Prep Bare Canvas For Oil Painting

Prep Bare Canvas For Oil Painting

Many artists are painters, using both; oil and acrylic paints with a preference for painting on canvas. Canvas is an age-old substrate used as a painting surface and is traditionally stretched and fastened onto a wooden frame. The bare canvas must then be coated and...
Beer Can Art How-To

Beer Can Art How-To

Why settle for 5 cents when you return your empty beer or soda cans? You could possible earn a much greater return by using the thin aluminum material, harvested from the beer or soda can by embossing a picture or figure on the metal, framing it, and selling it on...
Frame a Micro-Mini Canvas Painting

Frame a Micro-Mini Canvas Painting

I finally finished my micro-mini painting masterpiece in acrylic on canvas (measuring 2” x 3”). I call it: “Tree.” The job wasn’t completed in its entirety though. It needed to be framed. Traditional store-bought frames would not do, as this painting is on canvas,...