Stretched Canvas
Stretched canvas (also known as box canvas) is canvas mounted onto a wooden stretcher frame, as pictured right. The quality of canvas is generally superior to that on canvas boards and they can be hung unframed, though I recommend framing.
I use ready-prepared stretched and primed canvases from reputable manufacturers, which come in a range of sizes. The depth of the wooden stretcher is variable and the methods used to secure the canvas to the stretcher frame will vary slightly to that pictured. Where possible I will use canvas as stretched in the illustration but this is dependant on the availability of the canvas in your chosen size.
Canvas Board
Canvas boards are commercially prepared acrylic-primed cotton canvas, mounted onto lightweight board. I use only those boards made by reputable artists materials manufacturers such as Daler Rowney, Winsor & Newton and Loxley. Some are pictured right. The canvas quality is generally not as good as that on stretched canvas but they are easier and cheaper to frame.
