Canvas Primer

This product is a pure acrylic, high PVC (pigment volume content) canvas primer. It is water based and may be diluted with water or Dala Acrylic Glaze Medium.

Traditionally, canvases where prepared with both a size (usually an animal by-product glue) and a ground (‘tooth’). Our primer is a modern formulation of the size and the ground. A first layer is painted directly onto the canvas and allowed to dry. A second layer is then painted with the brushstrokes running at a right angle to the first. More layers may be added, depending on the texture required.

Water colourists could sand the primed canvas with fine grit sandpaper for a perfect surface texture. For oil painters, it is imperative that they protect their canvas. Linseed oil used in oil paints, dries by a slow oxidation process, which could cause unprotected canvas to rot and destroy the painting. Acrylic painters have no problem with the archival properties of canvas. Their binder medium is synthetic and will protect the canvas against rot. They can still prime the surface to prepare it for painting, as most acrylic painter do.  Sold in a 500ml Screw Top Jar.