Ampersand Claybord 3mm

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Ampersand Claybord 3mm | Artist Painting Boards | Cass Art
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From £9.75

Size Code Unit Price Availability
27.9 x 35.6cm 022480 RRP: £10.85 £9.75
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30.5 x 40.6cm 022481 RRP: £13.05 £12.50
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45.7 x 60.1cm 022482 RRP: £24.70 £22.25
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Description

Museum Series Claybord™ from Ampersand is a unique, specially prepared working surface perfect for use with creative materials.

  • It is made using high quality artist hardboard and features Ampersand’s simply amazing kaolin clay ground formula similar which performs similar to the clay gesso grounds used during the Renaissance period.
  • The surface is sanded to an ultra-smooth, highly absorbent finish so your colour or media remains true, brilliant and stable.

Claybord is a favourite of both fine and graphic artists alike. Clayboard comes in three different depths of 3mm (1/8"), 22mm (7/8") and 38mm (1.5").

Sizes

Cm Inches
27.9 x 35.6 11 x 14
30.5 x 40.6 12 x 16
45.7 x 60.1 18 x 24

 

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£4.95 - £6.95
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Q&A (5)
Q Hi. Possibly interested in purchasing some Ampersand Clayboard, but notice you stock two different types - Clayboard, and Clayboard Cradled. Can you tell me what the difference is please? Appreciate your help, thanks, John.
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Q What is Claybord?
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Claybord is an absorbent, archival clay ground surface for use with a variety of mediums. It works beautifully with ink, paint, and dry drawing materials. It can also be used as an etching surface for printing.

Q Why work on Claybord as oppose to canvas?
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Working on clay offers a different experience to working on canvas. Claybord offers a firmer surface to paint on than canvas stretched on a frame, and mediums that might typically stain canvas can be easily erased by simply scratching them from the surface using an etching knife or metal wool. This offers a unique way of working that is handy for adding highlight effects. Wet mediums such as ink and oil paint will dry much quicker to a matt finish on this highly absorbent surface.

Q Not quite clear if these boards need priming for oils?
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These boards do need to be treated before being used with oil paint. For detailed information about how this can be done please see the advice available on the Ampersand website: http://www.ampersandart.com/tips/oils.html

Q Can you please tell me what the difference is between the Claybord and the Aquabord? Can you use watercolour on both?
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The Aquabord is suitable for watercolour but not the Claybord. Please check this helpful guide on the uses for the entire range http://www.ampersandart.com/select-panel.php 

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23 Customer Reviews

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19th March 2021 Reviewed by Richard Cain Ampersand is the best boards for Airbrush artist like me as it helps with getting good realism as you can erase and scratch back the paint you have applied.

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28th January 2021 Reviewed by nick coomber Beautiful finish, sturdy strong paint surface

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15th December 2020 Reviewed by Quy Phung Ta Very sturdy and smooth board

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7th November 2020 Reviewed by Pauline Bonnett Easy to use and professional or ** can get high quality results using it

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7th October 2020 Reviewed by Jane Cochrane I love Ampersand clayboard for the transparency and luminosity it gives my work.

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7th October 2020 Reviewed by Jane Cochrane These are amazing to use. I love the luminosity they give my work. I paint in the negative. IE I use transparent layers in increasing depth and paint around my subject. I then use opaque paint to bring the light back into the picture. The first layers are untouched & remain beautifully transparent.

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17th April 2020 Reviewed by Eleni Aristotelous Same as previous product

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17th January 2020 Reviewed by Angela Sutherland I hated this. When I took the wrapper off I could see sanding marks on it. I washed my hands before touching it but when I applied graphite powder it looked streaky with fingerprints in it. I removed the graphite and tried High Flow acrylic but it looked VERY streaky. I tried to remove the acrylic w

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11th October 2019 Reviewed by Ana Munoz Munoz For ink painting
It's excellent; I will recommend to my painting colleagues

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14th May 2019 Reviewed by Photoulla Hadjigeorgiou For realism in oil or acrylic it is great as very smooth, leaving no brush marks.

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18th April 2019 Reviewed by J Rutherford I was using this for myself, for colleagues and students.
Excellent board (if a tad expensive!)

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22nd March 2019 Reviewed by Louis Brown Amazing for my drawing in pen technique

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1st December 2018 Reviewed by Alan Smith Beautifu product l Excellent for aibrush work in fact the best airbrush surface I've ever worked with BUT much to expencive. would recomment for airbush fine art work f you can afford it

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29th November 2018 Reviewed by Joanne Neville Perfect product and just amazing to use.

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25th July 2018 Reviewed by 1954dbr Excellent product used for graphite powder and pencil drawing

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28th June 2018 Reviewed by Richard Masa Graphite powder drawing

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19th January 2018 Reviewed by A Insoll Looking foreword to working on this board

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3rd December 2017 Reviewed by Graham Stephen This was so well recommended that I am trusting it will be fine. It was delivered in perfect condition.

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13th May 2017 Reviewed by Morag Donkin great surface

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14th March 2017 Reviewed by Jennifer Susanto Good product

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25th February 2016 Reviewed by Nicky Barfoot First time use of this product, bought as a requirement of an online art course task. Love it! Thanks to the tutor's demonstrations and the quality of the product, will be buying more.

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5th August 2015 Reviewed by Candice Scarlet Hamilton Good boards for displaying.

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20th January 2015 Reviewed by Gillian Thomas I Use the clayboard for mixed media collage and acrylic paint excellent surface to work on definitely impacts final finishI
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