Whether you’re an experienced artist who spends days and nights working on your first masterpiece, a newbie who wants to give it a go, or an adult looking for ways to work with your child’s drawings, it’s possible that you may have overlooked the option of uploading artwork to a canvas print.
Why would you want to do it? Here are a few examples and some ideas on which prints make great candidates for transference onto printed canvas.
What are the advantages of printing to canvas?
This depends on who you are and what you want to achieve with your prints. If you’re an artist, the ability to duplicate your print easily is a huge benefit. You can keep the original, then print four or five ‘sample’ canvases to approach art shops and canvas print shops.
Prints
If you have a piece suitable for mass printing, then it’s the perfect time for you, as we currently live in the wake of the ‘mass-Banksy-print market’ with shops offering prints for as little $20.00. While we all know that they aren’t real Banksy prints- en masse, if you’re a budding artist, you can use these shops to your advantage. The ones with any say over what they stock will be open to carrying some of your work, which should give you a good profit margin if you go to the right printing company.
Kids art!
If you looking for something to do with your child’s drawings, then canvas prints are a great way to create a personal and thoughtful gift. Their first painting or drawing can make a great gift to family and friends. They’re sure to love these prints, regardless of artistic talent.
Learning about texture
For new artists it can be an interesting self-guide into how different textures and materials can affect the image. For example, if you scan your art, the image will be very flat. 
If you photograph it, it will have more dimension, and is more likely to pick up more of the brush stroke or pallet knife details. After you have scanned and created a few canvases, you’ll start to get a sense for what works best for your particular painting style. Don’t forget to consider Split Panel Canvases.
New life for old paintings
Many of us have old paintings that have seen better days. Photographing or scanning them and printing them onto canvas can give your old art a new lease on life. The same could be said for old photographs.
These are just a few idea on how uploading artwork to a canvas print can be a great way to get your art exposed, create some awesome gifts or replicate and preserve older works. If you have some ideas, I’d love to hear them!
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Brett Janes
Brett Janes is an MA writing student at LJMU, UK, founder of the literary organization, King Yeti, and a member of The Wild Writers, a collective which runs events and exhibitions throughout the Northwest. He doesn’t have spare time, but he’s somehow writing a novel focusing on rural living, relationships and giant cannibal rats. A lot of his writing is speculative.
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