Collection: Painting Pads and Paper (14 products)

Canvas paper is an artist's canvas but in sheet form. Our cotton canvas pads are books filled with canvas paper that has been printed and primed, so it's ready for use with any medium, including oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints. Our canvas pads and paper come from two different brands: Canson and Fredrix. Fredrix has been around for 152 years and Canson for almost 500 years, so they have long, trustworthy reputations for producing innovative and high-quality art surfaces.

Two of our Canson products are our Plein Air Canva Artboards and our XL Oil & Acrylic Pads. The Plein Air Canva Artboards are an artist's perfect companion; they contain ten rigid artboards laminated to Canson-quality paper primed and ready for acrylic paints, oil paints, oil sticks, or oil pastels. The paper is acid-free, featuring a canvas-like texture and a high-performance barrier that evenly absorbs oil, bonding agents, and water. These pads are glued on one side and have a convenient fold-over cover. Meanwhile, the XL Oil & Acrylic Pads feature a bleed-proof, canvas-textured paper that is also ready to use with oil or acrylic without the need for priming or preparation. These pads feature superior construction and heavy-weight cover materials, being manufactured with environmentally friendly, sustainable processes. Each acid-free, fold-over pad holds 24 sheets of 136 lb. paper.

The canvas pads and paper from Fredrix include their Watercolor Pads and their Canvas Pads. The latter contain genuine, medium-textured, real artist canvas, primed white with acrylic titanium and ready for use with any medium. These acid-free canvas sheets are sturdy enough to be mounted when dry, and each pad contains 10 sheets. If you'd like something specifically for watercolor, each Fredrix Archival Watercolor Pad has 100% cotton artist canvas sheets that combine the texture of natural, woven fabric with a specially formulated gesso designed for all water-based paints. This canvas is versatile and durable; it will not tear like paper. In fact, you can lightly lift pigment or completely wash out your painting surface without damaging the canvas surface. We recommend stapling or mounting the canvas sheets to a hardboard surface before painting. Each pad includes 10 sheets of acid-free paper.

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