25 responses to “How to Stretch Fine Art Canvas Painting Gallery Wrap”

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  Phantrax June 3rd, 2009 at 20:21

  “But it doesn’t matter, no one will see it” Uhm… lol. Still, I wouldn’t do it so nonchalant. o.o;;

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  Onyx365 June 12th, 2009 at 17:28

  Well, I don’t know why she, a painter, wouldn’t stretch her canvas first. But, I have a friend that asked me to stretch some canvases for her. She had her dad print some photographs on canvas for her.

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  babaradio July 15th, 2009 at 19:57

  People paint without stretcher bars on just the canvas because sometimes it’s easier with the larger paintings to handle by hanging it on the wall.

  If you paint smaller, the idea is to stretch it on bars and it will be tauter. Painting on a pre-stretched canvas can sometimes make it wavy and stretched out.
  Anyone else have any ideas on this?

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  kjetvin July 25th, 2009 at 15:15

  Nice guide

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  mycompasstv July 29th, 2009 at 02:36

  Useful instructional video on stretching cavas. Thanks. Check out Italian master painter Pietro Annigoni on my channel.

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  GaGaGooGoostuff August 28th, 2009 at 20:56

  People who have illustrations/artwork printed on canvas need to Stretch their own canvas.

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  GaGaGooGoostuff August 28th, 2009 at 20:57

  Thanks. Exactly what I was looking for.

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  rsturm1005 October 2nd, 2009 at 02:28

  What a well-done and informative video. Thank you.

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  tonycatman October 4th, 2009 at 03:58

  Good presentation. No “ums” or “ahs”. Tells me just what I need to know.

  Thanks

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  InTheLifeOfAnArtist October 8th, 2009 at 20:31

  thanks

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  Seishae November 24th, 2009 at 04:39

  Very useful, thanks.

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  zenlenz November 25th, 2009 at 04:18

  Awesome! Thanks very much!

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  elfaro101 January 13th, 2010 at 16:04

  Very useful, clear and to the point.

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  MrTechdog January 23rd, 2010 at 04:26

  Thanks! Very well done.

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  mrdanno1111 February 1st, 2010 at 17:49

  Good Demo, but for safety’s always wear goggles when using a staple gun. It might not sound necessary, but you don’t want to risk a flying staple hitting and damaging your eye

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  karattexas February 1st, 2010 at 20:08

  @mrdanno1111 Good point! Thanks for the reminder….

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  bohemiantinker February 9th, 2010 at 20:18

  Very Helpful & Detailed-Thank you!!!

  Looked at a few videos that were not helpful and then found this one.

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  watzegjemedaarnouvan March 8th, 2010 at 15:22

  I believe there is something missing; You show connecting the canvas, not really stretching the canvas. There is some room in the inside corners of the stretching frame, for thin (ply)wood pieces to put in there. One puts 2 pieces into each corner and hits these gently with a hammer, after stapeling the canvas. This way you stretch the canvas. Also, you can paint after stetching, it is really good to paint that way. This is also possible with large paintings. Please, try it.

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  dizasta89 May 18th, 2010 at 02:13

  good video

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  karattexas May 18th, 2010 at 02:44

  @dizasta89 Thanks!

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  ninjaofthe9seas May 23rd, 2010 at 00:20

  every time she staples she makes me nervous that she’s gonna get her fingers XP

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  karattexas May 24th, 2010 at 05:18

  @ninjaofthe9seas You can use stretcher pliers to hold the canvas for added safety.

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  rarosera May 25th, 2010 at 00:09

  Excellent instruction. Thankyou!

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  TotalGraffiti May 25th, 2010 at 19:54

  I do graffiti canvas. It sells very fast

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  myARTjournal June 14th, 2010 at 03:39

  in school we always glued the corners of the stretchers together