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Is Your Canvas Art Print Coated Or Not? That is the Question

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:45:09 +0000

This may not be entirely true, and even if it is to last a 100 years the chances are it will look like a wrinkly old faded fabric hanging on your wall for your great grand kids to enjoy. If this is exactly what you wanted then clearly the answer is no, you do not need a coating on your canvas art print.

Instead, if you would like your canvas art to look as young and as colorful as the day you bought it then it would require a protective coating on the surface.

What is a canvas coating?
It is quite simply in most cases a fine film of laminate that covers the surface of the canvas to protect from dust, splashes of water and other harmful things that may come in its path over the years. It is carefully heated to join onto the canvas art print itself to make it inseparable.

How do I know if the canvas has a laminate / coating?
When and if you are in a shop and are looking at a canvas art print, it can sometimes be quite difficult to check whether it has a protective layer. The main things to do are the following:
- Ask the shop keeper / online shop about whether the canvas art print has a coating on it. Chances are if they say yes then it will have it, if they reply with ‘a what on it?’ they most probably haven’t
- Some laminates / protective coatings leave a subtle shine on the surface
- Have they advertised that their canvas art prints are protected?

If it is clear after this that the canvas has not been coated with any form of protection, then you need to handle it with care and follow these steps:
1: Ask the shop to laminate it / or coat with protective layer (make sure you take a picture before and after to check for any damage) ask about their protection process as some coatings can leave a canvas with a yellow tint over time, Google it to check the quality of the laminate they are using. If they refuse either get a refund or go next:
2: There should be professional art businesses in your area, ask them if they can point you in the direction of a laminator or canvas studio (or go to another shop that does laminate canvas art)
3: Do it yourself: Although not advised!!! And can end up damaging rather than improving the canvas art print. If your canvas art print has cost you as it has some others a small fortune, then make sure that you get it coated by a professional.

I hope this has helped some what in identifying how important it is to get your canvas art print coated. If you have it well coated, the chances are it will last almost as long as the shop keeper told you at the start.

Tips on Buying Art for a Friend

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:34:18 +0000

With the festive season round the corner, many of you are probably starting on your gift shopping. If you’re having a hard time deciding on what to buy for your loved ones, why not consider buying art? A beautiful art piece displayed in your friend’s home will not only beautify the place, but also be a nice conversation topic for visitors.

However, buying art for someone else can be quite tricky. The last thing you want happening is to buy something that doesn’t suit the décor of your friend’s house. And your friend might end up quietly putting the art piece away into the store room after a while. You have to make sure that the art piece that you buy must compliment the décor of his home.

Here are some tips to help you make the right buying decisions:

If you have never visited your friend’s home, try to arrange for a meet up, so that you can have a sneak preview of the place. While you are there pay close attention to the decorative theme of the house. Is it modern contemporary, minimalist, or maybe Victorian? Perhaps your friend is well traveled, and has collected antiques from all over the world. Maybe he likes Asian styles, as evidenced by the furniture and decorative ornaments around the house. Pay attention also to the color theme. Are the walls colorful with bright primary colors, or is it in pastel earthy colors? These considerations will affect your decision in the kind of art you will buy. Location

While you are in the house, identify a wall where you might want the art piece to be hung. It can be quite challenging to find suitable space to hang art – even more so if the wall is already decorated with art pieces. Remember that you don’t have to buy a very large piece that occupies the entire wall. You can have a small art piece that can share the wall space with other pieces that are already there. You just need to pay attention to the theme of those art pieces. For example, if those pieces are black and white pictures of architectural buildings, then you have a pretty good idea on the type of art to buy that will match nicely with the others. Color

A rule of thumb is to take note of the 2 strongest colors in the room, and then choose art that has those colors in them. For example, if the room has a lot of brown and beige, you can find art that has these 2 colors in them, but it’s ok to have an additional splash of red or yellow in it. After all, you want the art piece to stand out and tell a story, so don’t pick an art piece that blends so well until it becomes un-noticeable.

Take note of other things in the room that may be attention grabbing. For example, if there is a beautiful Persian rug at the center of the room that the owner is very proud of, then choose an art piece with subtler colors than the rug so as not to steal attention away from it. Having a room with rugs, curtains and art pieces all shouting for attention can throw the entire room out of balance. Style

It is important to find an art piece that will match the décor style of your friend’s home. If the house has a Victorian style to it or has a lot of old antiques, pick an art piece that will match closely with that style. Floral themed paintings or scenes of the countryside can never go wrong. Protect it with an antique styled frame that will add a nice old charmed look. Remember that the frame you choose is also part of the art piece, so do not ignore it. A frame with intricate details and carvings will work nicely with a Victorian or old cottage house.

For a modern home with contemporary styled furniture, you’ll be practically spoilt for choice when it comes to contemporary art. For a room that’s colorful, pick something that’s black and white. For a room that has neutral colors, choose something that will stand out and grab attention. The important thing to note is that you want the art to be noticed. Remember also, that contemporary or abstract art, do not have to mean anything. Different people will interpret it differently. So don’t be too hard on yourself when choosing the right art for your friend. Size

If you intend to purchase a large art piece, make sure your friend has enough wall space to put it. It may seem common sense, but coming from an interior design point of view, large pieces are more suitable for rooms with a lot of space and have high ceilings. If your friend is living in a small space, then certainly large pieces may not be suitable. In this case, get a smaller piece, or better yet, get a set of small, similar looking themed art pieces that can be grouped together when displayed. On the other hand, if your friend is living in a very large space, buying art that is too small will make it look out of place and out of proportion.

So there you have it – just some basic guidelines to set you in the right direction. Remember, if all else fails and you really cannot find a suitable space to hang art, you can always put your art piece into a photo frame and display it next to other photographs. Nothing is impossible. Just a little experimentation can work wonders.

Enjoy your art shopping!

Is Your Canvas Art Print Coated or Not? That is the Question

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:10:33 +0000

You have just gone out and bought a lovely canvas art print that looks amazing and will fit in nicely with the furniture in your living room. However, you don’t even think about how long it will last because the shop you bought it from says the canvas art will last 100 years.

This may not be entirely true, and even if it is to last a 100 years the chances are it will look like a wrinkly old faded fabric hanging on your wall for your great grand kids to enjoy. If this is exactly what you wanted then clearly the answer is no, you do not need a coating on your canvas art print.

Instead, if you would like your canvas art to look as young and as colorful as the day you bought it then it would require a protective coating on the surface.

What is a canvas coating?

It is quite simply in most cases a fine film of laminate that covers the surface of the canvas to protect from dust, splashes of water and other harmful things that may come in its path over the years. It is carefully heated to join onto the canvas art print itself to make it inseparable.

How do I know if the canvas has a laminate / coating?

When and if you are in a shop and are looking at a canvas art print, it can sometimes be quite difficult to check whether it has a protective layer. The main things to do are the following:

Ask the shop keeper / online shop about whether the canvas art print has a coating on it. Chances are if they say yes then it will have it, if they reply with ‘a what on it?’ they most probably haven’t

Some laminates / protective coatings leave a subtle shine on the surface

Have they advertised that their canvas art prints are protected?

If it is clear after this that the canvas has not been coated with any form of protection, then you need to handle it with care and follow these steps:

Ask the shop to laminate it / or coat with protective layer (make sure you take a picture before and after to check for any damage) ask about their protection process as some coatings can leave a canvas with a yellow tint over time, google it to check the quality of the laminate they are using. If they refuse either get a refund or go next:

There should be professional art businesses in your area, ask them if they can point you in the direction of a laminator or canvas studio (or go to another shop that does laminate canvas art)

Do it yourself: Although not advised!!! And can end up damaging rather than improving the canvas art print. If your canvas art print has cost you as it has some others a small fortune, then make sure that you get it coated by a professional.

I hope this has helped some what in identifying how important it is to get your canvas art print coated. If you have it well coated, the chances are it will last almost as long as the shop keeper told you at the start.

By: David Price

Does Your Abstract Canvas Art Fit Your Room?

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:27:53 +0000

Sometimes, when we go to an art gallery or visit a gallery online, we find abstract canvas art that we believe we absolutely must have. We may be compelled to have that piece of abstract canvas art for any reason. It could be because we collect artworks done by the artist who created that specific piece of art, or it could be that the piece itself evokes a lot of emotion from us.

There are many reasons why people buy artworks, and when they do, it is to display them in some corner of their house where others can see it and appreciate it for its beauty. The question now would be: What if the piece of abstract canvas art that you bought does not fit your house?

If this is your problem, you do not really have to worry about it. You can either make the room fit your art, or you can have your art fit your room.

Making Abstract Canvas Art Fit a Room

When we purchase a piece of art, sometimes it just does not seem to fit in the room we placed it in. There is nothing wrong with the room itself; the artwork just does not seem to belong to the rest of the room.

Of course, you can be adamant at hanging your abstract canvas art in that particular room. Or you could simply be not up to the challenge of changing the room so you can display your artwork better. In this case, the solution you can turn to is to make alterations to the artwork itself.

This would be quite easy. All you need to do is to frame your artwork, or replace the frame if it already has one. You can either put it in a neutral frame that will enable the painting to fit with the rest of your furniture or decor. You can also make the frame match the rest of your furniture – mahogany against mahogany, for instance. For best results, consult the artist who made the painting first before you do the framing.

Make the Room Fit the Abstract Canvas Art

If you believe that the abstract canvas art you just bought is too beautiful to be framed or reframed, then your other choice would be to change the room itself. This task could be as simple as rearranging your furniture so that all eyes would be focused on the artwork when people enter the room. It could also be a matter of removing some rugs, window treatments or other artworks from the room so that they would not steal attention away from the abstract canvas art you just bought.

The task could also require something drastic, but you are up to it, you can have the whole room redecorated to suit the painting. Or it could be that all that is needed to be done is to remove wallpaper and replace it with neutral paint.

However you do it, what is important is that your abstract canvas art should look like it is part of the room instead of standing out like a sore thumb. Your abstract canvas art, after all, should be a unifying factor in your home decorating efforts.

By: Luke Wildman

Artistic Memories Through Canvas Prints

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:57:16 +0000

Life is filled with fun, joy and sorrows’ so trapping every moment in life is impossible. Life keeps on changing and before we think to preserve world changed. So the simple solution to keep memories refreshing and everlasting is by capturing those priced moments in photos and pictures. It should then be print to canvas so that it gives an artistic look to the pictures and more life.

The walls can be decorated in a very peculiar form which expresses the room’s beauty. Canvassing can be done to decorate in walls, fabric and many more logos and fluxes of big company. Canvas art is a method of giving artistic look to the pictures and makes it look so elegant which speaks for itself.

According to the history of paintings it was done on woods, ivory and other materials, but wall art became familiar when the people of Roman cities decorated their homes with paintings and extraordinary arts. Every house was colorful and the walls were painted with pictures that depict the history of Rome. The art has its own meaning and gives a look that makes the room fabulous. Wall art is the only thing that can make the room decoration complete. The walls can be given a new finishing by the canvas prints that adds more beauty to the walls. We can be hung with series of images in the painted wall and make the room look wonderful.

As we paint the walls we should also place the furniture at proper positions. The pictures should be hung at a proper distance from the sofa it should not appear as being detached from wall and the room. So proper balancing of the furniture should be done. We should place proper picture that suits the wall and room. If the picture is too small than the sofa or furniture it may seem odd so proper sized pictures should be placed.

If large picture is not available to fill up the space then we should group several small pictures framed with similar kind of materials and 3-4 inches apart. This makes the arrangement very neat and clear without dumping all the photos together. Placement of mirrors plays a very vital role in the decorations of the wall. When placed at proper place such that the lights are reflected on the walls can act as an additional window.

The colors used to paint the wall can also change a person’s mood. When a mild colorful picture is done by a canvas art it can lower a person’s stress. The picture tries to divert a person’s mood and makes them feel relaxed and calm. The canvas art gives a richer look and an impression of reality that refreshes everybody’s thought and also gives meaning to the wall and the photos. The canvas art can be applied in the wall art which increases the richness of the wall and it also lasts for a long period without causing any sort of damage.

By: Raj Singhania