While at it, I framed out acanvas paintingnear my entry way. I saved nearly $200 by ordering it unframed. And I knew I could make a beautiful frame for it. Another reason to make your own frames is that you get to choose the style, color and size that coordinates with the rest of...
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for this stage of the painting this doesn’t matter, as we’re painting directly onto the canvas. We want the paint to ‘grab’ onto the canvas
Zhou Jing paints near his house in Lichuan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 25, 2019.(Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan) Painting in his small studio fills a pleasant hour after a day's farm work for the young farmer who has studied painting for seven years. The scratch of paintbrushes is...
It was fun and kind of high-energy, but the contrast was a little too much for me. So my foray into painting reminded me why I love painting so much: you can always paint right over it. So I mixed up a much lighter shade of greeny-gray and went over all of the darker green par...
Rachel peered over at the painting he’d taken from downstairs and propped up against the wall. She nibbled the corner of a fluffy pastry stuffed with cheese and seasoned chicken as she tilted her head, squinted, then finally traced her fingertips lightly over the rough surface. “I like it...
To make the canvas smooth, tight, and ready for painting, you will need to prime it. Do this by applying acrylic based gesso to the canvas so it dries stiff and taunt.[6] Start by shaking up the acrylic based gesso. Then, pour the gesso onto a sheet of palette paper. Use the pa...