With some art historical notes, this text focuses on stretching and preparing canvas suitable for oil paining. If you want to take the step from mass-produced materials and ensure longevity for your works, this is ideal for you. In addition to step-by-step illustrations, explaining how to construct and stretch the canvas, it includes the method and components to make the preparation used by the renowned painter, Odd Nerdrum - for whom I have stretched and prepared small as well as massive canvases; among them “Three Men in a Boat” and “The Opening of the Prisons,” two monumental works that is currently on display at the Nerdrum Museum (Stavern, Norway).
With some art historical notes, this text focuses on stretching and preparing canvas suitable for oil paining. If you want to take the step from mass-produced materials and ensure longevity for your works, this is ideal for you. In addition to step-by-step illustrations, explaining how to construct and stretch the canvas, it includes the method and components to make the preparation used by the renowned painter, Odd Nerdrum - for whom I have stretched and prepared small as well as massive canvases; among them “Three Men in a Boat” and “The Opening of the Prisons,” two monumental works that is currently on display at the Nerdrum Museum (Stavern, Norway).
