Small, square and seriously satisfying. The Art Spectrum Wooden Panel 20 x 20cm is a high quality sanded birch wood panel with an ultra smooth, warp resistant surface, ready for priming and suitable for all mediums, from oils and acrylics to watercolours and gouache.

Square formats are made for daily painting, little still lifes and anything you want to hang in a neat grid. Paint one a day for a month and you will have a wall of work and a lot more confidence.

Panel Details

A rigid wooden panel gives you something a stretched canvas cannot: a firm surface that does not bounce under the brush. That makes it lovely for crisp detail, palette knife work, collage and layered mixed media.

Because the panel comes sanded and unprimed, you choose the ground. A few coats of white gesso give a smooth, bright surface; tinted gesso gives a warm or cool start; clear gesso keeps the beautiful birch grain showing through.

Why We Love the 20 x 20cm Panel

• Quick wins. Small enough to finish in a single session.
• Rigid support. No canvas bounce, great for detail and knife work.
• Your choice of ground. Unprimed, so you decide on white, tinted or clear.
• Grid friendly. Squares hang beautifully in sets.

How We Prepare a Wooden Panel

Lightly sand, dust off, then brush on two or three thin coats of gesso, sanding gently between coats once each is dry. Use a wide flat from our gesso brushes range and brush each coat in a different direction for an even surface.

Then paint with Art Spectrum oils or acrylic paints, or build up collage and texture. Shop the full range of gesso and primers.

Questions About the Art Spectrum 20 x 20cm Wooden Panel