Steps to make diy canvas frame.
How to make frames for canvas paintings. Artist brian rice uses bent pipe clamps instead of buying offset clips to secure a frame to a canvas. Step 2 sand all four pieces of the frame. I m sharing a super easy and cheap way to frame a canvas. Step 1 align the cradle with the frame.
If you haven t already caught on i like to do things as inexpensively as possible. Glue and nail together at all four corners using a square to keep 90. Not every painting needs a frame. The next step in framing painted canvas.
You can get canvas frame clips or offset clips for attaching a frame to a canvas from a hardware or frame store or online. Mark center of the top bottom and side cradles and the center of the top bottom and side frames. If your painting calls for a border you can mount the stretcher inside a frame but some smaller paintings look better if you glue them to a rigid backing and surround them with mat board before framing them. Before you get started measure the outside dimensions.
Some especially abstract paintings actually look better mounted onto a stretcher and displayed as is. The two diy framing options above are therefore great choices for your prints or works on cheap canvas frames the kind you might have picked up at the craft store or ordered online from one of the popular canvas photo printing services. Glue and nail the frame together. Diy frame for canvas art step 1.
To frame the canvas you simply slip the painting into the frame from the back as usual.