Museum Series Gessobord™

#1 Painting Panel for Oils and Acrylics

"Ampersand Gessobord has supported my work beautifully for years. The subtle texture and absorbency is a pleasure to paint on and the surface lets the lusciousness of the oil paint speak directly to the viewer."
 - Scott Gellatly

• MUSEUM-QUALITY GESSOBORD: Hardbord is treated with Archiva-Seal and coated with a professional artists’ grade acid-free acrylic gesso for a slight, even texture
• OIL & ACRYLIC PAINTING AND MORE: Perfect for oils, acrylics, mixed media, mounting papers, photos, giclee’s, and canvas
• HIGH-DENSITY HARDBOARD CORE: Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant, FSC-Certified Hardbord will ensure your artwork is supported to prevent damage from warping, bowing or movement
• HANDCRAFTED CRADLES: Premium-grade, 13-ply birch plywood cradles provide a beautiful profile and offer maximum support to protect your art and prevent warping
• STRENGTH AND DURABILITY: Wood painting panels offer more vibrant colors and better support than canvas for your artwork. It is strong enough to hold up to the most rigorous palette knife painting and heavy layers of collage and will not bow or flex like canvas
• MADE IN THE USA: Unparalleled quality and craftsmanship has made Ampersand Art Supply the leader in painting panels for over 30 years

Museum Series Aquabord™

The Amazing Watercolor Panel

"Aquabord quickly became my favorite water-media surface because once sealed, my paintings do not need to be covered by glass."
 - Ali Cavanaugh

• MUSEUM-QUALITY AQUABORD: Acid-free clay and mineral ground on warp-resistant Hardbord. Highly absorbent watercolor surface, similar in texture to cold-pressed watercolor paper
• AMAZING WATERCOLOR SURFACE: Achieve truer, brighter colors, endless glazes and easily lift colors back to the white of the surface. A great surface for gouache, acrylic, and ink
• HIGH-DENSITY HARDBOARD CORE: Unlike watercolor paper, Aquabord will not tear, shrink, or buckle even under heavy water application - requires no stretching or mounting. Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant, FSC-Certified Hardbord will ensure your artwork is supported
• HANDCRAFTED CRADLES: Premium-grade, 13-ply birch plywood cradles provide a beautiful profile and offer maximum support to protect your art and prevent warping
• FRAME WITHOUT GLASS: Seal and display your artwork without glass
• MADE IN THE USA

Museum Series Claybord™

The Ultimate Multi-Media Panel

• MUSEUM-QUALITY CLAYBORD: Acid-free kaolin clay on warp-resistant Hardbord – Highly absorbent, ultra-smooth multimedia art surface
• OUR ULTIMATE MULTIMEDIA PANEL. Perfect with ink, gouache, egg tempera, acrylic, airbrush, graphite, printmaking techniques, mounting, and more
• LIMITLESS TECHNIQUES: Unique clay ground allows artists to etch into the surface to add contrast, texture, and details. Erase with oil-free steel wool or very fine sandpaper
• HIGH-DENSITY HARDBOARD CORE: Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant, FSC-Certified Hardbord will ensure your artwork is supported to prevent damage from warping, bowing or movement
• HANDCRAFTED CRADLES: Premium-grade, 13-ply birch plywood cradles provide a beautiful profile and offer maximum support to protect your art and prevent warping
• MADE IN THE USA

Museum Series Encausticbord™

Unbeatable Support for Encaustics and Mixed Media

“Encausticbord, and all Ampersand products, are my go-to foundations for all creative work because they allow for the deep and wide experimentation I love."
 - Patricia Baldwin Seggebrush

• MUSEUM-QUALITY ENCAUSTICBORD: A specially formulated gesso forms a bright, smooth, velvety surface on warp-resistant Hardbord that is ready to use for encaustic painting
• DESIGNED FOR THE DEMANDS OF ENCAUSTIC: The ground is heat resistant, highly absorbent, and holds tight to layers of wax without the fear of cracking or separation. Encausticbord is a collaboration between R&F Handmade Paints and Ampersand Art Supply
• HIGH-DENSITY HARDBOARD CORE: Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant, FSC-Certified Hardbord will ensure your artwork is supported to prevent damage from warping, bowing or movement
• HANDCRAFTED CRADLES: Premium-grade, 13-ply birch plywood cradles provide a beautiful profile and offer maximum support to protect your art and prevent warping
• HIGHLY VERSATILE: The velvety-smooth, absorbent surface is great with pencils, charcoal, acrylic, collage, water-based markers, and more
• MADE IN THE USA

Museum Series Pastelbord™

The Solid Choice for Pastels and More

"Pastelbord has the perfect sensitivity and durability for a variety of wet and dry, hard and soft pastel applications. It is simply the best surface I have used for pastels and will continue to use for years to come."
 - Joe Mancuso

• MUSEUM-QUALITY PASTELBORD: Acid-free clay and gesso-coated Hardbord panel with a marble-dust finish for tooth
• PERFECT FOR PASTELS: Marble-dust finish holds more layers of pastel than pastel paper
• DRY OR WET APPLICATIONS: Also great with charcoal, conte crayon, colored pencils, watercolor, ink and acrylic
• HIGH-DENSITY HARDBOARD CORE: Requires no mounting and holds artwork still. Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant, FSC-Certified Hardbord will ensure your artwork is supported
• MADE IN THE USA

Museum Series Scratchbord™

The Only Professional Wood Scratchboard Panel

"The combination of the smooth clay surface and India ink make it my medium of choice for creating detailed drawings that seem to jump right off of the page."
 - Lisa Goesling

• MUSEUM-QUALITY SCRATCHBORD: Acid-free kaolin clay ground with India ink on warp-resistant Hardbord. Ultra-smooth, highly absorbent, scratch art surface
• PROFESSIONALS’ TOP CHOICE: Easier to scratch into for clean, crisp, details and lines. Scratch marks are repairable by reapplying India ink. Add vibrant color to your Scratchbord art with inks
• HIGH-DENSITY HARDBOARD CORE: Will not tear, bend or buckle. Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant, FSC-Certified Hardbord will ensure your artwork is supported
• FRAME WITHOUT GLASS: Seal and display your scratchboard artwork without glass
• MADE IN THE USA

Museum Series Hardbord™

Ultra-Stable Panel for Painting and Mounting

"Ampersand boards are the best surfaces to work on! No matter what medium you work with, there's a surface for you."
 - John Mercado

• MUSEUM-QUALITY HARDBORD: The most stable substrate on the market for your artwork. Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant, FSC-Certified Hardbord will ensure your artwork is supported to prevent damage from warping, bowing, or movement
• HIGHLY VERSATILE PAINTING SURFACE: Perfectly suited for all acrylic gessoes, specialty grounds, traditional gesso, and oil primers
• HANDCRAFTED CRADLES: Premium-grade, 13-ply birch plywood cradles provide a beautiful profile and offer maximum support to protect your art and prevent warping
• SUPPORT FOR MOUNTING: Use as a support to mount watercolor papers, photographs, fabrics, prints, and more
• ULTRA-STABLE: Hardbord is the choice substrate for all Ampersand Museum Series coated panels
• MADE IN THE USA

Primed Smooth Gesso Panel

Ultra Smooth Panel for Oils, Acrylics and More

"Primed and ready to use, this panel has benefits that canvas does not afford. The paint flows without texture that inhibits the organic designs, and there is no sagging from the heavier applications of paint."
 - Jeanne Rhea

• PRIMED SMOOTH GESSO PANEL: Ultra-smooth, ready-to-paint art wood panel is primed and coated with acid-free acrylic gesso on top and sides
• HIGH DENSITY FIBER CORE: Provides strength and a warp-resistant surface
• IDEAL FOR MULTIMEDIA ART: Perfect for painting with oil or acrylic, ink, graphite, collage, mounting, and much more
• SMOOTH SURFACE FOR POURING: The fully primed sides of the Primed Smooth panel allow your artwork to carry over and the stable surface holds up to heavy paint applications like pouring

Primed Canvas Texture Gesso Panel

Textured Panel for Oils and Acrylics

"I love working on Ampersand's Canvas Texture Panel because not only does it give me a texture to work on that is similar to traditional canvas, but it also offers stability traditional canvas does not."
 - Shana Rowe Jackson

• PRIMED CANVAS TEXTURE GESSO PANEL: Canvas Texture, ready-to-paint art wood panel is primed and coated with acid-free acrylic gesso - ideal for oil and acrylic painting
• HIGH-DENSITY FIBER CORE: Provides strength and a warp-resistant surface
• CRADLED PROFILES Premium birch plywood cradles provide a beautiful profile and offer extra support to protect your art and prevent warping
• CANVAS TEXTURE COATING: The familiar feel of canvas texture makes this the perfect introduction to wood panel painting for arts, crafts, and hobbies
• STRONG SUPPORT: Ampersand Canvas Texture Panels offer a strong, stable surface that holds up to heavy paint applications and rigorous palette knife work

Unprimed Basswood

Professional Grade Natural Wood Panel

"I love the beautiful wood texture of Ampersand Unprimed Basswood Panels. The surface is awesome for collage and I love to allow the natural wood grain to come through my work…it's the perfect ground!"
 - Shen Shen

• SMOOTH SURFACE WITHOUT IMPERFECTIONS: Ampersand’s Unprimed Basswood Panel has no seams, distinct knots, "football" patches or problematic fiber raising
• QUALITY CRADLES: High-density solid wood cradles provide extra support to protect your art and prevent warping
• STRONGER THAN BIRCH AND BALSA: Sturdy 4mm Premium Basswood surface offers superb durability, compared with other plywood panel
• STRENGTH AND VERSATILITY: Unprimed Basswood is perfect for priming and painting, mixed media, mounting, collage, wood burning, and encaustic painting techniques
• QUALITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP: Unparalleled quality and craftsmanship have made Ampersand Art Supply the leader in painting panels for over 30 years

Birch Wood Panel

The Best Birch Panel for Mixed Media and Crafts

"As a mixed media artist, Ampersand art panels are my favorite substrate! Working with encaustic and photo collage, the birch panels hold up to the heat of fusing and are the perfect, absorbent surface."
 - Jodi Reeb

• PERFECT FOR POURING & PAINTING: Birch's rigid plywood surface is perfect for mixed media art including pouring, collage, impasto, and encaustic painting. Perfect for artists of all levels
• CRADLED PROFILE: 7/8" high-density solid wood cradles provide extra support to prevent warping
• TOP QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Ampersand’s high-quality birch panels do not have seams, distinct knots, or “football” patches
• AMPERSAND QUALITY: Ampersand’s Birch Value Pack allows artists room to explore and experiment on quality surfaces while staying budget-friendly

Ampersand Floaterframe™

Easy to Use, Solid Wood Professional Quality

"The quality is superb and so easy to install with all the little necessary supplies one needs to start and finish the framing project!"
 - Yelena

• FEATURES: Made of premium hardwood, this exclusive Ampersand design has a wider base, deeper rabbet, and pre-drilled counter sunk holes to protect your artwork.
• EASY TO USE: All hardware is included! Each wood Floaterframe includes a hardware set complete with screws, hanging wire, bumper pads, hanging hook, and nail. Riser blocks are included with the 7/8" frame.
• PERFECT FOR: Professional, gallery-ready presentation for art on wood or canvas panels, canvas boards, or use to frame photos and giclee prints mounted on a panel. Premium quality floating frames for canvas paintings and wood panels
• VARIETY - 2 STYLES: Dramatic Bold and Defined Thin. 4 Colors: Black, Maple, Walnut, White. Sizes range from 5"x7" to 24"x36". Options for 7/8" (risers included) or 1 1/2" profiles are also available
• VERSATILE: Designed for Ampersand panels, the Floaterframe is also an excellent choice of frame for canvas

Ampersand Duoframe™

Modern Plein Air Style and Versatility

"Awesome, fresh, modern. Maximizes smaller works."
 - Ali Cavanaugh

• ULTIMATE VERSATILITY: Go traditional and display art through the window (flat and sizes up to 7/8") or take a larger flat panel and adhere it to the front window ledge of the frame for a high-impact floating effect
• PROFESSIONAL FRAMER RESULTS IN A READY-MADE DIY FRAME: Get the quality and craftsmanship you expect from Ampersand in an affordable solid wood, ready-made frame
• PERFECT FOR 3D AND FIBER ARTWORK: The Duoframe's float mount option allows your artwork the space it needs to tell its story in a modern display solution
• HANGING HARDWARE INCLUDED: Each Duoframe includes framing points, Phillips screws, D-ring hangers, 20lb. hanging wire, bumper pads, and even a hook and nail

Scratchbord™ Tools

Professional tools for Scratchboard Art

• 5 PIECE SET: Includes 1 each Line Tool, Scratch Knife (2 Nibs), Wire Brush, Fibre Brush, Piece of Steel Wool and Sample Piece of Claybord
• CREATE UNIQUE DETAILS: Use these tools to scratch away the surface coating exposing the white clay underneath
• PERFECT FOR DIY ART DESIGN: This complete kit is ideal for artists and hobbyists of all ages
• EASY TO USE: Create a variety of linework and textures using hatching, cross-hatching, and stippling on Claybord or Scratchbord
• ADD DEPTH & TEXTURE TO YOUR ART: Tools are available individually or in a 5-piece set

Museum Series Claybord™ Box Kit

Perfect for Creating Unique Artwork, Decor and Gifts

• CLAYBORD BOX KIT: Constructed with Ampersand’s signature ultra-smooth, absorbent Claybord surface on the lid with unfinished wood sides
• THE ULTIMATE MULTIMEDIA BOX KIT – Perfect for creating home décor or an artful gift
• LIMITLESS TECHNIQUES: Decorate the top with use with ink, gouache, egg tempera, acrylic, airbrush, graphite, printmaking, and photo transfer techniques
• MUSEUM-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: The surface of the box lid is coated with Ampersand’s signature ultra-smooth, absorbent Claybord, and the sides are handcrafted with premium-grade, 13-ply birch plywood, comes with hinges to attach after painting
• MADE IN THE USA

Museum Series Claybord™ Art Tiles

Perfect for Creating Unique Artwork, Decor and Gifts

"I love using art tiles to mix and match on larger Ampersand panels. It is the same outstanding surface but allows me to get depth and layers in a new and exciting way."
 - Micah Goguen

• TINY ART: Claybord Art Tiles are the same kaolin clay-coated, ultra-smooth, absorbent surface as Claybord but in unique small sizes perfect for mini canvas panels for painting, Artist Trading Cards (ATCs), collage, mosaic, and mini plein air painting
• LIMITLESS TECHNIQUES: Unique clay ground allows artists to etch into the surface to add contrast, texture, and details. You can even erase with oil-free steel wool
• THE ULTIMATE MULTIMEDIA SURFACE: Perfect for mixed media, inks, acrylic, graphite, fine detail, heavy impasto, collage, airbrush, gouache, egg tempera, scratchboard, mounting, and more
• AMAZING PROJECT IDEAS: These small sizes are perfect for creating handmade bookmarks, drink coasters, magnets, wine glass tags, festive ornaments, scrapbooking embellishments, and more
• JEWELRY MAKING: Create memorable gifts for your loved ones. Claybord Art Tiles are wonderful for hand-crafted earrings, lapel pins, necklaces, charms, and more
• MADE IN THE USA

Museum Series Gessobord™ Shadow Box

Create Dioramas, Installations, 3D Paintings, and More!

"I'm having all of these warm and fuzzy surface-adoring feelings about Ampersand's Gessobord. The inside of the Shadow Box is super smooth, but also a little bit toothy and it takes the paint in the loveliest, kind of contemporary-ethereal way."
 - Kaetlyn Able

• VERSATILE AND UNIQUE: The only shadow box available with Ampersand’s signature Gessobord surface
• 3-DIMENSIONAL ART MADE EASY: Display trinkets, souvenirs, or anything you would like inside the 2" deep cradle - Perfect for dioramas, installations, three-dimensional painting, and more
• HANDCRAFTED CRADLES: Premium-grade birch plywood cradles provide a beautiful profile and offer maximum support to protect your art and prevent warping
• ECO-FRIENDLY & ARTIST SAFE: made from FSC-certified forest products that promote sustainable forests and are also free from formaldehyde or harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds), unlike other hardboards and MDF boards
• MADE IN THE USA

Scratchbord™ / Claybord™ Inks

Vibrant, Colorfast Inks + Black Repair Ink

• 6 VIBRANT COLORS - The ink set includes (6) 1/2 oz bottles in Carmine Red, Yellow, Light Green, Ultramarine Blue, Sepia, and Black Repair
• NO HEAVY INK RESIDUE - Incredible inks that leave no inky residue on scratched black areas
• MIXABLE JUST LIKE PAINT! - These water-based inks can be used full strength or mixed to create your own color palette
• PIGMENTED & PERMANENT - These transparent inks leave vibrant color in only the white areas of scratchboard drawings and can easily be scratched through back to white when adding fine details and highlights
• GIVES YOUR DRAWINGS VOLUME & DIMENSION - Once all the color has been added, go back and scratch out the highlights for dramatic, vivid results