Make A Statement With Canvas Photo Prints

By Alfonso H. Greene


Images can be put on to canvas with canvas photo prints. With this technique you can take personal pictures or works of art and have them printed right onto canvas; you can decorate with them in your home just like fine art. Since as early as the 1400s, canvas has been used in painting. It became en vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries, replacing painted wood panels. Preparing it is now the first step of creating a masterpiece for modern artists.

Canevas is the Old French word it comes from. This is derived from the Vulgar Latin word meaning "made out of hemp," cannapaceus. Now canvas commonly refers to heavy cloth most often made out of cotton, or sometimes linen. Canvas comes in two styles: plain, and duck, which is tightly woven; it is a plain weave fabric. Linen is considered more suitable to oil painting, whereas cotton is best for acrylics cheap photo canvas prints can be made with less costly plastic, or with cotton. The best color reproduction is from white cotton. Decades ago they starting applying pictures on to canvas, but they started using large format ink jet printers instead of offset printing 20 years ago. Now they can use fade resistant and archival quality inks to maintain more integrity in the reproduction.

Labs offering this service also use advanced preparations and coatings which protect the image from abrasion and moisture. The technical achievement of these prints is great considering how widely available, inexpensive, and easy-to-use they are. You can upload an image to a website right online. Labs can then correct, size, and print the photos shipping them right back quickly. You can get many sizes, often ranging from 8x10 and 40x60. Custom sizes can also often be ordered.

If you framing your image you can have it mounted on hardboard. You can also pick options for cheap photo canvas prints that are ready to hang right away. Pieces can be presented as contemporary fine art with gallery wrapping. The canvas is fastened to stretcher bars and only the canvas is visible. Sides can show a pattern, a single color, or a continuation of the picture. Canvas box is another variety. Mounted on hardboard, the image is framed with lacquered black wood.

Family photographs can be very well presented this way, as well as original photo art. This interesting technique can transform digital artwork into a physical piece. Andy Warhol was considered a genius and a revolutionary in the 60s and 70s for combining fine art and commercial art. He applied paint to the canvas using silkscreen-type printing to craft create some of his art. The medium is as versatile or as creative as you can can make it.




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