Stretching a canvas

In this step-by-step guide, we will show you all the supplies you need to make a canvas and how to stretch a canvas onto a frame

As luck would have it, or maybe it was karma, my canvas showed up yesterday – right after I posted the blog! So, of course I had to whip up a frame to mount it on. Then, I had to write another blog to build up some more blogging karma…come on lucky lotto numbers 😉...

Looking for inexpensive artwork for your home? I found canvas prints on WISH that were of HomeSense/HomeGoods quality, but just needed to be wrapped. Today I'll show you how easy it is to wrap a canvas print (and save mucho moolah!)

Alison Wong, the master mind behind Butter Projects in Royal Oaks Michigan, leads us through the process of building a canvas stretcher. On a table saw, rip lumber at a 15 degree angle down the len…

By admin in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials Several months ago I wrote about how to make your own stretcher bars for paintings, but only briefly talked about how to stretch canvas over them. Some people think stretching canvas is difficult, so they never try it—but today I’ll take you through each step of the process so you can see how easy it really is. And apart from the stretcher bar frame itself, you’ll only need unprimed canvas (I’m using #10 cotton […]

You may have caught that we moved the painting that was originally on the entry wall into the study a few weeks ago. It fit the vibe so well in there and th ...

A stretched canvas is – poetically and literally – a blank space on which to apply original creative works: paintings, screen prints, photo transfers…

I have always fancied gallery walls filled with frameless canvas paintings. Having a gallery wall can get pricey, unless I show you how to stretch the canvas artwork yourself!