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You mean you get a line in the painting along the edge of the support bar? I solved that by putting thick cartboard (that is wider than the support bar and that is strong enough so it doesn't folds when painting on the canvas) between support and back of the canvas. The pressure you put on the canvas is spread out over a larger surface so you won't get the line marks.
WimVDD
@Light_EDDed
Question for those oil painters out there. I’ve been building canvas’ and painting on them. One problem is when I scrape across the canvas if I touch the support it leaves a mark on the painting.
One way I’ve thought to avoid this is to paint onto the canvas then put the canvas on the frame?
Does this sound like a terrible idea?
Presumably I would need the canvas to be big enough to account for the fold. My concern is would it damage the paint work by stretching the canvas?