Why Linen Is The preferred Material for Canvas Painting?

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Why Linen is The preferred Material for Canvas
Painting?
After the 16th Century, the painting relied
mainly on the canvas. In a large number of hemp
and cotton fabrics, pure linen is the ideal
selection of canvas painting .
One, in addition to synthetic fibers, the linen
is the most solid material among all the textiles
with much fiber, uneasy tear or puncture, which
allows the palette knife to scrape pressure on it.
Two, the dense linen woven by the latitude and
longitude a line is with good color performance.
Three, twisted by threads, the surface of linen
is not as smooth as that of chemical fiber and
cotton cloth with lively and concave-convex
texture. Artists often use this subtle
interesting beauty of linen.
Four, linen and flax seed oil are obtained from
the same plant and have identical chemical
properties which can support each other.
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Five, the linen fabric can be divided into single
and double fabric which can be easily to be
processed into a variety of specifications with
different thickness, different thickness and
textures. Coarse linen is suitable for large
scraper painting, which is the ideal canvas fully
and delightfully making snap. Medium density
linen is very smooth with uniform texture, which
is the most suitable performance method for
realistic style rubbing cover. Fine texture linen
is mainly used in small works, which is suitable
for miniature painting style.
Six, in terms of preservation and repair,
painting on canvas is superior to that of other
support. The linen occupies the first place.
Linen generally grows in cold and wet weather
conditions. Belgium and Ireland is the main
origin of linen. After the maturity, the linen is
harvested from the root to the leaves and totally
decayed, leaving a solid fabric and woven into
cloth. Due to the differences of texture and
thick degree, the sold lengths vary greatly.
The price of pure linen is very high, thus the
cheap varieties of half-linen and cotton-blended
appear. With the expansion and contraction of
cotton and linen according to the variation of
moisture, thus the blended fabric is not suitable
for large canvas.
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