Why prime a canvas with Alexander Lumsden?
Why prime a canvas, with Alexander Lumsden?
Tip 1: Priming your canvas with Graduate Gesso Primer or using an acrylic artboard protects it from too much absorption.
Tip 2: If you mix your Gesso Primer up-front with the most common colour in the composition, you save time and effort in finishing your artwork. Add your highlights, details and shadows afterwards.
Tip 3: Always start with the edges and side, then fill the middle of the canvas and finish off with horizontal brush strokes to get an even and consistent surface.
Tip 4: Let your base coat and Gesso mix dry for 15-30 minutes, depending on the thickness.
Tip 5: You can prime cardboard for your sketches and drafts to save money before moving onto canvas.
What you’ll need
System3 Original Acrylic Paint 37ml Studio Set
System3 Original Acrylic Paint 22ml Introduction Set
Artists’ Stretched Canvas
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Acrylics
System3 Original Acrylic Paint 37ml Studio Set
This System3 Original Acrylic paint set contains 10 tubes of 37ml acrylic paint in a selection of stunning colours and a brush. Daler-Rowney System3 Acrylic paints are versatile water-based acrylics with superior pigment loading and high-quality pigments, allowing them to be thinned with water and giving a soft body consistency that is suitable for covering […]LEARN MORE -
Acrylics
System3 Original Acrylic Paint 22ml Introduction Set
The System3 Original Acrylic Paint Introduction Set contains 10 tubes of 22ml paint in a vibrant, versatile palette. These water-based acrylics feature high-quality pigments with a creamy soft body, ideal for detailed brushwork and broad coverage. They dilute easily with water, dry quickly, and form a flexible, durable, water-resistant finish with excellent lightfastness. Suitable for […]LEARN MORE -
Canvases
Artists’ Stretched Canvas
The Artists’ Stretched Canvas is crafted from superior-quality, heavyweight 400gsm, acid-free, 100% cotton with a medium grain surface. It is triple-primed to provide a ready-to-use painting surface ideal for both oils and acrylics, ensuring excellent paint adhesion while preventing seepage through to the reverse. The canvas is stretched over a heavy wooden frame, reinforced with […]LEARN MORE
About the artist
Alexander Lumsden is a Scandinavian sculptor, painter and creative facilitator based in the UK. A lifelong painter and sculptor, Lumsden has exhibited nationally and internationally in a number of commercial, public and artist-led spaces.
