Already Put Your Photos On Canvas? Here’s How To Make The Perfect Display.
July 16, 2009
Now that your photos are on canvas how do you give them the attention that they deserve? The answer is in your display. If you really want to make your artwork pop the wall that you hang them on is almost as important as the giclee.
Contrasting colors make the boldest statements. Finding the right shade is as easy as getting a color wheel. You can get them at the art store or just grab one online. The exact opposite color is straight across the circle from the one on your canvas. To turn your intended wall into an eye catching gallery simply paint it in the contrasting color to provide a stunning background.
It may be simpler to reverse engineer the process and choose photos for your canvases that contrast the existing wall color. Choose a number of your favorite photos and using some paint safe tape, design your ideal layout, then send the winning pictures in to be printed on canvas.
When I was pregnant with my son my nesting instinct turned into the pressing need to paint my son’s room perfectly. My goal was dappled sunlight, and after half a dozen shades of yellow and a week with a sponge I succeeded. While playing with my Photoshop software in my son’s first weeks home I made a collage of animals that I had photographed at the zoo. I laid his name over it and played with colors. A deep almost purple blue declared the room as his and I converted it to canvas for hanging by his door.
It doesn’t take a maternal instinct to desire beauty from your home. Whether you want to be surrounded by canvases of your child’s multitude of expressions or some other happy memories, there is no sense in hanging them on the wall if they are just going to fade into it. Nor do you have to paint the whole room if one wall will do.
Accent walls are very popular now. You can jump onto this trend and make it your own with distinctive canvases arranged on a single wall of bold contrasting color. If you are looking to spice up your home in a fun way let a color wheel lead you to the perfect shade of paint to bring out the best in your canvases. Make your memories stand out on your wall like they do in your mind.
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