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All works in the galleries on this site are complete KylaArt originals.

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Canvas paintings & modern art to colour match your interior designs

OK you’ve spent the last few months redesigning your living space and you have just about everything right and in place. You’re now looking to add some final finishing touches and one very important item is being some wall décor and colour matching canvas paintings.

Canvas art has become an important aspect of modern interior décor over the recent years, with so many styles and patterns available. Colour matching is a great way to create highlights and focal points in your living space and what could be more warming than a set of hand painted canvas paintings to match your new colour scheme.

Choosing your art

As mentioned there are numerous offerings for modern contemporary art so the choice is limitless. Depending on the contrast of your newly designed living area, picking out a nice piece of artwork can be challenging but fun at the same time. If you have fresh clean lines and soft furnishings that compliment each other then why not choose a piece of artwork that is calming on the eyes and that will compliment your colour scheme as well as create a focal point within the room, perhaps above the fireplace or seating area. If you’re a little indecisive with colours and patterns then why not choose a triptych canvas set which consists of three pieces of canvas making one single painting, with each panel being a shade lighter, again in the same colour scheme of your living space. As for patterns you can choose a piece of artwork with perhaps some matching patterns such as swirls or cubes in the design.

If after all your research into something unique for your home or office cannot be found, you may want to consider getting some art work customised for your room. This is ideal as you can then start from a blank canvas and send in your photo’s and wallpaper samples so that you can get exactly what you’re looking for to match each and every room you redesign. This makes it very unique in fact that you now have a uniquely modern designed room and a very unique custom made canvas paintings to match.

Abstract Canvas Paintings

Abstract canvas wall art are another great focal point in which you can create to match your colour scheme, these are effective if you have created sharp features such as a glass wired lamp shade or patterns in your soft furnishings. The choice is endless, but with some dedication and attention to detail I’m sure you will find just the right piece of art. Good luck in your search.

Original Art Acrylic on Canvas by Julia’s Stone Haven Studio

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Reasons to Go for a Ready to Hang Painting

We all like to make our houses or our offices more pleasant place to be in. one way to do this is by putting paintings on the walls. A several panels oil painting for example will make your house more beautiful in terms of interior decorating for example and will also provide a visual comfort. Also a ready to hang painting will only raise two questions: where to hang the painting and where to put the nail. Most of today’s paintings have ready to hang systems attached to them.

There are different kinds of paintings, different styles, and different materials one can use to paint. Some of the most famous traditional techniques used for painting are acrylic paint, oil paint, charcoal, drawing, oil pastel, pen and ink, pencil, pigment, tempera and watercolor painting. Since painting is a very old form of expression there are several painting styles. Some of them were made famous by painters others not very successful remained relatively unknown. Amongst the most known ones are the Abstract, the Art Deco, the Baroque style, the Cubism, the Futurism, the Contemporary art, the Expressionism, the Impressionism, the Modernism, the Surrealism and many more. While the older styles made famous by painters like Picasso and Van Gogh became extremely expensive paintings, today’s not so famous artist offer wonderful paintings at affordable prices.

Today’s most common tableaus are the ready to hang painting and the several panels oil painting. Also the most wanted themes are the floral paintings, the figure paintings, the abstract paintings, the landscape and seascape paintings and the paintings done on several panels that put together form a single painting. If for example there is a 3 panels oil painting with flowers it can be put on the wall as a single painting or it can be put on different walls as different paintings without looking like something is missing or something is out of place. The same is valid with figure paintings out of which the most wanted ones are the African dancing figures which bring a note of exotic and mystery in one’s life. For some this is keeping their art alive for others is remembering the places they traveled and making their house more beautiful.

The advantage of having a multi-panel oil painting is that you pay for a single painting and you get several smaller ones that can be put together to form a bigger image or can be put in separate places without looking out of place. Also in the case of flowers or abstract paintings you can switch the panels between them and make your own painting. Since each of them is ready to hang and comes even with the walls hooks in the box, making your own art from someone else’s art is fun and can give your friends the impression that you have a new painting on the wall each time they come visit. The main painting can be divided in identical size squares or rectangles or it can have different sizes rectangles. The newer paintings also have different shapes thus adding to the idea of decorating your walls. Symmetry seems to be outdated so don’t worry if your paintings are not a square or a rectangle, but a variety of both.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Buying a Canvas Painting

If you have decided to you want to become a collector of art, you might be unsure of how to begin and what you need to know. The world of art is a very diverse place that offers a huge range of varieties from modern art to the classics. You will also have to consider if you are interested in the abstract, realist, or impressionist type of paintings. Next, you have to determine if you want to concentrate on painting created from one type of medium and what type of base such as board, canvas, or paper.

First, look at your home and the items you have furnished it with. Many homes have modern pieces of art hung in them to match the contemporary style of the architecture. You might be interested in hanging some canvas painting but will need to consider the mediums such as oils, watercolors, and acrylics that are available. If you want, you might even consider the paper or board base. The actual number of possible combinations can be very high, so you will have many options to consider.

If you have decided on a canvas type of painting, you will have to think about where to purchase your art. A traditional gallery is an excellent place to begin and many will reframed or frame a piece to suit the décor of your home. Another option is to consider using an online site to buy a canvas painting, as it is often not as expensive to send you pieces that have been created on canvas than on other bases such as board or something that is covered with glass.

If you are curious as to why so many different bases exist that can be used to create art, each medium is often best suited to different bases. An oil painting usually requires a canvas to work on to help prevent cracking of the paint and because it is unlikely to move. Watercolors, graphite, and ink pieces are best created on paper. Acrylics can require the use of canvas or boards.

Contemporary art refers to painting done since the 70s up until today. This type of art usually will bring out strong emotions from the people who view the art and it will be created in two styles from abstract to representation. The abstract is often a swirl of colors that may not look like anything in particular but it can bring out interesting images when gazed upon. The representational piece usually has an image that one can recognize.

Modern art pieces usually include works created from the 1900s to the 1970s when contemporary work began. Picasso and Pollack are just a couple of the artist you might associate with this time of work. Of course, classical art includes work from before the 1900s such as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.

Canvas paintings can come in many styles and if you are unsure about which you are looking for, check out the Internet for some help. Prices can be significantly different depending on which artist you choose. How famous the artist might be, how rare the work is, the size and style used to paint the work can all have an effect on the cost of the final piece you are interested in.

Secret space- Abstract brown cream gold textured original deep canvas painting

www.contemporary-canvas.co.uk Contemporary 36″ x 36″ canvas with a depth of 4″ in gold, brown, oxide brown and use of white cream hints with use of high quality paints and other hints. Fantastic dark and light shades of brown in a moody abstract painting with textured gold middle. Signed by Hardeep S Ghatora and is ready to hang http Thanks for viewing this video clip.