Framing and care
Caring for a canvas painting at home
Light, humidity, dust, carrying, slack canvas and storage: the everyday care that keeps an oil or acrylic painting on canvas sound, and what to leave alone.
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Framing and care
Framing, hanging, light and the everyday care that keeps canvases and works on paper in good shape.
Framing and care
Hanging art at home, one careful step at a time
How high to hang a picture, how to space a group, picture rails versus hooks, fixings for plasterboard, brick and old plaster, and where art should never go.
Framing and care
Framing works on paper so they last
Prints, drawings and watercolours need a different kind of frame from canvases. Mat board, hinges, glazing, spacers and backing, and what to ask your framer.