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Canvas Prints: Painting Without a Brush

Mar 6th, 2010
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Why settle for artworks from other people, when you can create your very own? Through canvas prints, you can enjoy and see for yourself how you can create “art” effortlessly.

There are a lot of paintings for sale, but apart from being pricey, it is hard to find one that speaks to your personality. You can have one custom made, but the cost of hiring an artist is too expensive for most people.

Learning how to paint is an option, but as much as I believe that everyone has potential, only few will get to actualize them. Moreover, paints in themselves are expensive and the amount you spend trying to learn the art can just be too expensive and painstaking.

The Next Best Thing

When you want to create an artwork, but find you have little skill or resources to do so, you might try the next best thing: canvas printing. It comes pretty close to an actual painting, evoking the same feel, and look. From a distance it looks almost like a painting.

• Canvas prints as the name indicates, are printed on canvas, the same kind of canvas artists’ use for their paintings. It has a matte finish, in addition to the peculiar rough cloth texture, that makes the colors come out in rich, deep, dull colors.

• These prints come in a variety of sizes from as little as 8×8 inches to as large as 58×100 inches (for those larger than life portraits). This means, you can have them custom made to fit into any place you may have a need for them. Place a large mural on your living room, or get a smaller 11×14 print for private spaces.

• Canvas prints can be stretched or mounted without damaging the print. Request for an additional 2 inch allowance and mount it on wood for display. This makes it easier for it to be hung on walls and such.

• You can opt for grommets and place them along the 2 inch border if you don’t want these metal loops destroying your prints. Grommets are placed every 2 feet. Try to envision what your final print will look like with the amount of grommets it’ll have for its size.

• Digital images are easy to create. You can simply upload your favorite snapshots, enhance them to look like art work, and email them to your printer. Or you can create elaborate abstract design. Have fun with Photoshop tools and filters that let you create painting like images. The possibilities are endless.

• Reproduction is easy. One-of-a-kind is overrated when you want to share the beauty of your artwork to friends and loved ones. Because canvas prints are based on digital images, they can accurately be reproduced over and over. This makes family or group portraits a perfect gift for loved ones too.

• Use these prints outdoor too if you must. The material is water resistant and more durable than paper. It can be printed with UV-protected archival inks to slow down fading brought about by sun exposure. Have large sizes printed and use them as a banner. Or have them printed into smaller pieces and use them as special patches and what have you.

Contact your large format poster printing company and obtain the ability to do wondrous things with canvas prints.

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How to Stretch a Canvas for Painting

Mar 6th, 2010
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There are several options for an artist today. Pre-stretched canvases are available in many sizes in most art supply stores. But there are times when an artist may wish to stretch their own canvases.

Begin with the frame. Some artists like to use precut frame lengths that have a fitting tongue on each end. You will need two pairs of wood (four pieces) per frame. For a 16 x 20 frame, for example, you will need two 16″ lengths and two 20″ lengths. Fit one corner together of a long and short length and tap together with a mallet. Proceed with the other pieces alternating long and short. Use a T-square or a Right-angle triangle to make sure you have hammered together a rectangle and not a trapezoid. If your frame is not in alignment, gently squeeze the two corners furthest away from each other until they are square.

To make a frame using uncut wood lengths you will need a wood saw and a miter box, or a chop miter saw. You will also want a heavy duty staple gun or V type nails made specifically for joining together two pieces of wood. You will be cutting two pairs of wood lengths. All eight ends will be cut at a 45 degree angle with the miter equipment. The longest edge of each piece will form the outer dimensions of your frame. After you have cut your pieces, put together a long and a short length and join with one staple or joining nail. Check that you have a right angle. If desired, you can clamp the wood pieces to a right angle (such as a block of wood) to assist you while you join it. Proceed with the other corners, and give a final check for right angles.

You are now ready to stretch the canvas over your frame. You will need a light weight staple gun or tacks and a hammer, and artist grade canvas. Cut your canvas in a rectangle with an extra 2″ or more on all sides of the frame, enough to pull the canvass around to the back of the frame. Place the canvas on the floor or table face down with the frame centered on it. Pull up one side of the canvas and attach with one staple or tack only, in the middle of that side on the back. Now gently pull the opposite side, and pulling so that there is no slack but it is not stretched tight, attach that canvas to the middle of the back.

Now go to the sides that are not yet done. Take one side and gently pull it to the middle of the back and attach. Avoid puckering the canvas. Take the middle of the fourth side and pull so that the canvas is like the top of a drum. You want neither too tight nor too loose. After this side is attached, start adding one staple or tack to each side, about 1 – 2 inches apart, continuing in a circle around the sides. Work your way towards the corners from the middles of each side. When you get close to the corners, neatly fold the corner. This is done much like “a hospital corner” on a bed sheet. Secure corners and your canvas is now ready for priming and painting.

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Learn More About Canvas Painting

Feb 20th, 2010
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Ever wondered what is canvas painting? May be you have heard of it, maybe not. Some of you out there may even want to try but do not know anything about canvas painting. Read on and by the time you finish reading this, you may sound like an expert.

Canvas painting is basically painting on a canvas. You may have heard of painting, oil painting, pastel painting acrylic painting but not canvas painting. If you have not realise by now… you CAN paint on canvas. The canvas I am talking about is not your canvas bag but a more professional kind of canvas that can be bought and be framed up when you are done with your masterpiece.

We will start with the canvas itself. The canvas can be bought at an art shop. There are many sizes of canvas available in the market. There are many types pre-stretched too. Some of them are:

1) Decorative and Miniature

2) Traditional Profile Cotton

3) Deep Profile Cotton

4) Traditional Profile Linen

5) Deep Profile Linen

Basically, different types of canvas have different texture and weight. Decorative and miniature canvases are usually used for craft purposes. Deep Profile Cotton canvas is usually the canvas with the highest quality.

What you need to know when you buy the canvas is what type of paint and what type of painting you are doing. If you are looking for a more textured painting, you should go for the medium textured canvas. Textured canvas like a silk canvas will be recommended if you are doing traditional art.

Remember that if you use different type of paint on different type of canvas, you can bring out different results. If you are thinking about traveling with the big piece of canvas and do not have any idea how to, read on. The next paragraph will tell you about canvas carriers.

There are three types of canvas carries that are usually used. They are:

1) Guerilla Painter Panel Carriers

2) Handy Porter Boxes

3) Stanrite Aluminum Wet Canvas Carriers

Different types of canvas carriers suit different purpose. The Guerilla Painter Panel Carriers is an ideal way to transport artwork. It is adjustable and it keeps up to twelve wet panels or up to four wet stretched canvasses completely enclosed. The Handy Porter Boxes are made of corrugated boxes with channeled polystyrene grooves to hold paintings however, it is not an ideal way to transport your masterpiece on a rainy day. The last carrier is only ideal if you want to store your artwork indoors.

So there you have it, canvas painting 101. By reading this article for a few minutes, you will sound as though you are an expert in canvas painting.

Canvas painting is very interesting. It can expand your creativity and artistic feel. Find out more about canvas painting at this website ==> http://www.CanvasPaintingForBeginners.com