10x12 Vincent Pro Pau Canvas 7/8 Inch Deep #VP-1012

True 6:5 Almost Square Proportion - 10x12 Size

While this is an usual size, artists tend to use it fairly often.

Explore other sizes in this same 6:5 aspect ratio:

5x6 • 15x18 • 20x24 • 25x30 • 30x36 • 30x36 • 15x18

Explore Related Products to this 10x12 Size:

• Acrylic Primed Linen: Muir™ • Vintage L22U™ • Santa Cruz™ • Vintage L22U™
• Alkyd Oil Primed Linen: Malibu™ • Ventura™
• Raw Unprimed Cotton: Raw No 12
• Oil Primed Linen: Vintage L21C™ • Versailles™ • Poitiers™
• Hardcore Canvas Panel: Pau™

Pau™ Portrait Smooth Acrylic Primed Artfix Linen

Experience unparalleled artistic precision with this very smooth linen canvas.  It is a sanctuary for artists who delight in precision and fine detailing. It brings portraiture and intricate designs to life with breathtaking clarity. Pau™ embodies luxury. The high thread count helps make it smooth.  Its heavy white ground casts a luminous bright white hue that adds brilliance to your artwork. This canvas combines the best qualities of oil-based primers with the flexibility and resilience of acrylic, offering a unique blend of features. Its absorbent nature makes it ideal for drawing media like oil sticks, pastels, charcoal, and graphite. For artists using delicate mediums such as egg tempera and caseins, mounting this canvas on a rigid surface enhances its capabilities, allowing its super smooth texture to shine, and delivering unparalleled results.

• 100% Belgian Linen 6.1 oz.; Primed Weight 15 oz. per square yard
• Medium Heavy Weight, Fine Weave, Portrait Smooth Texture
• Double Sized and Quadruple Primed with acid-free archival quality acrylic gesso
• Impenetrable ground prevents oil paint from leaching through and harming the canvas
• For acrylics, oils, alkyds, and water miscible oil paints
• Linen has natural oils that prevent disintegration over time.

Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) Primer Pigment

This primer contains premium-grade Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) white pigment, renowned for its exceptional performance in acrylic priming. Its standout feature is its enduring whiteness, coupled with remarkable flexibility that persists over time. In contrast to other pigments such as zinc dioxide, Titanium Dioxide maintains its resilience, preventing brittleness as it ages. This quality ensures that artworks retain their integrity and will stand the test of time.

Artfix Pau™ 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.

Finger Jointed Wood is not meant for Stretcher Bars

Solid wood makes the most dependable Stretcher Bar, because one homogeneous wood member is going to behave similarly across the entire length of the Bar. Whereas, with finger-jointed wood is made-up of multiple pieces of wood, sometimes on the actual joint itself, presenting multiple points of failure which no one can control.

We only use Solid Wood to build our Stretcher Bars because a solid piece of wood will last indefinitely. When we speak of archival value, it's not just the paint you use and the quality of your canvas and ground, even the wood choices manufacturers add or reduce value to your final painting. The fact is, you don't want problems, and finger joints only increase that risk of the wood falling apart in the future.

The glue used to bind finger joints is a water based adhesive and when that wood is exposed to high humidity environments, particularly with exterior walls, the glue joints can give-up. 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.

10x12 Vincent Pro Keyable Fame

• Drawing depicts the exact frame construction, not the proportion
• Precision machined medium duty keyable tongue-and-groove Stretcher Bars
• No cross braces required when the frame length is under 16"
• Frame is very sturdy and provides a solid support for this 10x12 size frame
• To increase canvas tension, remove any staples in the corners, then tap-in the included corner keys further into their slots, then re-staple the canvas

Sustainably Managed Forests Coexist with Mankind

We use lumber grown in the sustainable forests of the Pacific Northwest, where there’s more standing timber today than last century! There will always be a demand for wood pulp and fiber, but striking a harmonious balance with human coexistence is the essential strategy to which we subscribe. Sustainably managed forests increase our health and abundance of our forests which can be in harmony with this precious natural resource.

MuseumWrap™ Stretching Technique

With more than 60 years 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

The canvas you choose is the foundation for your painting, but also serves as symbol of the quality that stand for as an artist, and reflect on your own brand. We serve as your silent partner to create your next masterpiece. You wow them with your art on the front, while we quietly wow them with our inner strength and integrity underneath.

With respect to the narrative form, it is either simple or complex; for so, naturally, we make our plots either without a change of fortune or with a change of fortune. ♦ Aristotle

Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, was a keen observer of the human condition. His observations on drama and storytelling in his seminal work Poetics laid down foundational principles that have been revered and dissected by scholars, playwrights, and artists for centuries. At the core of his analysis lies the structure of a narrative, and how its inherent simplicity or complexity impacts the audience's connection with the story.

When we, as artists, approach a canvas or a piece of work, our narrative – be it visual, written, or auditory – often oscillates between these two forms. A simple narrative might capture a singular emotion or moment, unburdened by twists or transformations. These are the stories that give viewers a clear, unobstructed view into a specific sentiment. On the other hand, a complex narrative introduces changes, unexpected turns, and evolving fortunes. Such works engage the viewer in a dynamic dance, constantly urging them to reevaluate and adjust their understanding of the narrative. Both forms have their merits, and as artists, the challenge often lies in discerning which approach will best serve our vision and convey our message to those who engage with our work.

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Echoing the timeless spirit of artistry, we bring you this quote paired with our beautiful portrait of Aristotle that we created. Let your colors on the canvas speak!