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Are you ready to paint your masterpiece? Learn how to prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video series.
There are 16 videos in this series:
Sometimes you will need a hammer to put together the stretchers for your canvas. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Check the stapling on your sides and make sure it looks fine. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Pull over and staple the first side of the canvas, making sure to have as few ridges as possible. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Pull over and staple the second side of the canvas, matching the first side as closely as possible. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Pull over and staple the third side of the canvas, trying to get it as tight as you can. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Pull over and staple the fourth side of the canvas, making a small ridge at the toip as you begin. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
When you flick the canvas you can see it is not bouncing. That is perfect. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
When cutting the excess fabric from the canvas, do not cut too close to the staples. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Think about the final composition when you are locating where you are going to place the nails. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
The wood of stretchers is usually pretty soft, so attaching the nails should not be difficult. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Gesso can be used to mixed with paints or to prepare a canvas. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Use a bigger brush when painting gesso onto your canvas. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Gesso prevents your paints from bleeding into the canvas. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Gesso creates a surface that fills in the pores of your canvas, covers it smooth so when you paint you can just paint right over it. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
You have to be patient and really let your canvas dry fully before you start painting on it. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
The gesso provides a nice white surface for you to paint on. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.
Painting is the art of using a pigmented medium to create a picture of reality filtered through the imagination, the senses, emotions, and life experience. Artists the world over have multiplied the uses of painting as a vital mode of human expression, whether recording history, retelling myth and legend, expressing religious fervor, or exploring the unknown. From early history to the present, we have records of men and women making graphic representations of their world, showing their understanding and their curiosity. In this free video series, learn how to prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist. She will show you how to finish stapling the sides of a canvas. You will see how to flick a canvas, remove excess fabric, attach nails and wire for hanging, use gesso, dry and finish preparing the canvas so that you can paint on it.
Anna Greene-Smith 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 presently living and working in Western Massachusetts. Her work can be seen in certain Boston establishments and private collections. <BR />Currently Anna is creating a collection based on her recent mission work in Romania. She can be reached at annagreenesmith@yahoo.comdkdk
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