Tips for Hanging a Painting or Picture

These top tips will help you to hand your new BOSHart original abstract artwork. Make sure you read our other article – How to hang a picture – which will give you more tips and advice.

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Get someone to give you a hand – hanging a painting is tricky at the best of times. If you can get someone to give you a hand then this will make the process much easier. They can hold the painting whilst you measure or get the height just right. It is also always beneficial to get a second opinion on whether the painting is straight or not!

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Get the right picture wire – wire comes in different gauges depending on the size and weight of painting. All our paintings at BOSHart are on box canvases with wooden frames and weigh from 1.5kg to 3kg depending on size. Making sure you get wire that will hold the size of painting or picture you have is vital to ensuring that the canvas will be held on the wall.

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Put felt or rubber pads on each corner of the canvas – a little pad on each corner of the painting will make sure that your wall is not marked by the frame and will also make sure that the picture is level against the surface.

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Use a spirit level – if you don’t have a spirit level it is worth thinking about investing in one. They aren’t that expensive and will help you out a lot in making sure you picture is level.

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Use a pencil for markings – using a soft lead pencil to lightly make markings on your wall with ensure that you get your measurements just right and will also protect your wall. When you are done rub out the markings with a clean white rubber.

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Double up your wire – it is always better to be safe than sorry when hanging an original painting so if in doubt double up your wire

7. Check and check again – do not settle for second best. It is absolutely vital that you get this right first time. If in doubt get a second opinion.

Finishes

The finish on a painting is absolutely critical and, if done well, will ensure that the item is admired and cherished! All our paintings are created using the finest, high quality acrylic paints and the finish on them is very flexible, heat and water resistant. We give each item two protective coats of varnish, meaning that they will not require any further protection and will be safe from even bright, direct sunlight.

Conclusion

At the end, make sure you have plenty of time to sit back and admire your work. Then you can decide what to put on the other wall!

Effective Ways for Cleaning Your Oil Painting

First and foremost thing you should consider before trusting any oil painting method is that it must come with disclaimer. More than any other types of do-it-yourself process, oil painting cleaning must actually be trusted to professional conservators. On the other hand, if your painting does not carry expensive tag, or it is not really old, or not too critical, there are few options to make it look cleaner and brighter yourself. In addition, modifying true antiques in fact decreases their value, whether they look better to you or not. During 1940s, paintings made from oil on canvas were normally covered with the layer of varnish to incorporate sheen and guard the thick layer of paint, name Impasto. However, varnish usually reacts differently to the surroundings than the paint do, so such varnish seals end up cracking, staining or gumming up over time. It could make the real tint of the oil paints appear dull or discolored. In case, it looks that your painting has gone older, assess whether your paint is in good condition but the varnish has gone old. Here, try using mild solvent name conservation liquid. Art selling stores would usually sell an “emulsion” intended to clean and take away varnish. There is forever option that this solvent would as well harm or take out the oil paint. If you are eager take this risk then wipe the emulsion with a cotton scrub very carefully. Try to do spot-testing one bend before going on to the total canvas painting. Work in an area where you find sufficient ventilation.When it comes to recent paintings, you might come across the trouble of build-up of smoke, dust, stain, pet hair (in case you have pets at home), dander, and even fungal development. Here, you need to make sure that none of the paints is prepared to come about the board or canvas, in the sense that it does not display any flakes and cracks. After that, you could watchfully clean up the surface with very dry and soft bristle brush, may be with baby toothbrush or shaving brush. When the painting surface is steamy, mucky and oily, you might desire to take some steps for cleaning by means of detergent solution. However, usually it is not an good idea to mix up water and oil as the moisture could damage both the impasto and canvas. Moving with caution, you can use fresh cotton cloths dipped in a mixture of dish soap and hot water. Then next you need to lightly blot the base, make sure you don’t scrub or rub on the painting. Never should you allow submerging any part of painting, nor must you let the moisture to drip or pool.