Painting on a canvas is an interesting thing.
You must have an appeal for painting on a canvas and had seen a number of interesting and messages imparting paintings on canvas.
Some of the abstract art work must be residing on the wall of your office or your bank which always had attracted your attention to make out the skillfully embedded meanings in them.
Canvas comes in great many sizes.
You can have a small canvass and also a huge canvas to get your imaginations absorbed on.
Working on a canvas: Working on a canvas can be great fun.
You have the place to get your emotions and feelings exhausted on.
If used skillfully you can have your masterpiece to show to the world.
Some of the best artists have come out with their magnum opus with just getting their feelings copied on the canvas.
Subject of your painting: Foremost thing to start working on the canvas needs to make a decision.
You need to decide what will be the subject on which you are going to paint.
Once you are ready with the subject in mind, you will find it easy painting.
Obviously, everything needs an idea to get started with.
Brushes: The next things you need to have are "brushes".
Brushes, needs to be in line with your canvas and subject.
If you are using small canvas then brushes should be small and if big canvas then big brushes will do well to you.
There are many shapes of brushes you have of use during your painting so make them available and knowledge about the strokes and the functionality of these brushes.
Paint: You will need paint for your painting to be painted.
For a painting to be interesting and eye catching you need quality paints.
The paints are used according to the size of your canvas.
If you are using small canvas then little paint is needed and if huge then a lot more paint will be needed.
Whatever are the sizes of your canvas just go for quality paints.
One thing more you will have to decide is, what will be the sort of paints you are going to use in your painting should they b water colors or the oil paints? It depends on the taste on the artist and also the subject requirement.
Time: Working out on the canvas is not a job of few hours.
It requires time and you have to give time to your painting.
You are up to a painting which should be capable of attracting gazes not provoking the reactions such as "oh my God what a pathetic painting".
To avoid such reactions you have to be patient and also a whole hearted artist.
There is difference for the time taken by the size of the canvas and also the subject of the painting.
Some subjects may take months while some may take days.
The size of the canvas does matters in the way that your small canvass will take much less time as it is easy to cope with while big canvas consume and also do require much time.