Oil Paintings - Oil Painting canvas Tips And Setting

By stretching your own canvas, you can not only save money, but get something you're willing to experiment on. You also get a canvas that's exactly the size you're after.

Florida, FL (prHWY.com) October 10, 2012 - Florida, Oct 10, 2012 - By stretching your own canvas, you can not only save money, but get something you're willing to experiment on. You also get a canvas that's exactly the size you're after. The first step is to join the stretchers. Lay them out on the floor, then push the corners together by hand. If necessary, tap the corners gently on a carpet or with a rubber hammer be careful not to dent the wood.

Oil Paintings For Sale - Roll out your canvas, put the frame on top of it, then cut it to size, remembering that the canvas has to fold over the outside edge of the stretchers. Rather be over-generous in the size you cut and trim off the excess when you've stretched your canvas.

So, starting in the center on any side, staple the canvas to the back of the stretcher. Put in about three staples, approximately two inches apart. With your first few canvases, you'll probably put in more staples than you need; practice will give you a feel for this. Move to the opposite side, pull the canvas taught, and staple the middle in place. Repeat with the other two edges.

Now staple one edge from the middle to the one side. Remember to pull the canvas as tight as you can - an extra pair of hands or a pair of canvas pliers is useful. Then do the same on the edge that is diagonally opposite. Continue like this until all the edges are in place. If you're stretching a very large canvas, don't staple all the way to the corner in one go. You'll get better tension by doing it in sections.

At the corners, fold the edges of the canvas neatly and staple the one on top of the other. If your canvas needs a little tightening, tap in the frame keys. But don't rely on these. If you find your tension isn't good, rather remove the staples and start again.

View our own extensive collection of museum quality works of art. These works of art are not giclees, canvas transfer prints that are enhanced to appear as though they are hand-painted or computer generated prints on paper or canvas.

Oil Paintings - All paintings in this, and every gallery on our website, are genuine hand-painted works of art produced on high quality artist grade canvas using only the finest oil paints. Each and every work of art is painted brush stroke by brush stroke, carefully and meticulously by one of our highly skilled master artists.

Get a strong friend to help you by holding the canvas in place while you staple it.
If your local art store doesn't sell unprimed canvas by the yard, buy it from an on-line supplier.


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