Video: Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 2nd Staple in 2nd Side

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Pull the second side and put in the second staple on that side. Learn how to stretch a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.

- Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 2nd Staple in 2nd Side

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Ok, so now we want to go to the side that is going to be opposite, of the side that we stapled, because all of the sides are even now, except for the one, this has two. The other sides only have one, so we'll go directly opposite. Switch it towards you. Once again, you always want to be working on the side that's going to be facing you, so this is where the staple is. Let's go directly to the other side. That's going to be right about there, so right about here. Now, you're going to pull really tight. Ok, that's about right, but you can see when you look at this, this staple has more of a ridge coming up, than this one. This wasn't pulled as tight as this, so let's just see if we can get any more fabric on that one. That should do the trick. Ok, so now these two completely lined, you can see the part that's really nice and straight. That's what we want to get.

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Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 2nd Staple in 2nd Side

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