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Ampersand Value Series Artist Panel Canvas Finish - 3/4" Cradle 8x10" Pack of 3

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White Save Big with Ampersand Artist Panel Value Packs! Now available in value packs, Ampersand Unprimed Birchwood, Primed Smooth and Canvas Textured Panels are ideal for all artists’ paints including oils, acrylics, mixed media, mounting prints, collage, drawing, and inks. Value packs are a great way to stock up on quality painting panels. Unprimed Basswood 7/8" Cradle Value Packs Basswood offers a stronger and smoother surface than common Birch craft panels. The Ampersand Unprimed Basswood panel is manufactured with strong 4mm premium basswood, ready to seal and prime with the ground of your choice. Unlike other unfinished wood panels on the market, the Unprimed Basswood surface is sanded perfectly smooth and does not have plywood seams, knots, or problematic raised fibers. The support frames are made with solid pine that can be finished with paint or stain. Unprimed Basswood is great for encaustic, mixed media, collage, and pyrography. Primed Smooth 7/8" Cradle Value Packs The Primed Smooth cradled panels have a smooth semi-absorbent, acid-free ground that allows for amazing detail work and is great for oil, acrylic, mixed media, paint pouring, graphite, collage, mounting, alcohol ink, heavy impasto, and much more! These panels are coated with an acrylic gesso primer and fully supported with solid pine wood cradle support frames. This panel is completely primed on the surface and the sides of the cradle-great if you want to wrap your images over the edge without the extra prep work. Canvas Texture 3/4" Cradle Value Packs The Canvas Texture cradled panels have a medium textured, less absorbent acid-free ground that is perfect for oil and acrylic painting. The ready-to-use panel gives artists all the advantages of painting on a panel but with the familiar feel of fine linen or canvas. The Canvas Texture Artist Panel is perfect for plein air painting, palette knife work, heavy paint applications, and glazing techniques. Canvas Texture:* Packs of 3 and 4 panels available* 3/4" cradle* Textured acrylic gesso ground on MDF* Ready to paint with oils, acrylics and mixed media* Perfect for altered art, collage and found objects Primed Smooth: * Packs of 2, 3 and 4 panels available * 7/8” cradled * Smooth acrylic gesso ground on MDF * Solid pine wood cradles * Fully primed on top and sides * Perfect surface for mounting canvas & giclees * Ready to use with oils, acrylics, paint pouring, graphite and mixed media Unprimed Basswood: * Packs of 3 panels available * 7/8” cradled * Ultra-stable premium Basswood surface * Sanded perfectly smooth and has no seams, distinct knots, "football" patches, or problematic fiber raising * Solid pine wood cradles * Perfect for priming and painting, encaustic, mixed media, collage, pyrography, and heavy paint applications See More

Ampersand Artist Primed Smooth 7/8" Cradled Panel 8" x 10"

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White Perfectly primed: ideal for all painting styles! Ampersand Primed Smooth Artist Panels are perfect for artists working with oils, acrylics, mixed media, and more! These panels are coated with an acid-free, acrylic gesso primer and fully supported with premium birch plywood cradle support frames. A unique feature of the Primed Smooth panels is they are completely primed on the surface and the sides of the cradle—great if you want to wrap your images over the edge without the extra prep work. The ultra-smooth surface allows for amazing detail work and is great for oil, acrylic, mixed media, paint pouring, graphite, collage, mounting, alcohol ink, heavy impasto, and much more! The primed smooth panels are also the ideal choice for mounting flexible surfaces like canvas, paper, and prints. Key Features:* Ready to use, pre-gessoed wood panel * Ultra-smooth, semi-absorbent, acid-free ground * Primed on the surface and sides * 3/8” flat format has a ready-to-display hang slot on the back * 5-ply Birch plywood cradle construction Perfect For:* • Oil, acrylic, mixed media, paint pouring, fine detail work, graphite, collage, alcohol ink, heavy impasto, and more* Excellent surface for collage and mixed media* Mount canvas or paper for a more stable support* An unbeatable value! See More

Ampersand Value Series Unprimed Basswood Artist Panel 1-1/2" Cradle, 8x10"

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Natural Smooth, absorbent, uncoated panel used with a variety of media The Ampersand value series artist wood panel is an unprimed basswood that is smooth, absorbent, uncoated panel that is free from plywood seams, knots, or troublesome raised fibers. Unprimed Basswood can be used with a variety of media. With the exception of encaustics and pyrography, it is strongly recommended to seal and prime all unprimed panels before use. Basswood is a premium, select wood that outperforms the commonly used birch plywood in many ways. It is inherently smoother with a tight wood grain and no raised fibers, making it easier to gesso and paint on. The strong 4mm premium basswood surface is perfect for priming and painting, encaustic, mixed media, collage, wood burning, and heavy paint applications. Ready to Customize - Ampersand Value Series Unprimed Wood Panels are ideal for artists that prefer a quality surface to seal and prime with a ground of their choice. Key Features:* 4mm Premium basswood surface* Stronger and better than birch* Smooth, absorbent, uncoated panel* 7/8" or 1-1/2" deep High-density, solid wood cradles* Super smooth; no excessive grain* Durable, stable & long-lasting* Sanded perfectly smooth* FREE of knots, seams and excess wood grain* Cradle is crafted from solid pine that can be finished with paint or stain Perfect For:* Priming with gesso, oil ground & more* Can be used with a variety of media* Artwork in virtually any media* An ultra-smooth surface ideal for detail work, yet sturdy enough to withstand thick layers* Support to protect your art and prevent warping* Encaustic, Wood burning* Once sealed and primed, the surface is perfect for mixed media, collage, and heavy paint applications like pouring   Please Note: To ensure archival longevity, all unprimed wood panels should be sealed and primed before use. Learn more in this blog post on How to Seal and Prime Ampersand Wood Panels.   See More

Ampersand Value Series Artist Cradled Panel 1-1/2" Deep, Canvas Finish 8" x 10" (Pack of 5)

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White Performs Like a Panel, Feels Like Canvas! Do you want more control over your paint application and truer brighter colors? Then try Ampersand's Artist Panel - Primed Canvas Texture, a high-quality painting panel primed with acid-free acrylic gesso. The ready-to-paint surface is like a gessoed canvas in texture, appearance and absorbency, giving artists the familiar feel of a fine linen or canvas with the additional advantage of painting on a rigid surface. The durable, rigid, medium density fiberboard (MDF) support makes the Primed Canvas Texture panel ideal for palette-knife painting and multimedia applications. The familiar canvas texture makes this a great introduction to panel painting! Key Features: * Advantages of a panel with a familiar canvas texture * Semi-absorbent acid-free ground perfect for oil paints, acrylic, or mixed media * Ready to use, no need to mount canvas or apply gesso * 3/8” flat format has a ready to display hang slot on the back * Birch plywood cradle construction Perfect For:* Palette-knife painting and multimedia applications. * More control over your paint application and truer brighter colors* Altered art, collage and found objects* Ready-to-paint panel coated with acrylic gesso and ideal for use with oil and acrylic paints* An amazing quality for the price! These wood panels will not give, bend or flex As with all of Ampersand’s panels, they are made with quality materials that have been tested for durability and for performance with artists’ paints. Panels are available in three distinct profiles - 3/8" flat and 3/4" or 1-1/2" cradled. 3/8" Flat Profile With Hanging Slot - The 3/8" flat profile panels come with built in hanging slots for an easy and affordable way to display your finished art. The cradle support frames are handcrafted using 1/2" birch plywood, offering extreme stability and support. Traditional Profile With 3/4" Cradle - This profile can be hung on a wall or placed into a traditional frame similar to a traditional canvas. The frame is made with light colored birch plywood. Gallery Profile With 1-1/2" Cradle - This profile mirrors a gallery profile canvas. The frame is made with light colored birch plywood that can be painted or stained, providing artists with a ready-to-hang surface. See More

Ampersand Encausticbord 7/8" Cradled Panel 8x10"

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White The innovative Encausticbord surface is ready to use and requires no preparation An archival panel designed from a collaboration between Ampersand and R&F Handmade Paints, only Encausticbord has a ready to use surface formulated for the unique demands of encaustic painting and mixed media. This combination of Ampersand’s archival panel coating technology and R&F’s expertise in encaustics led to Encausticbord™, a unique wood panel that has the tooth to hold encaustic and mixed media unlike any other surface. Key Features:* Revolutionary encaustic ground is heat resistant* Designed to bond strongly with encaustic wax and collage* Archival, eco-friendly, and formaldehyde-free * Manufactured from sustainable forest products Perfect For:* Encaustic and Multi-Media Artists* Encaustic Paints* Oil Paints and Oil Sticks* Collage, Image Transfer, and Incising   The Encausticbord™ ground has been specially formulated to provide superb adhesion between the encaustic paint and the surface. The ground is formulated with a very high solids to acrylic binder ratio which results in a very porous and absorbent surface. In addition, mineral aggregates are carefully selected in size and shape and added to the ground to yield a surface with a higher degree of surface roughness than typical acrylic gesso, which allows for better adhesion of encaustic wax. The ground is not only heat resistant and highly absorbent, but also holds tight to layers of wax and collage without the fear of cracking or separation. The innovative Encausticbord surface is ready to use and requires no preparation. The bright and velvety ground is perfect not only for encaustics, but for mixed media applications including oil paints and sticks, collage, image transfer, incising and more, and the durable bond offered by the ground means that fantastic textures and thick layers can be built up on its outstandingly receptive surface.   Encausticbord is available in various depths for multiple display options: 1/8" and 1/4" flat panels, 7/8" and 1 1/2" cradled panels, and 2 1/8" DEEP gallery cradled panels for maximum support.  Deeper cradled panels give artists the benefit of a gallery-style, frameless presentation.   See More