What do you do with your children's creative drawings, scribbles, painting and sketches? Do you put it up on the refrigerator with a magnet? Do you tack it up on the office wall? There's a better way to treat the beautiful works of art your children make! Having them scanned and printed on canvas can really show the respect and admiration you have for your child's artwork.
Your children will be proud of themselves in seeing their works of art up on the wall in their home! Additionally, what better way to decorate your space with art, especially when its your own children's art? This article will be a brief introduction on how you can go about getting your child's artwork on canvas.
Canvas art is a great way to showcase your favorite photos and images.
It is also a great way to decorate your walls with your own children's artwork.
How does one go about having a canvas done of your child's wonderful drawing or painting? The first step is to decide what type of kids canvas art you would like to have.
There's roughly 2 routes you can go.
The first is to have your child's art printed on canvas exactly the way he or she drew it.
That means, if your child drew or scribbled a farm scene with a sun, grass, trees and animals on a horizontal letter sized sheet of paper; your canvas would be sized in proportion to the paper he or she drew it on and your canvas would be an exact replica of what was drawn, only now on beautiful, long-lasting giclee printed canvas.
Another more interesting route to go is to have your child do a very expressive, abstract drawing or painting.
It could be wild scribbling with crayon or an expressive painting with watercolors.
Reference the work of Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko for inspiration.
You can then scan these at the highest resolution you can.
Then ask your canvas printer to blow up and crop into certain portion of the artwork, creating interesting compositions.
Your canvas printer should be able to adjust colors to make them more vivid and saturated, creating a sort of Pop Art style canvas print.
One more thing to think about is the size and finish of your kid's art canvas print.
What is a good size? It depends really on the room it will be in and the purpose it has.
12" x 12" is a good size for a small room where there are other frames and posters on the wall.
If it is a canvas that will serve as a centerpiece for the living room perhaps 36" x 36" is a size that will draw attention to the canvas and highlight your living space.
In terms of frame width, you can choose either a thin frame that is 3/4" thick or a thick frame, which is 1.
5" thick.
I personally think the gallery wrapped frame gives the canvas a more elegant and modern touch.