Turn Your Own Photos Into Canvas Printing Works Of Art Yourself
How do they do it? How do the professional printers turn a couple of materials into a wonderful work of art? Here I will take you through the steps of the creation of a wonderful canvas print masterpiece and were we can locate the best sorts of materials for the job.
So we all know that canvas printing is great for not only artwork but its also being used a lot for our very own photographs these days and this is the type of canvas prints we will be targeting for this demonstration. So firstly if you are thinking of producing a canvas print yourself or if you are setting up a business to do with canvas artwork and canvas pictures then you need to know the basics of the materials and how to print onto canvas.
Firstly the materials need to be the correct materials. You cannot use normal cotton canvas through an inkjet printer as the ink will not set right and you will be left with a no so good canvas print. What you need is proper inkjet canvas, something like a 250gms inkjet canvas; this could be cotton or poly cotton. Both canvas give different effects so it might be worth getting a sample of both canvas and then printing a photo onto them first to see the end result and then decide which you like best and then go ahead and order a whole roll of that very same material to use.
So that covers the type of canvas that you need to use, next would be what sort of printer to get, now this depends on your budget and what type of printer you want as you can get a solvent ink printer or a pigment ink printer. The best in my own experience for printing canvas prints with would be the pigment ink printer which a couple of example would be canon and Epson large format pigment ink printers. If you can get your hands on any of those printers then you will be sure to produce some real quality canvas printing with those.
So that two elements covered in what you need to product your own canvas print or indeed canvas art. The next thing would be to get yourself a really good image editing software as it will be very beneficial to yourself further down the line when you have mastered what you can do when it comes to editing your own photos and of course if you choose to sell any canvas photo prints yourself then you can offer more of a service to your own customers to. So once you have achieved those 3 elements then youre almost ready to make your own canvas print. Then next thing to do would be to get some stretcher bars frames to staple your canvas to. You can purchase stretcher bar frame online and you will always get yourself some quality wood to as these guys import there frames in bulk so you will get a good sourced wood for your canvas print frame.
So thats the basics to making your own canvas print. Of course once you have all the materials it simply up to you how you go about putting it together. Simply print your image on the canvas at the size required, make up your frame, then staple and stretch your canvas over the frame using canvas pliers and by using a staple gun to staple in your staples on the back of the frame and there you have it. A self made canvas photo print. Of course if you dont have the funds of time to make your own canvas print then there is plenty of shops that sell this product that will be more than happy to help you with your canvas printing needs.
So we all know that canvas printing is great for not only artwork but its also being used a lot for our very own photographs these days and this is the type of canvas prints we will be targeting for this demonstration. So firstly if you are thinking of producing a canvas print yourself or if you are setting up a business to do with canvas artwork and canvas pictures then you need to know the basics of the materials and how to print onto canvas.
Firstly the materials need to be the correct materials. You cannot use normal cotton canvas through an inkjet printer as the ink will not set right and you will be left with a no so good canvas print. What you need is proper inkjet canvas, something like a 250gms inkjet canvas; this could be cotton or poly cotton. Both canvas give different effects so it might be worth getting a sample of both canvas and then printing a photo onto them first to see the end result and then decide which you like best and then go ahead and order a whole roll of that very same material to use.
So that covers the type of canvas that you need to use, next would be what sort of printer to get, now this depends on your budget and what type of printer you want as you can get a solvent ink printer or a pigment ink printer. The best in my own experience for printing canvas prints with would be the pigment ink printer which a couple of example would be canon and Epson large format pigment ink printers. If you can get your hands on any of those printers then you will be sure to produce some real quality canvas printing with those.
So that two elements covered in what you need to product your own canvas print or indeed canvas art. The next thing would be to get yourself a really good image editing software as it will be very beneficial to yourself further down the line when you have mastered what you can do when it comes to editing your own photos and of course if you choose to sell any canvas photo prints yourself then you can offer more of a service to your own customers to. So once you have achieved those 3 elements then youre almost ready to make your own canvas print. Then next thing to do would be to get some stretcher bars frames to staple your canvas to. You can purchase stretcher bar frame online and you will always get yourself some quality wood to as these guys import there frames in bulk so you will get a good sourced wood for your canvas print frame.
So thats the basics to making your own canvas print. Of course once you have all the materials it simply up to you how you go about putting it together. Simply print your image on the canvas at the size required, make up your frame, then staple and stretch your canvas over the frame using canvas pliers and by using a staple gun to staple in your staples on the back of the frame and there you have it. A self made canvas photo print. Of course if you dont have the funds of time to make your own canvas print then there is plenty of shops that sell this product that will be more than happy to help you with your canvas printing needs.