Premium 13.4oz Black Primed Artist Canvas - Dramatic Foundation for Contemporary Art
Our professional-grade black primed cotton duck canvas provides artists with a distinctive dark foundation that enhances luminous colours and creates dramatic visual impact. This specially prepared canvas eliminates the need for dark underpainting, allowing for unique artistic effects and time-saving workflow.
Artistic Advantages of Black Primed Canvas:
- Creates dramatic contrast that makes colours appear more vibrant and luminous
- Ideal for contemporary, portrait, and dramatic landscape painting
- Eliminates the need for dark underpainting layers, saving time and materials
- Medium texture with subtle grain provides perfect tooth for detailed work
- Extra-wide 1.7m width perfect for larger artworks without seams
- Professional 13.4oz (382gsm) weight offers excellent stability and durability
- Quality acrylic black primer provides excellent adhesion for all paint media
Product Specifications:
- Width: 1.7 metres (170cm) wide artist canvas
- Length Options: 5 metres or 10 metres roll options
- Material: 100% Cotton/Cotton duck - professional artist grade
- Texture: Medium weave with subtle grain ideal for detailed artwork
- Fabric Weight: 13.4 Ounce / 382 gsm - substantial without being too heavy
- Priming: Black acrylic-based surface, professionally applied
- Arrives ready to use with no additional preparation required
Perfect For:
This black primed canvas is particularly favoured by contemporary artists, portrait painters, and those working with dramatic lighting effects. The dark background creates striking negative space techniques and allows artists to build luminous colours that seem to emerge from the darkness. It's also excellent for mixed media artists who want to incorporate the black background as a compositional element.
Usage Information:
5 metres, 10 metres roll options. Each 1 qty = 1 metre in length, with 1.7m wide artist/art canvas. For example, if order 5 metre roll canvas, you will get a single canvas roll dimension of 1.7m (Width) x 5m (Length).
This professional-grade canvas accepts all painting media immediately, including oils, acrylics, and mixed media. The black primed surface is particularly effective for techniques that build from dark to light, creating dramatic emerging forms and atmospheric effects.
Artist Techniques:
Many professional artists use this black canvas to create striking chiaroscuro effects, where the dark background naturally creates depth and atmosphere. Consider using white or light-coloured chalk to sketch your initial composition, which will be clearly visible against the black surface. For maximum impact, allow small areas of the black ground to remain visible in your finished work to create dramatic negative space.
Compatibility:
Works beautifully with all painting media, including:
- Oil paints (especially transparent and semi-transparent colours)
- Acrylic paints (metallics and fluorescents are particularly striking)
- Gouache and opaque media
- Oil pastels and chalk
- Mixed media applications
