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 second side and put in the third 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
"Okay, so now we're going to stretch the opposite end. See we have two on this side, this side only has one, so you want to go directly opposite of this, would be about here. You pull really tight. Once again, this isn't smooth enough, so I pull again. That's good, nice and tight. Okay, so that's good, you can see it's smooth here, this ridge is about the same. So these two sides are good, pretty much alike. Let's look at the other side. It's looking good! See how this is already more smooth than this side? There's still a little ridge here, it's because we're going to staple over there next."
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