Wood and Hardboard Panels

These wood painting panels are manufactured in the USA from top-quality birch plywood sanded to render a smooth, firm surface. Cradled with a poplar wood frame, panels won't flex, stretch, or warp. Flat (7/8" cradle), Deep (1-5/8" cradle), Oval, or Round.

Introducing Aquabord, the same great quality as Claybord Textured, but now with a new name and label design! Ideal for watercolors, this panel simulates the absorbency and texture of Cold Press paper with unprecedented control and no buckling.

Claybord's ultra-smooth finish, rigid hardboard back, and the absorbency of the kaolin clay make it an exceptional surface for pencil, ink, acrylic, gouache, egg tempera, casein, and multimedia.

Fully primed with acrylic gesso and ready to paint, Gessobord is sanded to a fine tooth finish that provides excellent adhesion for oil and acrylic paints. Available in three styles: 1/8", 3/4" cradled, and 2" deep cradled.

Hardbord is stronger than Masonite, but with no acids or chemicals to discolor paints. Ampersand Panels are meticulously handcrafted by master carpenters, for a superior, 1/8" thick, archival-quality board.

Introducing Scratchbord, the same great quality as Claybord Black, but now with a new name and label design! Compared to traditional scratchboard paper, Ampersand’s Scratchbord allows for more precise and clean cutting and crisper edges.

Art Boards has coated their Natural Maple Plein Air Panel and Natural Fiber Panel with a heat-activated, archival adhesive that provides an easy way to mount artwork, paper, and canvas to a stable, rigid surface.

Art Boards offers the finest double acrylic primed medium weight cotton canvas, mounted to a natural fiber hardboard panel. Use these panels with a variety of media, including acrylic, oil, alkyd, and multimedia.

A truly flawless painting surface, engineered for stability and longevity. Each 3/8" panel features a solid core construction made of refined Douglas Fir wood fibers. These rigid art panels will not flex or bend.

A truly flawless painting surface, engineered for stability and longevity. The front and back of each panel is constructed using knot-free natural maple hardwood, which is meticulously sanded to provide a luscious surface, free of voids or seams.

This is the panel oil painters would create if they had the time and the equipment. Double Oil Primed Claessens Belgian Linen mounted to the Natural Fiber Panel creates the perfect environment for oil paint.

These handy 1/16" thick plein air panels are the slimmest panels on the market. Choose from acrylic-primed medium texture cotton, oil-primed Claessens® portrait-grade linen, or smooth-texture gessoed panels.

These panels are an affordable choice for artists, students, and leisure painters! They are primed with acrylic provide an exceptional painting surface for oils and acrylics. The unique surface allows for great brush control and intensity of color.

These ready-to-paint, tempered hardboard panels are factory-coated with gesso. They're excellent for oils, acrylics, gouache, egg tempera, or pen and ink. Panels have a smooth surface. Each panel is 1/8" (3 mm) thick.

Use multifunctional hardboard panels as a painting surface, mixing palette, drawing board, or for taping down watercolor paper. Hardboard is a resilient surface that will stand up to years of use.