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Steps 5-9: frame and canvas stretched!

 

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Step 5 Get specially made stretcher frame timber and build the frame with bracing

After a trip to Sydney to look after Sydney clients, finally back in Brisbane. Problem No 1: On first fit together of the entire frame ready to staple, discovered that the brace delivered by the supplier is incorrect. The slots don't fit the outside frame. It's quicker to go and buy a new piece of pine and make it myself than to wait for a new one to be delivered.
The ends will need to be slotted to fit in the frame grooves.
Sanded the tabs down to fit the grooves in the outer frame.
Squaring the frame
Fixing the frame ready to stretch
Step 6 Use pre-primed fine archival quality artist's canvas.

Can't wait to get paint onto the canvas at long last!!!
Cut the canvas to fit the frame
Step 7 Stretch the canvas over the frame
Check the finished result
Step 8 With acrylic paintings, since they dry so quickly, it is easy to attach hanging gear after the painting is finished. But as oil paints can stay wet for months, so we need to attach the picture wire and screws now. It is better to dry the oil painting on the wall out of harms way.
Step 9 Sketch the final composition ready for background wash
Step 10 Background washes in oil paint See next page >>