Winsor & Newton Professional Fine Detail Cotton Canvas

Winsor & Newton canvases are built for endurance, with solid heavy-duty pine wood stretcher bars that are kiln-dried for strength and rigorously tested for warp-resistance. No other surface comes close. Ideal for all media and techniques, every Winsor & Newton Professional Cotton Canvas has been treated with a coat of acid free size, plus two coats of highly pigmented titanium dioxide primer.

Made from 100% cotton, these innovative fine detail canvases provide excellent adhesion of colour and cater to the needs of those with the very highest quality demands. They are hand stretched and have a weight of 280gsm (9.87oz). Each Canvas is prepared, and ready to paint, with highly pigmented titanium dioxide primer for superior coverage and performance. Each canvas is also archival and acid free.

You can use Professional Fine Detail Cotton Canvas with all forms of acrylic, oil and other mixed media applications – they are particularly suited for fine detail, intricate approaches or where a particularly smooth surface texture is preferred. Available in a wide range of sizes.

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Incorporating professional stretcher bars produced from heavy duty pine for greater strength and stability. These hand stretched cotton canvases is stapled on the reverse, allowing all four sides of the support to be painted.These canvases feature the unique new pro-stretcher device for ultimate control over the surface tension. The 21mm depth profile stretcher bars are produced from warp resistant kiln-dried, FSC approved, heavy-duty pine. 

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What Is Canvas?

Traditionally manufactured from hemp, for its tough fibres, Canvas is now primarily produced from either linen or cotton. Cotton Canvas provides an inexpensive alternative to Linen Canvas which has finer strands, producing a highly intricate weave. Cotton Duck Canvas is most commonly used for painting with oil colour.

How do I choose a Canvas?

Canvas is graded according to weight and tightness of weave. Ranging from 1 to 12, a low number indicates a coarse grain, whereas the finest grains are represented by the highest numbers. Often, canvas is simply graded as “Coarse”, “Medium” and “Fine”.

Who are Winsor & Newton?

In 1832, William Winsor and Henry Newton introduced the first moist water colours to the world. Today, Winsor and Newton remain the premier choice for artists, offering a wide variety of fine art supplies including: oil, water colour, acrylic and alkyd paints, pastels, artists' brushes, canvases, papers and portfolios.