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on Canvas vs in Canvas

Both "on canvas" and "in canvas" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "On canvas" is used when referring to something painted or created on the surface of a canvas, while "in canvas" is used when talking about something being enclosed or wrapped in canvas material.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 5815 views

on Canvas

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to something painted or created on the surface of a canvas.

Use "on canvas" when describing a painting or artwork that is done on the surface of a canvas material.

Examples:

  • The artist painted a beautiful landscape on canvas.
  • The masterpiece was created on canvas using oil paints.
  • I prefer the purity of paint on canvas.
  • That's in fact ketchup on canvas.
  • You can look at someone and capture them on canvas.
  • Her generous forms have often been immortalized on canvas, marble.
  • The Text tool is progressively improved. With GIMP-2.8, you can now edit text directly on canvas. A text tool box has been added which overlays the canvas above the text box.
  • To move the text on canvas, you have to select the Move tool and click on a character to drag the frame and its text.
  • I prefer the purity of paint on canvas.
  • Portrait of Eva Gonzales, oil on canvas by Edouard Manet.
  • But we will never use a chisel on canvas, or pens on sculptures.
  • That he didn't put on canvas until a year after this was published.
  • He was once hailed as a visionary, a man who would document the birth of America on canvas.
  • And I went on - that's my first painting on canvas.
  • Gentlemen, we are entering the realm... of the ancient art form of paint on canvas.
  • I-I-I don't believe... that ever before has a woman put such agonized poetry on canvas.
  • In the afternoons, she usually sat for me while I attempted all in vain... ...to capture her beauty on canvas.
  • The story of our lives painted on canvas or etched in stone.
  • I see you here with a desire to appear on canvas.
  • Artist Kyriakos Mortarakos Title Untitled Material Mixed media on canvas Format 220 × 320 cm
  • Artist Hans Vandekerckhove Title Landschappeling, 2000 Material Oil on canvas Format 200 × 160 cm
  • And yes, it's an acrylic painting of a man, but I didn't paint it on canvas.

Alternatives:

  • painted on canvas
  • created on canvas
  • drawn on canvas

in Canvas

This phrase is correct and used when something is enclosed or wrapped in canvas material.

Use "in canvas" when referring to something being enclosed or wrapped in canvas, such as a package or an object.

Examples:

  • The fragile item was wrapped in canvas for protection during shipping.
  • The painting was carefully stored in canvas to prevent damage.
  • When I got settled in Canvas Town, barely a minute had passed before I was called upon by men whose women were ready to give birth, or by women who sought me out themselves.
  • Nana Mimi can't be in canvas that long.
  • Once that hits iVillage, we'll be knee-deep in canvas totes and cankles.
  • Note... the tear in the canvas.
  • I put pebbles in a canvas bag.
  • And suddenly, in this canvas of infinity, Bharat felt insignificant.
  • They were buried only in a canvas bag or a poncho, and the 20 years in sulfuric soil takes it's toll.
  • She is still alive and conscious... but trapped in the canvas of a 500 year old painting.
  • And he wants to pay in cash, non-sequential unmarked bills neatly packed in this canvas bag.
  • Royal dug a hole for Buckley behind the garden shed and buried him in a canvas duffel bag.
  • Hard to see why you, a restorer by trade, would recreate the gouges in the canvas.
  • The force of a human hand applying brushstrokes would result in tiny broken canvas fibers.
  • Here, the aspic provides a three-dimensional canvas in which one may stage a scene.
  • The smallest details fill in the largest canvas.
  • Everybody has a white canvas in their hearts.
  • Maybe you should try approaching the canvas in different ways.
  • Tesler's ship is the biggest canvas in Argon.
  • That's in fact ketchup on canvas.
  • You want to get a bag of money and a canvas in.
  • They sell rubber canvas in the paint shop, and it's not expensive.

Alternatives:

  • wrapped in canvas
  • enclosed in canvas
  • protected in canvas

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