Benefits of Stretching Your Own Canvas
Stretching a Canvas: Tools
Stretching a Canvas: Put Stretchers Together
Stretching a Canvas: Size the Canvas
Stretching a Canvas: Put a Staple in 1st Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put Staple in Opposite Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull and Staple 3rd Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull and Staple Last Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 2nd Staple in 1st Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 2nd Staple in 2nd Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 2nd Staple in 3rd Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 2nd Staple in 4th Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 3rd Staple in 1st Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 3rd Staple in 2nd Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 3rd Staple in 3rd Side
Stretching a Canvas: Pull & Put 3rd Staple in 4th Side
Summary: Pull the fourth 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.
Anna Greene-Smith is a freelance illustrator. She graduated from MassArt in Boston in 2006 and spent some time studying at the Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, Scotland. She is...read more
"So, this is the side that has three staples. We want to go over to this side, so we can match them up. Ok. So, we want go directly opposite of that staple would be right about here. That's about right. So, once again we're pulling really tight here. Bring it over. See how nice and smooth that is? That's really good. Ok. Ok. So, there we go. That's really good. This, these two sides are mostly done now. We just need to do the same thing on the opposite sides that only have the one staple."
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