Strong, Smooth Birch Wood Panels for Lasting Artwork
Da Vinci Pro Birch Wood Painting Panels provide artists with a strong, rigid surface for creating permanent works of art. Made with fine-grained Birch hardwood, each panel is carefully sanded to create an exceptionally smooth surface suitable for a wide range of techniques and media.
The Birch surface can be prepared with universal gesso, encaustic gesso, or a barrier coating of PVA or rabbit skin glue before oil priming. Artists can customize the preparation to suit their preferred medium and painting process.
These versatile panels also provide a sturdy base for mounting linen, cotton canvas, sanded pastel paper, or watercolor paper. A kiln-dried New Zealand Pine cradle adds strength while keeping the panel lightweight and resistant to warping. Unlike flexible canvas, the rigid surface will not sag over time.
Key Features
- Fine-grained, finely sanded Birch surface
- Available in 7/8", 1-5/8", and 2-1/2" deep profiles
- Strong and rigid construction
- Warp-resistant kiln-dried New Zealand Pine cradle with Birch panel
- Can be prepared with gesso or other grounds
- Lightweight yet sturdy
- Rigid surface will not sag like canvas
- Suitable for framed or unframed presentation
- Wood sourced from fast-growing forests
Perfect For
- Artists who prefer a smooth painting surface
- Students, teachers, and professional artists
- Mounting linen or cotton canvas
- Creating a firm archival substrate
- Universal priming and custom surface preparation
- Painting compositions that extend onto the edges
- Creating custom linen and canvas panels
- Gallery-style presentations
- Mounting sanded pastel or watercolor paper
- Lightweight artwork that is easy to hang
- Acrylics, acrylic gouache, pencil, and collage
