What are the advantages and disadvantages of oil painting paper and canvas? Is oil painting paper or canvas better for oil painting? I don't think it's good to use oil painting paper.

There are many substrates that can be used in oil painting, including wood, textiles, paper, metal and stone, but textiles are the most used, and linen is the main canvas. The advantages of paper as the base are low cost and light weight, but the disadvantages are that it is not easy to store, the size can not be too large, and the corners are particularly easy to be damaged. Moreover, the paper suitable for oil painting itself is more troublesome to handle.

The advantage of flax is that it is also relatively light, easy to store after stretching, and the size can be very large. Of course, if you want to paint oil paintings, you must first lay a good foundation, and the process is complicated.

At present, there is a commodity called oil painting paper circulating in the domestic market, which is to paste a layer of medical gauze on white cardboard and coat powder primer on the gauze to imitate the surface texture effect of linen. However, the quality of this product is extremely poor, the primer absorbs oil seriously, and the texture is too rough, which will cause the waste of pigment and wear the brush, and at the same time, the color of pigment will deteriorate seriously and become dirty and dark. In fact, it is not suitable for painting oil paintings at all, but it is very cheap and still exists every year.

If you want to learn authentic oil painting, you should also learn to handle linen by yourself and lay a good foundation. Most of the finished fabrics on the market are of poor quality and are not suitable for oil painting.