Thanks so much Katerina. The very first thing I learnt is that its not canvas on a frame but on a stretcher bar...never heard it called that before. You were very easy to understand eg your explanation was simple and to the point. Merry Christmas from Western Australia 2023
Thank you so much! This is by far the best stretching demo on youtube. I'm really particular about the fold of corners and stretching canvas and this is a great resource detailing the whole process, necessary tools and materials. Thank you Katerina! I hope you don't mind me using this in my painting courses during our remote, pandemic times.
@@KaterinaLanfranco1 I wonder if you can help me with exhibición. I am working at home as a painter. I ve got less work at the moment. Thank you in anticipation sweet friend I LOVE your teaching and I LOVE It here. Thanks for sharing with us ✨👍
This was perfect and easy to follow. I have a lot of wood and would like to learn how to carve/cut my own stretcher bars. I'm going to see how this can be done without having to buy a miter saw. Thank you very much!!!! I'm going to work on this project.
I wish I can strech a Canvas here, it's a lot easier back home where there is a carpinter to make you a frame. And there are Canvas in shops too. I need to start painting, but Sometimes I ask myself and the Lord to provide the Canvas ,as the price of relatively Big Canvas is usually exhorbitant or expensive if you will. Thank you for sharing this awesome video 👍 blessings to you that can read this comment 👍
Someone told me to paint the back of the canvas with water to get a tighter stretch - what do you think? You have to be sure to get the canvas underneath the stretcher bars wet, too. I've only done this once and it seemed to be good.
I'm making an extra large canvas, 3 metres square and I need to remove it from the frame and roll it up for storage. Do you have any suggestions for that? I guess it would be similar to making a floor cloth. I was going to add eyelets around the edges too so I could tie it to the frame again
Great Video . I am doing a painting 28"x 36" . It looks like from your video I would be better off using a strainer than strecter bars. Is it possible to suggest place to buy good quality stretcher bars/ strainers. Most the the main stream art supply houses seem to carry flimsy then ones.
Joanne Amantea you can order heavy duty stretcher bars from Blick, however there are companies that make custom strainer bars too, ie www.simonliuinc.com
Thank you for the very thorough instructions. Helped with our first canvas stretching (36" x 48"). However, we felt the pliers we used were too large. What are the brand of pliers you used in the video? They look smaller.
Thank you! I offered to frame a canvas for my sister and she failed to mention that it was rolled up in a tube. (I will be very carefully stretching it.)
Hi, unfortunately these were the only ones that the art department produced. I’ve made a couple more in my studio, but am thinking of making more. Let me know what you’re looking for.
Hi and thank you for this free lesson. You could reach more audience if you would use the metric system : ) Maybe you should do a reupload with all the learnings from the past years and how you build frames. Greetings from germany
She'd have to do two videos if using different measurement systems. This was done in the U.S. and we use the imperial system. I.E., If I watch a video from the UK, I convert the measurements myself, not ask the video maker to convert to the measurement system I natively use.
Interesting to note that you don't staple the canvas when it's under pressure, but use the pliers to take up the slack. I've been painting canvases since 1971 and eschewed the use of the pliers - preferring to use my bare hands only because the pliers can pull the canvas inwards - but not sideways as well in order to minimize the inter-staple bunching. These problems are why I now prefer to paint on cradled wood panels. Also, I NEVER stretched unprimed canvases as the unprimed stuff has a far higher stretching quotient than the heavier primed stuff.
Thank you professor. I have a painting shipped from overseas that i want to re stretch and frame. Any suggestions (other than hiring a professional which will cost me about $380) to DIY? Thanks -reply or like; youtube would do the rest
Yes, you’ve probably figured this out by now, but here is my answer: you can get stretcher bars to size (careful of the depth too because this is variable). Then place the painting face down on a clean surface - some kind of soft/protective layer in between would be ideal like glycine (but not vital). Then stretch your painting. Be careful not to overstretch the painting especially if it is thinly painted or older (especially oil). Acrylic will be more elastic for a longer period of time. Good luck and pay attention to the original corner folds to match them up.
Hey, thank you so much for this video. Do you mind if we had another video explaining everything about glazing after a painting. To avoid a gray reflective effect when a painting is under the sun and the best glazing products?
Hi Katerina Please forgive my ignorance. I need to get some Stretcher Bar Cross Braces for stretchers I just purchased. The stretchers I bought are to assemble Four 28X40 & Four 26X40. Here is my question: Do I need to get Braces exactly the same size as the stretchers? I mean for the assembled 28 X 40 get Braces 28 & 40 Or would it be okay to use Brace size 27 instead? Why do I think this is a silly question?
Don’t overstretch it. Depending on how thick the paint is, and how long ago it was painted it could be brittle. Try to line up the edges of the painting to the stretcher bars. Good luck 🍀
So, im unclear as to what youre calling stretcher bars. Are you attaching the canvas onto an already assembled frame, and the frame is the stretcher bar?
you can buy rolls of canvas online on websites like amazon and some really big art supply stores have them but they're usually few and far between in person
oh, and is there also a trick to a painting that has edges that has to fit the edges on the frame? So the front painting is only on the front, and the edges of the painting starts exactly at the edges. And so the front painting is not overstretched over the edges. Is it better to start with a frame that is slightly bigger than the front painting, so it can be "stretched into place" instead of having no buffer to either over or under stretch to match the frame's edges.
Question: I’ve had trouble with stretcher bars warping due to moisture- when the canvas gets loose I sometimes spray water on the back of the canvas which sometimes gets on the wooden stretchers and have had problems with warping I’m just about to do a large piece for a client and wondering if I should use varnish on the wood before I stretch the canvas over it to waterproof it. Is there any upside /downside to doing this? Thnx
@@KaterinaLanfranco1great tip with the kiln dry wood. I had a guy make me 7ft tall canvases for a big commission and they ended up warping and the client withdrew from the project… he didn’t use kiln dry wood and I was such a beginner in all of this. I had no idea 😅
NagilaCaliforniagirl Cabral ... will do. Basically, fat always has to go over lean, because otherwise if the thin paint is on top it will crack/shrink as the lower level fat paint layer continues to dry. Also acrylic won't adhere to oil paint very well (this is usually how fat over lean is applied in painting vocabulary). So if you're using both acrylic and oil, use acrylic first, let it dry and then apply oil.
This was the best vedeo on canvas stretching I have seen, and I have seeing quite a few.
The corner fold close-up was excellent.
Thanks! Just made my first canvas, 14x9 inches
It’s not a big one but I feel like my whole life just changed, changed the game
Thanks so much Katerina. The very first thing I learnt is that its not canvas on a frame but on a stretcher bar...never heard it called that before. You were very easy to understand eg your explanation was simple and to the point. Merry Christmas from Western Australia 2023
Very awesome insight here, I’m reworking my studio so this insight is great I would have never considered the pliers.
Thanks for the clear instructions. It took my husband and I longer than we expected, but it worked.
Best demo I've ever seen, thank you
That was a joy to watch, you are so clear and informative.
I purchased canvas art and was just curious how it's put together. I enjoyed this video. Good job!
Beautifully executed! Thank you!
Great instructional video! Thank you!
Thank you Katerina. Can't wait to start stretching some canvas prints using your methods. Great demo and explanation.
You make it look so easy. Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you very much. Trying it out, but have to build my own wood frame also. A video about making the stretcher bars would be cool too.
I bought a painting and it was mailed rolled up, this was an excellent and beautiful demonstration. Thank you.
This is very helpful, especially the explanation of stretchers vs strainers.
Thank you so much! This is by far the best stretching demo on youtube. I'm really particular about the fold of corners and stretching canvas and this is a great resource detailing the whole process, necessary tools and materials. Thank you Katerina! I hope you don't mind me using this in my painting courses during our remote, pandemic times.
Yes, please do!
@@KaterinaLanfranco1 you are an amazing person ✨ Katerina Lanfrano.
@@KaterinaLanfranco1 I wonder if you can help me with exhibición. I am working at home as a painter. I ve got less work at the moment. Thank you in anticipation sweet friend I LOVE your teaching and I LOVE It here. Thanks for sharing with us ✨👍
Very Informative and Straight Forward!! Wish more were on the ole tube 😂 Thanks
Great video, thank you! Now I'm gonna practice to get the corners as good as yours :)
Loved this tutorial.. 💕💕.. very clear instructions... Lovely...thank you 👍🙏🏻
Really clear and helpful and your voice is very calming too🙏🏻
So useful and clear! Thank you!
Thank you so much. You are incredible!
More videos ... you're the best art teacher on utube!
Victoria Burdett 👋 that's very kind of you to say!
Appreciate you video, I'm excited to complete my first canvas cover
Great video. Thank you a lot !
Ahh good, I just starting canvas stretching now ❤
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills. Just what I was looking for. Cheers 👍😎🇦🇺
Really nice, calm and cheerful. Thanks!
This was perfect and easy to follow. I have a lot of wood and would like to learn how to carve/cut my own stretcher bars. I'm going to see how this can be done without having to buy a miter saw. Thank you very much!!!! I'm going to work on this project.
You can make a miter box and use a hand saw.
Thank you. Great instructions.
Thank you for this instruction video. Very clear and instructive.
I really enjoyed watching this!
This was a great tutorial, thanks!
Thank you, great tutorial!!!
most helpful video on the topic!
Thanks so much! This was really helpful to see!
This is what a real satisfying video looks like.
Very clear. Great presentation.
Very professional and clear, thank you
I wish I can strech a Canvas here, it's a lot easier back home where there is a carpinter to make you a frame. And there are Canvas in shops too. I need to start painting, but Sometimes I ask myself and the Lord to provide the Canvas ,as the price of relatively Big Canvas is usually exhorbitant or expensive if you will. Thank you for sharing this awesome video 👍 blessings to you that can read this comment 👍
😊😊
Thank you. Any videos of making the wooden bar/frame?
Great video!
thanks for your video. Can you use nails rather than stapler. and what size of stretcher bar that you need to use the cross bar.
This is an excellent video.
very helpful! Thank you!
Beautifully done.
Question in your opinion is it better to use stretcher bars or strainer bars especially for very large canvases?
very helpful video. i enjoy it :)
Cool …Thank you!
Nice lesson. I was wondering why you were taking the staples out of the smaller canvas? Was that just to show us how to take the staples out?
Thank you, it was really educative
Someone told me to paint the back of the canvas with water to get a tighter stretch - what do you think? You have to be sure to get the canvas underneath the stretcher bars wet, too. I've only done this once and it seemed to be good.
I'm making an extra large canvas, 3 metres square and I need to remove it from the frame and roll it up for storage. Do you have any suggestions for that? I guess it would be similar to making a floor cloth. I was going to add eyelets around the edges too so I could tie it to the frame again
Great Video . I am doing a painting 28"x 36" . It looks like from your video I would be better off using a strainer than strecter bars. Is it possible to suggest place to buy good quality stretcher bars/ strainers. Most the the main stream art supply houses seem to carry flimsy then ones.
Joanne Amantea you can order heavy duty stretcher bars from Blick, however there are companies that make custom strainer bars too, ie www.simonliuinc.com
Thank you for the very thorough instructions. Helped with our first canvas stretching (36" x 48"). However, we felt the pliers we used were too large. What are the brand of pliers you used in the video? They look smaller.
Frederix or US art supply works well too. Good luck
thank you. I learned something ;)
Would it be ok to purchase the wood for my frame from Lowe's?
HI MAM KATERINA .......( YOUR SO BEAUTIFUL TO ME )......VERY NICE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO, AND YOU DID IT VERY FLAWLESSLY.... THANK YOU. GODSPEED.
Thanks for this video. Working on the Salvator Mundi.
Super helpful!
Thank you! I offered to frame a canvas for my sister and she failed to mention that it was rolled up in a tube. (I will be very carefully stretching it.)
Thanks for these informations.. coz of you guyz we get lots of good knowledge about our passion
are there more videos from this hunter college series? i've seen this one and the one on priming and they are wonderful and useful !
Hi, unfortunately these were the only ones that the art department produced. I’ve made a couple more in my studio, but am thinking of making more. Let me know what you’re looking for.
Thankyou, a very nice tuition👍
Thaaank you!!
excellent vid thanks
awesome!
Hi and thank you for this free lesson. You could reach more audience if you would use the metric system : ) Maybe you should do a reupload with all the learnings from the past years and how you build frames. Greetings from germany
She'd have to do two videos if using different measurement systems. This was done in the U.S. and we use the imperial system. I.E., If I watch a video from the UK, I convert the measurements myself, not ask the video maker to convert to the measurement system I natively use.
Interesting to note that you don't staple the canvas when it's under pressure, but use the pliers to take up the slack. I've been painting canvases since 1971 and eschewed the use of the pliers - preferring to use my bare hands only because the pliers can pull the canvas inwards - but not sideways as well in order to minimize the inter-staple bunching.
These problems are why I now prefer to paint on cradled wood panels.
Also, I NEVER stretched unprimed canvases as the unprimed stuff has a far higher stretching quotient than the heavier primed stuff.
If you’re stretching primed bare hands suffice since there isn’t much give, compared to unprimed as you’ve mentioned.
Good job ever seen before
GOOD VIDEO - BRAVO!!!!!!!
Excelente, obrigado!
Thank you !!!
Thank you professor. I have a painting shipped from overseas that i want to re stretch and frame. Any suggestions (other than hiring a professional which will cost me about $380) to DIY? Thanks -reply or like; youtube would do the rest
Yes, you’ve probably figured this out by now, but here is my answer: you can get stretcher bars to size (careful of the depth too because this is variable). Then place the painting face down on a clean surface - some kind of soft/protective layer in between would be ideal like glycine (but not vital). Then stretch your painting. Be careful not to overstretch the painting especially if it is thinly painted or older (especially oil). Acrylic will be more elastic for a longer period of time. Good luck and pay attention to the original corner folds to match them up.
Thank you🙏💫💫
Great video! Now i know where it went wrong :)
Hey, thank you so much for this video. Do you mind if we had another video explaining everything about glazing after a painting. To avoid a gray reflective effect when a painting is under the sun and the best glazing products?
Can you show how to stretch a fabric painting and frame it
Thank for this.
it would be great to do it over a spinning table top
Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Property Art Dept. is a great artist :P
thank you for sharing.
Hi Katerina
Please forgive my ignorance. I need to get some Stretcher Bar Cross Braces for stretchers I just purchased. The stretchers I bought are to assemble Four 28X40 & Four 26X40.
Here is my question: Do I need to get Braces exactly the same size as the stretchers? I mean for the assembled 28 X 40 get Braces 28 & 40 Or would it be okay to use Brace size 27 instead?
Why do I think this is a silly question?
Very informative thank you
Just curious if you have any recommendations on doing this with a canvas that has already been painted on. I'm a little nervous to do it
Don’t overstretch it. Depending on how thick the paint is, and how long ago it was painted it could be brittle. Try to line up the edges of the painting to the stretcher bars. Good luck 🍀
Got my first one but can not see the numbers on it
This might be an obvious question but can you leave the canvas on this stretcher, paint it and hang it?
Yes you can. That’s the general idea in fact.
So, im unclear as to what youre calling stretcher bars. Are you attaching the canvas onto an already assembled frame, and the frame is the stretcher bar?
That’s really helpful, but I’d be interested to know where you get the roll of canvas from?
you can buy rolls of canvas online on websites like amazon and some really big art supply stores have them but they're usually few and far between in person
At the time it might have been Pearl Paint but Blick Arts or other art supply store have the rolls too.
@@KaterinaLanfranco1 that’s brill, thank you.
What you made i don't know your blue eyes 👀 are very very butiful and yes canvas board also hi hi God bless you
Is there any tricks to stretch the canvas after finished? Like when finally turn it around and see that its actually not tight or not straight.
oh, and is there also a trick to a painting that has edges that has to fit the edges on the frame? So the front painting is only on the front, and the edges of the painting starts exactly at the edges. And so the front painting is not overstretched over the edges. Is it better to start with a frame that is slightly bigger than the front painting, so it can be "stretched into place" instead of having no buffer to either over or under stretch to match the frame's edges.
thnakyou : )
Hi there, is it cheaper to make yr own canvas?? In Canada to buy ready made canvas is pricey.
doves1 Pelligreano yes it’s cheaper, especially as you go up in size.
Thanks for sharing madam
Thank you.useful🎉
Question: I’ve had trouble with stretcher bars warping due to moisture- when the canvas gets loose I sometimes spray water on the back of the canvas which sometimes gets on the wooden stretchers and have had problems with warping I’m just about to do a large piece for a client and wondering if I should use varnish on the wood before I stretch the canvas over it to waterproof it. Is there any upside /downside to doing this? Thnx
Varnishing could be a good solution because it will seal the wood. You might want to get kiln dried wood for your stretcher bars. Good luck
@@KaterinaLanfranco1great tip with the kiln dry wood. I had a guy make me 7ft tall canvases for a big commission and they ended up warping and the client withdrew from the project… he didn’t use kiln dry wood and I was such a beginner in all of this. I had no idea 😅
Thank you so much
Thank you very much teacher
Thank-you! Now the process seems less intimidating
Can you make a video about fat over lean technic? Thanks!
NagilaCaliforniagirl Cabral ... will do. Basically, fat always has to go over lean, because otherwise if the thin paint is on top it will crack/shrink as the lower level fat paint layer continues to dry. Also acrylic won't adhere to oil paint very well (this is usually how fat over lean is applied in painting vocabulary). So if you're using both acrylic and oil, use acrylic first, let it dry and then apply oil.