How To Frame My Painted Artwork

How to Frame Canvas Paintings

Posted by Liana Hornyak on Feb 26, 2020

All fashion of custom framed artwork has its place in our hearts. Merely when you lot're seeking unique texture and craftsmanship, nothing beats an original painting on canvas.

Only Framed offers a variety of cute, classic Canvas Float frames for canvas paintings particularly designed to help your artwork shine. The timeless frames feature a thin profile and a ¼" space effectually the edge of the piece, which emphasizes the texture of the canvas in an elegant, minimalist way.

Our White Canvas Float frame is a popular choice for paintings with a muted colour scheme. (Non sure how to choose the correct forest frame for your slice? Come across our handy guide here .)

This vintage painting custom framed in a Sheet Float frame in White is part of Dara's personal collection.

Blogger Brynn Elliott Watkins took an original photograph of the Bluish Lagoon in Iceland and turned it into wall-ready art by custom framing it in our White Canvas Bladder frame. While we do not currently offer printing on canvas, yous're welcome to accept the printed canvas made yourself and transport it to us for framing!

The Canvas Float frame in Natural blends beautifully into a room with more rustic elements, and is great for those who prefer to come across some wood grain.

Dara's gallery wall also features this painting past Field Kallop in our Natural Sheet Bladder frame.

A pair of original paintings by Karina Bania custom framed in Canvas Bladder in Natural hang in Lexi Mainland'south living room, as featured on Cup of Jo.

And we had to include a closeup, so that you lot could see the wood grain!

If you're working with a darker color palette, opt for the Canvas Float frame in Black—or become for glam with our Canvass Float frame in Gilded and Black.

Classic with a twist: This digital print from Juniper Impress Store looks just like an original oil painting when custom framed in our Canvass Float frame in Blackness . Photograph courtesy of Chloe MacKintosh.

No matter which type of floating frame for canvas you cull, you'll want to follow these key steps to ensure the best results for sending in unstretched canvas for framing:

Make sure that your canvas is unstretched. If it's already on a stretcher, e-mail usa the depth and size of your canvas to see if we can accommodate it in one of our frames.
Make sure that y'all take iii-4" of extra sheet effectually the sides of your slice to suit stretcher confined. This excess canvas is necessary for usa to wrap your piece around the stretcher bars, and will non evidence on the forepart surface of your finished framed piece.
Your art dimensions should include the full measurement of your painting that will show on the front surface of your finished framed piece. Art dimensions should non include the extra 3-four" of canvas that we require to wrap your piece.
Carefully curl your unstretched canvas vertically (versus horizontally) to put the weight on the outer edge instead of a side. Go along the whorl loose and the pigment on the outside to minimize the risk of damage. (This might seem counterintuitive, but rolling with the paint on the inside may cause the paint to crease or wrinkle.)
Using the packaging materials we've sent for your Full Service order, carefully pack and ship your canvas slice our way—and we'll take it from in that location! Shortly you'll have an expertly stretched and custom framed canvas painting, prepare to hang in your abode.

If you lot're the DIY type or would prefer not to ship your canvas for any reason, yous'll be happy to know that nosotros likewise offer a canvas Frame Only option! When calculating art dimensions for a Frame But lodge, brand certain to add the ¼" of float space on each side that will show between the exterior edge of your artwork and the interior edge of your Canvass Float frame, in addition to the the total measurement of your painting that will show on the front surface of your finished framed piece.

As of 8/26/2021, this frame collection has been discontinued.