[Closed] Any artists in?

WHSmiths and lots of other book shops now sell ready primed canvases. I'd recommend buying some acrylics or poster paints as both are water soluble. Poster paints are cheaper but won't look as nice when dry.

nice big canvases in "the range" are not too expensive.
add a few tubes of acrylic, and jobs a goodun!
nice idea

the best paint for that kind of thing is something like matt sample paint from focus do it all. Has good coverage and is water soluble. You may need to seal it when you've finished.

You can get canvas board too which will take a pressure better without sagging, like framed canvas can. It will come ready primed and be about the same price as stretched canvas. I would disagree with house/wall paints as they will be too thin, runny and quite messy to use. You would also get bleeding at the edges and the details would be lost when as dries.
If you can get hold of it, printing ink would work really well and keep lots of details if not acrylic paint would do the job well. You can use Acrylics on just about anything too so you could just use wood or card as well.

Cheers Chaps!! Looks like a search for art suppliers etc.

somehwere like the works (assuming they havent all closed yet) sell decent quality canvas and paints and what not pretty cheap 🙂

if you want a translucent look then go for acrylics but household emulsion paint would be perfect for what you what not too runny and give you first time coverage anything envolving children and hands is going to messy anyway and cost wise it's a no brainer.

Where do you live? In London, Cass Art have a few stores around and they nearly always seem to have a sale on so generally pretty cheap for canvasses and other supplies.

+1 for the Works, cheap and cheerful

Klunk, acrylic paint isnt translucent and is designed to be painted on things like canvas and textured surfaces. Emulsion will be too runny which is why it is used for styles like dribbling rather than detailed and textured artwork work. It does and will bleed on canvas and all the detailing of the hands will blur or be lost.

Ink like screen printing ink would be best as that's what is it designed for. Failing that acrylic is thick enough and adaptable enough to use well.

I think there's a Works in Nottingham. Will pop in next time I'm in town.