Paintings created on the material known as canvas is termed as canvas art.
Canvas is such a popular term now in the field of painting that by just taking the name of canvas painters easily visualizes the term painting in relation to it.
Canvas is specifically used for painting due to its extremely unique features.
It is different from other modes of painting because of its unique features and therefore, when you start painting on canvas it is important to cover it with an outer coating.
Gesso mixed with titanium di oxide is one of the famous coatings which is used with canvas because it works extremely well with it.
Oil painting works best on canvas because they blend with each other beautifully.
If you are in the field of painting, I am sure you might have heard of many famous canvas arts, one of them includes Madonna with Angels.
In the olden days usage of panels with canvas was extremely high during painting.
However, artists started realizing the importance of canvas in painting since 17th century.
Traditional art form of painting was used by almost all the artists before 17th century, but artists of Venetian age worked a lot in getting this unique form of canvas art known to general artists.
Do you know the reason why a unique coating is applied to canvas before getting started with painting?...
- This makes the canvas strong in handling the different layers of colors during the time of painting.
Here are some of the most popular canvas paintings available in recent times...
1.
The Starry Night.
2.
Persistence of Memory.
There has been a lot of improvements in recent times for this type of painting and for sure the techniques and improvements in this unique form of art will be much more popular and of supreme quality in future ages.