12x22 Elite™ Professional • 1-1/2" Deep • Poitiers™ Portriat Smooth Oil Primed Artfix Linen • 11:6 • EQ-1222
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Elite™ Professional means a 1-1/2" deep canvas using our super strong Elite™ B2 Bar that is stretched using our MuseumWrap™ back-stapled method with folded corners. Our proprietary stretching products uses pneumatically controlled machines that yield drum-tight tension. See below to learn more about the finest professional quality artist canvas on the market.
Poitiers™ Portriat Smooth Oil Primed Artfix Linen
Our smoothest oil primed linen canvas. It is a heavy weight linen with a captivating warm golden hue tone.- 100% Belgian Linen 6.2 oz; Primed Weight 14.1 oz per square yard
- Meidum Weight, Fine Weave, Portrait Smooth Texture
- Double Sized and Quadruple Primed with acid-free archival quality oil primed ground
- Impenetrable ground prevents oil paint from leaching through and harming the canvas
- For oils, alkyds, and water miscible oil paints
- Linen has natural oils that prevent disintegration over time
Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Primer Pigment
Our primer is made with the highest-quality Titanium Dioxide white pigment, which is an excellent pigment for acrylic primed grounds, providing superior whiteness and maintaining excellent flexibility over time. Unlike some other common pigments, such as zinc dioxide, TiO2 doesn't become brittle as it ages, helping to ensure that your painting will stand the test of time.
Poitiers™ Portrait Smooth Belgian Linen offers a luxurious surface, ideal for highly detailed work. Preferred by portrait artists because it is so smooth for linen. Due to the nature of how flax plants are turned into linen textiles, there may be variations in yarn thickness thereby creating fabric that is individual in nature and has character. There can be infrequent naturally occurring nubs in the linen which may yield small slight bumps where the linen is a little thicker than the rest of the strand. This is normal and part of what gives linen its character.
Oil paint on an oil primed canvas improves your results
Using an oil prepared canvas for oil painting can produce superior results because the paint and ground are organically similar and create an ideal "chemical bond" where the paint sinks into the ground resulting in a smoother and more even finish. The resulting bond between the paint and canvas is stronger, making the artwork more durable and long-lasting. Additionally, the melding of the two oil-based materials creates an effect called luminosity, where the colors appear to glow from within, and thereby enhances the vibrancy and brightness of the colors, impacting the way light reflects off the colors.
Flash an Oil Prepared Canvas with Mineral Spirits
While it is not required, for best results, lightly wipe or flash the oil prepared canvas with mineral spirits before painting to make sure that your surface is completely clean of any dust or contaminants before painting.
12x22 Frame Kit B2 Super Heavy Frame Offers the Ultimate Canvas Support!
- Drawing depicts the exact frame construction, not the proportion
- Precision Machined keyable Super Strong Stretcher Bars (1.5" deep by 2-1/4" wide) allow you to increase the canvas tension
- Super Strong Keyable Brace (3/4" x 3.25") and a regular Cross Brace Included
- The Bars have a clever utility groove on the inside perimeter of the frame to attach the cross braces
- Unique Keyable Cross Braces allow you to tension the canvas in the middle, where it's needed the most
- Cross braces are glued and stapled at the 'cross' for maximum support and rigidity
- Both corner keys and brace keys are pre-installed
Elite™ Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Bar • 1/2" Canvas Clearance
A Canvas Clearance of 1/2" is the space between the Bar and the canvas. Generally speaking, more clearance reduces the risk of the canvas touching the wood and creating unsightly lines during painting. Our design provides the optimal clearance so as not to impact your painting, but still leaving enough wood to the maximize strength of the Stretcher Bar.
No Finger Joints!
Solid Wood is far superior to finger jointed wood, which is many small pieces glued together, each with varying grain densities that absorb and shed moisture at varying rates, expanding and contracting non-uniformly as environmental conditions change, and causing the wood to bow and the finger joints to eventually fail.
A single homogeneous kiln-dried solid wood Stretcher Bar outperforms and outlasts a finger jointed Bar whose sole purpose is to save the manufacturer cost, not contribute to the archival value of artwork intended to last a millennium. As a manufacturer, Masterpiece® does its part to conserve as much wood as possible, and still provide a quality product that will out-perform any other in the marketplace.
Cross Braces Make it Tighter
A tightly stretched canvas on an un-braced frame overpowers the Stretcher Bars causing them to bow inward and thereby lose tension. Sometimes that bow can expose a space in picture frames.
When we stretch a canvas on a properly supported frame, the cross-braces prevent the Bars from bowing thereby achieving maximum canvas tension. To increase the canvas tension even more, simply tap the corner and brace keys further in their slots. Properly supported frames provide you with the control over the canvas tension of your canvas and painting.
Sustainable Environment Promotes a Sustainable Economy
The use of lumber from sustainably managed forests is not only environmentally responsible, it also helps to support the economy and preserve jobs in the forestry industry. By choosing products made with sustainably sourced lumber, consumers can help to ensure that these industries remain strong and sustainable for years to come.
Canvas Tension is in Your Control
In dry climates or air conditioned environments, the lack of moisture in the air causes wood frames to shrink and the canvas fibers to narrow and elongate making the canvas more slack and resulting in a loss of canvas tension. In some instances, the canvas could have waves on the surface resulting in an unsightly viewing experience.
Our Elite™ professional frames provide the functionality for you to slightly expand the size of the frame in the corners and the middle of the canvas, thereby increasing canvas tension all across the surface. The difference between a loose canvas and a tight canvas is just 1/8" of an inch, so a small adjustment using our corner and brace keys makes an important difference in canvas tension.
- Helps to prevent waves that occur in a loose canvas
- Increase canvas tension by tapping-in the corner and brace keys
- True professional class canvases make it possible for you to adjust the canvas tension
MuseumWrap™ Stretching Technique
With more than a half a century of American engineering, Masterpiece® designs and builds its own proprietary stretching equipment that enables us to produce the finest and most tightly-stretched canvas on the market.
- Drum-tight stretch!
- Up to 50% tighter than other methods
- Balanced tension across the surface
- Uncut folded corners make it possible to remove and re-stretch canvas on the same size frame
- Usually the corner folds are on the long sides
With over five decades of commitment, Masterpiece® stands as a testament to unrivaled canvas craftsmanship in North America. Choosing the right canvas is an investment not just in materials, but in the future value and longevity of your artwork. Make choices today that stand the test of time and reflect your dedication as an artist.
In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new; they see their value and their justification in this newness. They are deceiving themselves; novelty is seldom the essential. This has to do with one thing only; making a subject better from its intrinsic nature.
♦ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
A pivotal figure in the world of post-impressionist art, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec often found himself surrounded by avant-garde movements and daring expressions of art during the vibrant Belle poque in Paris. Yet, amidst all the clamor for innovation and the urge to be the newest sensation, his firmly believed in the enduring value of authenticity. He witnessed many contemporaries flocking towards novelty, often compromising the soul of their art in the process.
The timeless principle that true artistic merit doesn't stem merely from being novel but from delving deep into the essence of a subject. It's a call to action to not just be lured by the siren song of modernity or trendiness, but to refine our craft and elevate our subjects. In our path, may we strive to be true to our vision and to the soul of our art, ensuring that what we create stands not just for the present moment but echoes across time.
We've handpicked this empowering quote and offer insightful context to inspire your art. We've even created this unique portrait of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to provide a personal touch to your browsing experience. Now start on your painting!
Additional Details
- SKU:
- EQ-1222
- Canvas and Depth:
- 1.50 in. Elite Professional
- Weight and Style:
- 14.0oz Poitiers Portrait O/P
- Canvas and Ground:
- Linen Oil Primed
- Tooth and Texture:
- Portrait Smooth
- Width:
- 12 Inch
- Length:
- 22 Inch
- Aspect Ratio:
- Custom Proportion
