How Do You Gallery Wrap Stretch Canvas?
A gallery wrap is a canvas that is stretched and then stapled on the back so the staples do not show. Paintings stretched in this way look cleaner, and can be hung in galleries unframed. Some artists opt to paint around the stretched sides when executing the painting, others tape the sides for a clean, white edge. Assemble the stretcher bars by sliding the angled joints into the corners on the ends of the bars, creating a rectangle. The joints are cut to form 90-degree angles. Cut your canvas to the size of the stretcher, adding 4 inches in each direction. For example, if your stretcher is 16 x 20 inches, cut the canvas 20 x 24 inches. Place the canvas with the primed side down on a clean, flat surface such as a table top. The raw side of the canvas will be facing up. Place the stretcher bars on top of the canvas in the center; the side with the ridge on the outside of the canvas should be facing down. The ridge keeps the canvas suspended off the stretcher bars, so they do not leave a
