Crescent Student Grade Illustration Board is an economical board, available in Cold Press (NOT) and Hot Press. The medium textured Cold Press (NOT) surface is suited to a wide range of techniques including pastel and light collage. The difference between the Professional grade illustration board and the student grade illustration board: Primarily the Professional Boards are thicker and constructed of a higher quality surface paper - 100% cotton fibre acid-free. They are more warp resistant and can accept more aggressive wash applications than the student boards.

The Marker Board from Crescent is ideal for airbrush illustrations. The special surface structure makes them ideal for etching and erasing techniques, and it can also withstand wet-in-wet techniques.

• Canvas: Cotton/Poly (mixed fibres)
• Priming: Universal Primed
• Texture: Extra-Fine Grain
• Width: 210cm
• Weight: 253gsm

Covered with 100% natural linen, this canvas board is traditionally the choice of professional artists owing to the fact it is tougher and more flexible than cotton.Suitable for all techniques, the Pebeo Natural Linen Canvas is prepared with two coats of clear primer - allowing for a natural linen finish with a medium texture.

These high quality Italian made canvas panels are more solid than regular art panels, they are made from 3.2mm thick MDF board with fine grain 100% cotton canvas glued to the front surface. The canvas has a sheared edge, and is universal primed making it suitable for oils, acrylics, mixed media etc.

Holbein has created their Coloured Acrylic Gesso to provide artists with a unique range of acrylic grounds. They can be used as a traditional underpainting on all surfaces, including canvas, paper, cloth, wood, stone, and primed metal. The gesso also acts as an extremely opaque and ultra-matt finish acrylic paint medium.

Holbein Colored Gesso is highly pigmented, with an extremely smooth texture. It can be mixed with any acrylic paint or medium and finishes to a matte surface. It may be overpainted with water-based or oil-based colours or pastels.

Holbein Clear Acrylic Gesso is a high-quality and versatile translucent painting ground. It can be used as a traditional underpainting on all surfaces, including canvas, paper, cloth, wood, stone, and primed metal.

This Gesso can be mixed with regular acrylic colour and has an excellent tooth for pastel and coloured pencil.

Daler-Rowney Premium stretched canvases are now made in the EU to the highest specifications. They are made with a superior-quality heavyweight (380gsm), acid-free, 100% cotton, medium grain canvas and professional stretcher bars in heavy wood for improved strength and optimal stability. The canvases have been given three coats of acrylic primer; triple-priming creates a perfect ready-to-use painting surface for both oils and acrylics that holds the colour on the surface and prevents seepage through to the back. The canvases are stapled on the back to give clean edges and come complete with wooden wedges to adjust tension in the traditional manner and they are individually wrapped to protect the surface.

Ampersand Museum Series Claybord is made using 3mm true artist hardboard and features Ampersand’s simply amazing kaolin clay ground formula similar in paintability to the clay gesso grounds used during the Renaissance. The surface is sanded to an ultra-smooth, highly absorbent finish so your paint colours remain true and brilliant. Work the surface by thinly applying paint or ink, then remove it, reapply it, even scratch through it to add contrast, texture and fine details. Claybord is a favourite of both fine and graphic artists. Only Ampersand builds their cradles by hand with premium grade 13-ply birch plywood for maximum stability and a clean, finished look from edge to edge.No other panel on the market protects an artist’s work like an Ampersand panel. Every Claybord panel is protected by our proprietary Archival-Seal barrier technology, the most advanced formula for sealing wood that prevents support induced discoloration. Only Ampersand uses true high-density hardboard made from US-grown renewable Aspen wood fibres. Claybord is archival, eco-friendly, formaldehyde-free and made by hand in the USA.Apply paint and ink using brushes, sponges, palette knives, paper towels, airbrush, technical pens and painting tools. Claybord is also an excellent printing surface and can also be used for image transfers.With Claybord, paints and inks can be manipulated to vary tonal value, create detail and to develop highlights and correct mistakes. Various artist tools can be used such as Ampersand scratchboard tools, hobby knives, razor blades, etching tools, sand paper, oil-free steel wool, and electric erasers. Claybord's clay coating allows for the use of sgraffito techniques to cut into the surface and re-expose the white clay ground. The coating is 7 to 10 dry-mils thick allowing for multiple cut-ins or erasers. The smooth finish and the absorbency of the clay ground allows the use of an abrasive like oil-free steel wool or sand paper to remove pigment without damaging the finish.While Claybord allows the use of traditional materials, tools, and techniques, it is also an ideal surface for mixed media and experimentation. Details can be added, highlights created, and mistakes corrected.Please note: These products have been finished with an industrial sander. If you are planning on doing a very thin glaze or wash, this may reveal usually imperceptible circular marks made by the sanding process. If you need an extremely smooth claybord surface, we suggest using a very fine sandpaper or oil-free steel wool prior to applying paint.Ampersand Claybord Panels• Ultra-smooth absorbent clay ground• Accepts more mediums than any other surface• One of a kind workability with paints and artist toolsMany Fine Art Uses:• Excellent for use with India, pigmented and alcohol inks• Also use with egg tempera, acrylics, collage, pencil, pens, airbrush, photo-transfers, casein, watercolour, gouache and mixed media• Bonds well with adhesives to mount paper and fabrics

Linen by nature is stronger and durable than cotton and is proven to stand the test of time. Although more affordable and the most popular today, cotton canvas is not as strong and deteriorates faster than linen. Artfix Linen has been handcrafted for over 30 years in Provence, France by the Narozni family. The warm, dry climate is ideal for slow, even drying of primed canvas surfaces. Artfix Linen has superb archival characteristics: each canvas is guaranteed not to peel, crack or flake, and will not fluctuate or lose stability due to changes in humidity and temperature. Artfix linen is made from a strong, tightly woven extra fine grade fabric that is double sized to protect the material from the adverse effects of oil paints. Up to 6 layers of ground ensures an utterly flawless support surface.

A ready made Rabbit Skin Glue size. Stand in warm water to liquefy. Can be used for sizing canvas, for making traditional gesso (along with whiting) or as an adhesive.

Featuring the finest professional grade Belgian linens, Jackson's Ultralite Linen Board is a versatile option for artists wanting to work on high quality and ultra thin ready-made boards. Oil primed and suitable for work with oil paints, Jackson's Ultralite Linen Board consists of a Claessens 66 Medium Surface canvas on a durable and archival quality paper and resin composite board.

The linen has a medium texture and has been double primed: first, zinc white is used as a primer, bound with linseed oil. The canvas is then left to dry naturally for three days, after which the canvas is then sanded and a coating layer based on titanium white is applied. The final step involves drying the canvas for ten days. The linen canvas is fixed to the board using a pH-neutral and acid-free glue.

Ideal for plein air work or in the studio, these boards are ready to be created upon immediately and are lightweight enough to carry around.

These JAS Chrome Alloy Canvas Pliers are an essential tool for stretching canvas. They feature serrated jaws that grip the canvas firmly and without slipping. They will help to give you a perfectly smooth, uniformly stretched surface.The handle is spring-loaded and makes the pliers comfortable to use. Artists use canvas stretching pliers to ensure their canvas is stretched tight and can be easily secured in place. To find out more about the process of stretching canvas, read our in-depth guide here.

Ampersand Museum Series Gessobord is made with superior quality acrylic gesso ground. This ground does not dull colours and the wonderful lightly sanded surface provides exceptional brush control. Made with Ampersand’s 3mm True Artist Hardboard and Archiva-Seal technology, the surface is acid-free, non-yellowing, and archival. Perfect for all painting styles with oil paints, acrylics and mixed media.Only Ampersand builds their cradles by hand with premium grade 13-ply birch plywood for maximum stability and a clean, finished look from edge to edge. Choose from 22mm and 38mm deep panels. The 38mm Cradle Profile that offers more flexibility to artists for hanging and framing their work. This cradle profile is handcrafted with premium grade 13-ply birch plywood, designed to fit both standard canvas and floater frames. Gessoboard is also available in a 3mm uncradled profile.No other panel on the market protects an artist’s work like an Ampersand panel. Every Gessobord panel is protected by proprietary Archival-Seal barrier technology, the most advanced formula for sealing wood, that prevents support induced discoloration. Only Ampersand uses true high-density hardboard made from US-grown and renewable Aspen wood fibres. Gessobord is archival, eco-friendly and formaldehyde-free.Ampersand Gessobord Panels• 88% thicker acrylic gesso than other brands• Consistently even, bright white finish• Right level of absorbency, will not dull coloursMany Fine Art Uses:• Great for oils, acrylics and mixed media• Excellent for both fine brushwork and palette knife painting• Ideal for thin glazes, alla prima and even impasto

The Unprimed Basswood panel is handcrafted using a non-flexible basswood top, sanded perfectly smooth and ready to seal and prime with the ground of your choice. Compared with other wood panels on the market, the Unprimed Basswood is sanded perfectly smooth and lacks plywood seams, knots or raised fibres providing the cleaner, more professional look artists’ want. The support frames are made with quality solid pine strips that can be finished with paint or stain. Unprimed Basswood is great for encaustic, mixed media, collage and wood engraving. All wood should be sealed and primed. Available in two standard cradled profiles, 22mm and 38mm, both are simple to hang or frame. Ultra-stable, these wood panels will not give, bend or flex and like all Ampersand’s panels, they are made with quality materials that have been tested not only for durability, but also for performance with artists’ paints. Ampersand uses true high density hardboard made from US-grown renewable and FSC Certified Aspen wood fibers. Ampersand brand Hardbord is made without formaldehyde or harmful VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) unlike other hardboards and MDF boards. Both their domestic and imported panels are made from FSC certified forest products that promote sustainable forests. Artist Panel Unprimed Basswood Panel• Ultra-stable premium Basswood top• Sanded perfectly smooth• Free of knots, seams and excess wood grain• Supported with solid pinewood cradles Many Fine Art and Craft Uses:• Accepts all types of painting grounds• Great for encaustic, mixed media, collage and wood engraving• Perfect for mounting canvas & giclees

The 115gsm (4oz) traditional medium texture weave cotton used on these Premium Cotton Canvas Boards is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to 240gsm (7oz) to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each board is 4mm thick and extremely rigid, with the canvas wrapped around the edges and glued to compressed cardboard. - This is a single Premium Cotton Canvas Art Board, 4mm, 10x12in (25x30cm) in size

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar

The 10oz traditional medium texture weave used for our Premium Cotton Canvas is suitable for oil and acrylic painting - from thin washes to thick impasto marks, and is universally primed to protect the natural fibres of the cotton. Each canvas is tightly stretched over a sturdy pine wood stretcher frame, and has the look and feel of a canvas that has been made for you by hand. Unique to this range are a number of sizes that have the proportions of the Golden Ratio, the shape considered most aesthetically pleasing throughout western art history. Nothing has been compromised in their manufacture so that nothing is compromised in your finished work. GS = Golden Section size(-) = Crossbar(+) = 2 x Crossbar