Canvas Panel Board: Best Types, Sizes & Comparison Overview!

Canvas board vs stretched canvas? Canvas panel sizes and use? Loads of questions are answered in this quick overview of canvas panels (AKA: canvas board!) Find out what canvas is best before you buy 🙂

Hello and welcome to The Gold Coast Art School channel!

This week it's all about CANVAS BOARDS. I'm starting to wonder if Australians call these things boards, while other places are more likely to say "canvas panel". Both are correct and make sense when talking about this surface you can use for your paintings.

When you're looking for art materials, you probably want to know "What are the pros and cons of using XYZ in my art?" Canvas boards have a lot of benefits that will get you started quickly and easily with your painting. But, they also have some negatives! Fingers crossed this review will help you discover what will suit you best.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:12 What are canvas panels?
00:42 Canvas board size
01:46 Canvas board vs stretched canvas
02:06 Texture painting on canvas
02:50 Canvas texture (warnings!)
03:29 Canvas panel size negative
04:02 Canvas panel bending (warping)
04:58 Best use of canvas panel board

This video is a bit of a companion to our previous video on stretched canvas, so please check that out too. But we also have some other videos that may interest you on this topic, such as how to stretch your own canvas board, and comparing paint types on boards.

Thank you for watching and supporting our channel,
The Gold Coast Art School Team

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[nattyw]

Thank you this is what i needed to understand this art product.🖌🎨✍🖍

[creativ_mindz]

Thanks for sharing this informative video❤

[riaraven]

ok so I came across this video of yours when I searched for a way to clean my canvas panel from mildew (before painting on it), but I didn't get any tip or tricks or anything as such so far. I would like to really know how to clean them off and properly maintain my art post-painting. Please reply to my comment as soon as possible, i just wanna paint something on it before the idea just poofs off my head ... if you know what i mean.

[GoldCoastArtSchool]

*Big question: do you call these "canvas boards" or "canvas panels"?* I called them boards because that's what I know them as, but then looked up info later and everyone calls them "panels"! 🤔 Interested to know your experience! 🌟 Jess

[earlcarlson]

You discuss only cardboard-backed panels, while I would like to paint on unstretched canvas and glue the finished painting to a rigid panel. Have you any experience using panels with more durable backing?

[danskehans]

I bought Canvas boards from Blick, and they warp like crazy! I have heard about 4 x 8 x 1/4" aluminum sheets which should work really well if sanded with a fine grit. Any thoughts on that?