This easy diy tutorial will teach you how to frame a canvas for cheap making a huge piece of 22 art look like it s worth much more.
Diy frame for canvas painting.
I m sharing a super easy and cheap way to frame a canvas.
So when it came to finding affordable large canvas art i did my homework.
Chop saw nail gun rag or foam brush.
A lot of artists have gotten used to painting on pre stretched canvases and while that s fine painting on an unstretched canvas also holds a lot of charm.
Professional framing can be very expensive especially if you want to frame a piece of art on a stretched artist s canvas.
A simple way to frame a canvas painting using simple tools.
A large framed canvas can set you back 100 700 depending on the store.
This is a technique that our professors taught students when i was in art school.
If you haven t already caught on i like to do things as inexpensively as possible.
1 painting on unstretched canvas.
Learn how to create a simple floating frame for a canvas print.
I paid less than 60 for this 40 x 30 inch framed canvas art.
This next diy framing solution will give you a more solid and substantial frame with a traditional look and feel.
Large canvas art can be affordable and building the wood frame yourself is a big part of that savings.
How to frame a canvas painting unstretched.
Diy frame for canvas art step 1.
I bought the canvas painting from an app called wish for 20.
However you can easily frame a piece of artwork on canvas using wood lattice and just a few tools.
Canvas painting or print i made mine with these tools.
Before you get started measure the outside dimensions of your canvas painting and jot them down on a piece of paper.