Blick Premier Oil Primed Belgian Linen Canvas Rolls

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The same top-of-the-line, professional-quality linen used for our Blick Premier Belgian Linen Stretched Canvases — now available in rolls! It is quite simply the ultimate substrate for oil painting — however, it can also be used with egg tempera, casein, and some drawing media.
The same topoftheline professionalquality linen used for our Blick Premier Belgian Linen Stretched Canvasesnow available in rolls! We are proud to put the Blick Premier name on this fine grade Belgian linen canvas boasting all the best qualities for an exceptional painting experience It is quite simply the ultimate substrate for oil painting We start with an extremely smooth 55oz medium texture linen made in Belgium from the inner bark of the flax plant Picked pumiced and woven by hand these long fibers produce a strong flexible slightly stretchy material that has been known to last for centuries Belgian linen is acknowledged to be the very finest in the world following a tradition that dates back to the 1400sand we would not settle for anything less when it comes to the Blick Premier brand This outstanding canvas is then imported to the USA where it is carefully primed by hand with three coats of oil based primer to a 10oz finished weight Meticulous sanding between the coats prevents peeling flaking or cracking The combination of finewoven flaxbased fibers and expertly applied oil primer results in the ideal oil painting surfacecolors seem to melt like butter with extraordinary smoothness and luminosity This stable archival ground resists cracking under temperature fluctuations or while restretching Blick Premier Belgian Linen Canvas is ideally suited to accept oil painthowever it can also be used with egg tempera casein and some drawing media