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