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Have you ever wanted to be an artist? Many people love the idea of being a new romantic or impressionist artist, idling away at their easel in the fields, or by the river, painting a beautiful scene to make a new masterpiece. However the ideology rarely becomes reality as the lack of artistic talent often gets in the way of most people’s dreams. The fact that they can’t paint means they can’t paint a canvas painting.

It doesn’t have to be this way however as these days a lack of artistic ability doesn’t mean you can’t create an artistic masterpiece. Thanks to canvas printing techniques, any picture can be printed on canvas, creating a unique piece of canvas art without the need to wield a paintbrush around in anger. This means that you can utilise your camera, a tool that most of us possess and know how to use, to create a work of art.

By simply taking pictures of the world around us, whether it be of a beautiful nature landscape, something of wonder from the animal kingdom, some architectural delights or a portrait of the family, you can have the picture printed on canvas, creating a work of art for your home.

Don’t panic about not being able to paint, you can create a masterpiece with your camera and the latest canvas printing techniques.

When it comes to printing photos to canvas, pretty much any photo can be printed on canvas. It doesn’t matter how good you are at photography, so long as you can point a camera and click the button, your photos can be turned into great works of canvas art for you to display in your home, or give as a gift to a friend or family member.

The question is though, what sorts of photos can you print on canvas, and what photos will work best?

Here are a few ideas of the sorts of photos that can be printed on canvas.

Holiday photos
Everyone has snaps from their holidays. Whether they’re summer holidays on the beach, safari holidays in Africa or winter holidays on the piste, your photos will look great when you turn them into canvas prints.

Wedding pictures
Photos taken at a wedding always have a certain romance to them, as the bride and groom look their best and everyone is happy for them. Photos of the bride and groom make great canvas prints, and in turn make great gifts for the happy couple, or for the even happier parents of the couple.

Everyone loves to have beautiful art in their homes. Having original artwork hanging on your walls make you feel better, makes your home look more attractive and offers a great conversation point for guests. However, art can be expensive, particularly if you want something original, something unique that isn’t on the homes of thousands of other people, like the canvas art that you can buy from supermarkets and high street stores.

Of course one option is to create your own canvas art, which is fine if you know how to paint or have a family member who can paint. Unfortunately few people have the skills to create their own painting, let alone the patience to do it.

There is an option though that allows anyone to create unique canvas art without being able to paint. All you need is to be able to take a photo. By using your own photographs you can have them printed on canvas and create your own canvas art. You don’t need to settle for shop bought canvas prints of generic scenes, create your own art with your own photographs.

It’s a common question among people who are interested in art, but don’t have the artistic ability or flair to create their own art. It can be frustrating too. You love art, you know what you want, but sitting down with a canvas and some paints never seems to create the results that you’re after.

It’s the archetypal, clichéd artist. You’re never satisfied with your work.

It doesn’t have to be this way though, as you don’t need to be able to paint a stroke in order to create your canvas art. You can instead create unique, original canvas work simply by using your own photographs, ones that you have taken yourself with your own digital or film camera, and have them printed on canvas.

By printing your own photos to canvas you’re creating your own canvas art without needing to be an artist, or suffer the frustration of artist’s block. When you’re photos are printed they are turned into canvas masterpieces very quickly by the unique canvas printing technology, and the printer never suffers artist’s block!

It doesn’t matter if you can’t paint. You can create your own art printed on canvas anyway.

Printing and framing photos has been the traditional way of displaying photos for many years. Whether they’re photos of your holiday, photos of your family and children or photos from your own childhood, framing them and hanging them on the wall was typically the only way of displaying them in the home.

However, framing pictures and hanging them on the wall isn’t the best way of displaying your treasured memories. In fact a much better way is to have your photos enlarged and printed on canvas, turning them into focal points on your wall.

When you frame pictures they tend to be quite small, and are things you glance at every now and then when you walk past, quickly becoming part of the scenery and fading into the background. By having your photos printed on canvas you’re creating a centrepiece of your pictures and displaying something that commands the attention of the room.

You no longer need to look around for a framed picture, or move closer to see what it looks like, as when it’s printed on canvas it will be visible from anywhere in the room and will attract your attention easily.

Many people dream of being able to create their own canvas art for their home. They wish they could pick out a canvas, choose their paints and paintbrushes and start crafting a masterpiece that shows the beautiful image they have in their mind, whether that’s of a family member, a landscape or something more imaginative.

However the sad truth is that most of us are unable to create our own canvas paintings because painting is very difficult, and unless you have the skill and patience necessary it can also be very frustrating. The end result is usually not something you’d want to have displayed in your home anyway.

You don’t need to despair though as a lack of painting doesn’t mean that you can’t create your own beautiful canvases to display in your home. You can actually create beautiful canvas pictures simply by using your own photographs and having them printed on canvas.

Most people can operate a camera, with varying degrees of success. You just point and click. With canvas printing you turn any photos you’ve taken into works of art and have them displayed in your home, like a proud artist.

Printing your photos on canvas is only half the job of creating canvas prints of your pictures. Your completed canvas photo print then needs to be professionally mounted and stretched to ensure you get the possible outcome.

Stretching the canvas print is an art form in itself and requires experience to get absolutely right. To do this we use ‘The Stretcher’, which is a special frame we use to keep your canvas taught, which is essential to preserve your image. The stretcher frame is made from 4cm wood that has been kiln dried.

Stretcher frames are the best way to mount canvas prints as they allow you to modify the frame afterwards should you wish to do so. You may want to frame your canvas print, remount or even remove it entirely. The stretcher frame allows this without any risk to the canvas.

It is imperative that canvas prints are framed in this way as canvas reacts differently to changes in location, heat, humidity etc; therefore you need to be able to readjust the frame to suit the location. Some canvas printers will frame your canvas in a different way, possibly even sticking your canvas print to the frame. You should avoid this as it will have a detrimental affect to your canvas

You may be wondering quite how we turn your photographs into works of art that you can hang on your wall? The process starts when you send us your artwork. Usually your pictures will come to us in .jpg format, but other formats are fine for us to work with as well. You can also send us the dimensions of the size of canvas that you’d like us to create.

Be sure to measure your wall first though!

It doesn’t matter at this stage if your image is imperfect as we can correct anything that needs doing. Our digital image experts can enhance your photographs to correct any colours, balance the colours, remove any imperfections and of course get rid of any red-eye.

We will also resize and crop the image to make the best possible canvas print for you.

When we’re happy with the improvements we have made we print the photograph onto artist quality canvas.

We’re of the form belief that our use of inks and printers achieves the best possible quality of print on canvas for your requirements.

Our job is to make the best canvas print for you, and we take it very seriously.

The following precautions are taken before a specific effect is imparted to your photo:

• Your tastes and the limitations/feasibility of the effect by evaluating the original photo are taken into consideration.
• If there’s a specific effect or edit, which you would wish to be added to the original image, you’ll be shown a proof before the same is printed on your canvas.
• Red-eye and any other small blemishes or scratches on the photograph are fixed. So, you need not worry about them.

To make your canvas print different and unique, you can opt for a wide range of effects that can be added to your existing photograph. There are various types of effects, such as Black & White, Colour Splash, Sepia, Red-ize, Blue-ize and Green-ize that can add a touch of dynamism to your canvas print.

Black & White is among the most popular effects that can transform any coloured image into a classic black & white image. It adds a touch of nostalgia to any photo. On the other hand, the whole photo - black & white apart from specific area/areas – is made in full colour to give a striking modern touch when the Colour Splash effect is used. Sepia colouring gives the appearance of older photographs, with a very light brown/orange tone.

Let’s learn about some more effects - apart from the popular Black & White, Colour Splash, and Sepia effect - that you can opt for with your canvas prints. Whichever effect you choose, it will invariably make your canvas print more attractive than its original photo.

You can opt for negative effect that takes any colour to turn it into its contrasting or opposing colour. It’s suitable for a modern look canvas. Red-ize, Blue-ize, Green-ize is another interesting effect. It works in a similar way to a black & white transformation, but adds a tint of each specific colour to the image. If you wish to, you can opt for ‘No effect’ image. So, your photo will be printed as it is, barring some enhancements to the colours/contrast for getting the best output possible.

If you’ve any further effects or editing which you would like to be there on your photograph you will get all help possible here. The expert designers will help you explore various possibilities.

Importantly, the service of providing effects comes at no additional cost to you. So, what more can you ask for? Just select one of the above effects during the order process, and leave the rest to us!