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	Stretch or not Stretch oil painting canvas: Stretching the canvas properly is important and can add much to the cost of the painting depending by whom the work is done and the size of the painting. When purchasing an oil painting and frame from us, we can stretch the canvas and set your oil painting in a frame. For information on stretching a canvas go down this page or visit this page to purchase stretcher bars. Do you issue Certificate of AUTHENTICITY? Certificate of Authenticity are mainly for collectors and should include the title of the art, names and references listing the art, the date, size, name of gallery or all pertinent information about the art. Certificate of Authenticity has no value unless it is issued by a qualified and respected person with all its easily verifiable contact information and all its qualifications clearly stated on the certificate with a signature. To be valid a Certificate of Authenticity must meet even more criteria then mentioned above. Most Certificate of Authenticity of art purchase on line are of no value and meaningless, simply used as a sale gimmick. Varnishing Oil Paintings: Our artists do original oil painting work and Old Masters reproductions. Our artists products are of the highest quality because of the accuracy and the quality materials we use, from paint to canvas and attention to small details that are often forgotten by others. Protect your oil painting from light, the ultraviolet portion of the light spectrum is by far the most damaging to your art work, consider also heat sources and humidity. Varnish will give some protection to your oil painting. We can stretch and varnish your paintings using the same varnish used on priceless paintings Damar varnish or you can purchase this varnish in most art supply stores, you must wait about a year for the paint to totally dry on the canvas before applying this varnish. Quality in Paintings: Important facts when purchasing oil paintings and points to consider: We have many competitors and there are vast varieties of qualities in oil paintings and materials used can vary greatly including canvas and quality of paints and artists. Our portraits and reproductions are of the highest quality. How to stretch a painting: Use a staple gun or a small hammer with tacks. Make sure that your stretcher bars form a frame perfectly square. To make sure that your frame is square, measure from corner to corner in diagonal and make sure that both measurements are equal. If you are stretching a big canvas, add a wood strip in the center to prevent bowing. Place the oil painting on a clean surface, so you wont damage the painting, with the painted side facing down. Place the stretcher strip frame on top of the painting making sure that it is properly centered. On one of the short sides of the stretcher frame, fold the canvas over the edge of the frame and staple at the center of the strip of wood. Next, go to the opposite side, using canvas pliers to grip the canvas with a firm pull until you get a nice straight crease in the center of the canvas and while maintaining the tension, place a staple in the center of that side. The next step is to follow the same procedure for the two other sides, making sure that the canvas is stretch on all four sides in the middle, held by staples or tacks. Moving the pliers about two inches on one side of the staple that you just applied, pull firmly again and staple. You now have three staples on each side. Repeat the procedure in both directions from the center of each side of the painting, adding a staple at the time to each side till the work is completed. For the corners, the last two inches remaining needs to be folded and the excess material tucked in neatly and then stapled. We carry 5 sizes of stretcher bars, see Stretcher Bars. Canvas problems: Is your canvas rippling or sagging? The causes can vary from humidity, sudden changes in temperature, cool air, heat, airflow etc. For transport do not set your art flat, place it upright. Hanging your painting over the air duct is not a good idea it will develop premature wrinkles from the air circulation and the dust; a humid areas might add a nice coating of mildew; so make sure that you find a nice comfortable, undisturbed place for your new painting. Other causes for rippling and sagging, was the canvas stretched over manufactured stretcher bars or custom made bars? If it's the bars that are hand assembled, then the easiest solution is inserting wooden flat wedges into the inside corners of the stretcher bars and gently tapping them to restore tension to the canvas. When we stretch your painting, there is plenty of canvas left for easy re-stretching. One more trick known as the drummer's method is by moistening the back of the canvas with a spray bottle while the painting is still in its frame then holding it over gentle heat. This will cause the canvas to tighten as the canvas dries. Stretching the canvas and stapling the side is a normal practice and the right way of stretching the canvas. If you visit your art supply store, all the pre-stretch canvases are manufactured that way. The side of the painting where the staples are should be cover by your frame. Standard stretcher bars will not hold your painting without extra support from a frame and will warp in a short time. Most paintings are stapled on the side for more stretching power and your canvas will not sag as much and as quickly as when stretch and stapled in the back. The exception to the above is when heavy duty stretcher bars are use (Gallery Wrap) and the painting is to be hanging on the wall without a frame; this requires sturdier canvas and lots of extra canvas to cover the sides that are almost 2 inches wide and more canvas is needed to staple in the back of the bar. You want to know more about how your oil painting will be done or how to start painting yourself but don’t know much about the techniques. There are lots of way to do an oil painting and all the methods are good as long as you use the material correctly. Anyone with a bit of practice, a little patience can achieve wonderful results. First important point to understand is that you want to make as many color combination as possible with the fewer color tubes of paint as possible. I use the colors from the tube in very small quantity and invent and mixed as I go when needed and use what pleases me. My basic palette is limited to the following colors tubes: White, Cadmium Red, Orange and Yellow, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burt Sienna, Raw Umber, Burt Umber, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Green, Sap Green, Viridian, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Phtalo Blue. With these tubes I can mix all colors. When I start a new canvas, I use my left over for background by applying this paint thinly. I use as little paint as possible to start, defining what will take place on this new painting. Some paints are very expensive, they contain no filler; expensive paints contain more pigments and no filler such as chalk or beeswax and can be applied very thinly with a strong coloring power, this paint is use for the portraits and reproductions paintings. The cheaper paints can be applied thickly with a palette knife and the fillers will keep the thick layer in good condition for the longest time. I like having jars full of brushes but I use very few of them. I start my painting with a large brush to mark the large areas and add more detail work with smaller brushes as the painting progress. The lighting is important, never try to paint under the perfect light; instead use light similar to were the painting will be displayed so the overall painting will be pleasant to look at. I want to place my canvas on a hard board, how is this done? Use hide glue for this project, this glue requires no heating or mixing and you have plenty of time to remove wrinkles and make your surface. Available in all hardware stores. Thank you for your business.	General Information About Oil Paintings Stretch and Un-Stretch paintings About Certificate of Authenticity Varnishing Quality in Paintings How to Stretch your painting Canvas problems What is stretching? MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY? Order your paintings stretched and framed, look at the low prices on frames, we have unbeatable values. Style Paintings in Stock: J. 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