Wooden frame for digital canvas

Most artists do not build their own frames. It is something I wanted to learn as part of the craft. When working with digital media, the work is necessarily framed or mounted, as one of the last steps. More like photography than traditional painting, some of the fine art competitions I have been involved with don’t even have a category for digital media.

Building the frame isn’t that difficult, and you can get ready-made "stretcher bars" from an art supply store. Making sure the frame is "true", measuring cross-wise (just as they do to determine the screen size of your monitor), is essential for the next step, which is stretching the canvas onto the frame.

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