In Canvas, you are a painter competing in an art competition. Players collect art cards, layering 3 of them together to create their own unique Painting. Every card contains a piece of artwork as well as a set of icons used during scoring. Icons will be revealed or hidden based on the way players decide to layer the cards making for an exciting puzzle. Paintings are scored based on a set of Scoring cards which will change every game. Once players have created and scored 3 paintings the game is over.

On your turn you can take an Art card or make a painting. Art cards are chosen from a row of cards in the center of play. All of these cards has a cost associated with their position. After choosing an Art card you must pay its cost by placing an Inspiration token on each of the cards to its left. If you do not have enough Inspiration tokens, you may not pick that card. Any tokens on the card you have picked are kept for future turns. The far left card costs no Inspiration tokens to select.

If you have three or more Art cards you may decide to make a painting. Pick 3 of your art cards, arrange them in any order and then score them by comparing the visible icons on your painting to the Scoring conditions.

Once players have made 3 paintings the game ends.

The player with the most points wins the game!