How to stretch canvas

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 […]

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 😉...

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!

Making your own DIY canvas stretcher bars is a great way to save money on canvas paintings, and it's easier than you might think! Here's how to do it.

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…

Every time I stretch canvas and show sneak peeks of the process on Instagram I get a ton of questions, mostly "how to stretch a canvas?" or "Where do you get...

Hello lovelies! We’re inching ever-so-closer to the grand finale with La-Z-Boy and the Ronald McDonald House in Nashville! In case you’re just now hearing about it, you can totally catch up. And we think you’re going to want to because we can’t wait to share the reveal soon. We introduced the idea behind the project… And...Read the Post

Learn a simple way to stretch a canvas print on the stretcher bars yourself. Step by step guide with photos. Suitable for beginners.

Stretcher bars come in a variety of lengths to allow for different sized canvases. Learn how to stretch a canvas with stretcher bars. Read more.