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Old 08-27-2002, 10:00 AM   #2
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Tito:

I think that is a personal choice by the artist. To my mind, there is no "best" anything that fits all artists. For me, the best ground is a solid panel, but others may hate working on solids and prefer the spring of linen or canvas - still others may prefer painting on cotton, poly, or even plastic or copper!

I prefer to paint on panels because I paint with resins in my medium which dry somewhat brittle. Canvas runs too much risk of cracking as my paint film is not as flexible as others. Thereby, a panel is a prefered choice for my paintings. However, if I change my medium (which I am in the process of doing) then I think I will do more works on linen.
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