How to Make a Wood Frame and Stretch a Canvas Painting (DIY)

In this video i show you how you can make a wood picture frame out of 2x4 lumber and stretch a canvas painting over it. I show you how to build the custom wood frame for the exact size your canvas painting needs and then how to stretch it the easy way. I painted this painting a while ago and needed to stretch it over a frame for a art show it was being displayed in, and figured i show you guys how i did it. Hope you learn something from this.
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[@Paintingtube]

As a viewer I appreciate your time and effort, representing your video, thank you 🙏🏼

[@kellymhanson]

"You can make this with a handsaw and some glue" -- now that's the video I want to see! I don't have all this equipment like a table saw etc. Someday I hope to, but not high on the list now.

[@kizzle1426]

Ah. You just saved me a lot of typing. Thanks!!

[@KWArtist]

Great video. Perfect if youre already done w your painting and just stretching it on but if, like many of us, your sometimes want the canvas stretched on before painting then the middle wood will be touching the canvas and can cause lines. If the middle wood can b cut 1/4” or more down then all would work better.

[@demisx]

Love it. So much simpler than other videos.

[@KomarProject]

Thank you

[@phunkissartisticcreations2316]

Great and inexpensive way to mount a loose canvas. Totally agree that it costs a small fortune to have it done at a framing store. Two thumbs up! 👍👍

[@KomarProject]

PhunKiss Artistic Creations I know right. I took a painting in once and they wanted something like $200. Thank you but no thank you. My $12 frame will do just fine

[@joeyree22]

5 years late, but ditto! I came here because I'm looking to buy a large canvas piece, but worry about the added cost of mounting it. Now, I'm feeling confident about buying it and go for it!

[@martinhotte]

Thanks I just did my first one, worked very well, you explained everything well, I even went the extra mille like you did for the frame, it holds itself very well. Great DIY video, thanks again

[@KomarProject]

That’s awesome. Glad it work for you my friend

[@BobsWoodStuff]

Great video. It made stretching my own canvas seem accessible.

[@arinmastalski]

The flag art in the background while you stretched the new one is awesome

[@KomarProject]

Thank you so much !!!

[@SoftLifeRichGirl]

Thankfully my husband has all the tools you’ve used for this. He’s a master framer for homes, so I will definitely incorporate him into helping me.🤣

[@NewYorkF150stx]

Thank for you sharing your awesome project!

[@danniellemarks4390]

Brilliant idea to tape them together !! Thank you !

[@KomarProject]

Very welcome !!

[@zack.dar40]

Very well done. I like the personality you brought to the experience making it seem easy

[@bretonpeters9768]

Great job! Thanks for the education! Did exactly the way you did!

[@kaiul2967]

Awesome! Trying to save money on large painting by stretching and framing myself! Seems simple enough!

[@zachbrenner309]

Dude that’s awesome !!!!!!

[@victortarimo1943]

That painting is the painting man

[@KomarProject]

Thank you

[@glencoultas6254]

I really like your paintings. Have you ever thought about making a video on how to paint that style?

[@rosemaryallen2637]

I love your sense of humor! However, I am a woman and don’t have electric saws and such. I bought stretcher bars from an art supply store, but I am having a devil of a time putting them together! The notches are so tight that I need a hammer to put them together!! They still are not square! Grrrr!

[@alonzowitt5931]

Well done 👍 thank you for the know how!

[@BoxOramaFitness]

Thank you

[@hawklerfalco9067]

Thank you for the video, useful.

[@brianvernon4027]

I enjoyed watching talent with style!

[@danlaw4067]

Great video, love how you are editing these!

[@KomarProject]

dan law thanks brother. Getting better with time. Like wine lol

[@WetPaintChi]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial!!!

[@user-tl9ou8ok9m]

I also stretched a painting last weekend,really like you videos😊😊

[@KomarProject]

東陳耳 thanks so much. It’s an easy process if you take your time.

[@janetwanjiru8407]

KZbinr:I am going to show you how to make a diy craft so easy at home. **Proceeds to remove sophisticated equipment**

[@TheClaptonisgod1]

Was thinking the same, delighted thought I, then I saw the guy has a full blown joinery workshop with tools more expensive than my car.

[@janetwanjiru8407]

@@TheClaptonisgod1 😂😂😂😂the audacity to call it DIY.he can do it himself 😂🚮

[@sharronkeitt4165]

Sharron Keitt Your video helped me stretch a large canvas. Your awesome!!!!!

[@KomarProject]

Very welcome Sharon

[@PolynHoare]

Thank you so much ,Great tutorial how to.make own canvas. It's help a lot.

[@Dreamabilities]

Awesome video! Absolutely love the painting. I would hang that in my house!

[@jbn9029]

He's so funny. Great artwork and video on how to make a frame for canvas. Funny how he walks on his painting and just throws it on the ground 😅

[@Z8terfix]

This is great! You saved me a ton of cash! Bless u

[@davidfrazier8686]

I really love your art man hell yeah put that Beaty in a frame why wouldn't you .

[@LoisToYou]

Fantastic video ❤️

[@justelle5613]

Brilliant! 😩👌🏾

[@thesmiths2415]

Very very nice 👌👍

[@SlowandExpensive]

Very nice video Komar! Cool paintings too!

[@KomarProject]

Slow and Expensive thanks. I did it almost 3 years ago and it needed a frame

[@lander3673]

Good video :) Simple and to the point while keeping it interesting. :)

[@KomarProject]

Thank you so much !!

[@davidthomson8626]

Great job! Well done. D.

You do love to make everything way more difficult than it should be

[@subodhsharma406]

Thank you SIR 🙏

[@KomarProject]

Very welcome

[@janesmith6569]

Did you do those paintings? They’re beautiful!

[@FOLETREALTV]

You're the best 👌🏼

[@davewilson4599]

Nice work man!

[@KomarProject]

Thank you

[@HYPRdream]

Thank you !,

[@puppshades2554]

good video thanks

[@mrs.robinson-lotus]

Great job!

[@KomarProject]

Thank you

[@pgw1735]

DOPE🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Uofmdoc]

Agree as some have said music too loud

[@suddahewageshanthapriyalal9999]

Thanks lots

[@alexandertarapat5557]

Good job

[@savortoothprebiotic2740]

thanks for making me laugh. I really needed that.

[@KomarProject]

You are very welcome Cyfrin

[@ColetteGriffin54]

5 x 5 canvas what is the exact measurements for to come out 60 x 60 do you cut it 62 x 62?

[@kdent865]

Good video and easy to follow. The volume was also good. Thanks. Question.. I've only ever seen canvases stapled and stretched starting from the middle of the bar, and going out to the corners. You did it the other way around. Is there a reason for doing it this way? Kelly

[@KomarProject]

Nope. You can go any way as long as you get a good stretch

[@kdent865]

@@KomarProject thanks. Do you find it easier to do it this way on big canvases.. or is this just the way you do your framing on any size?

[@CheshireCad]

Yeah, starting it from the middle is usually best. If you start from the corners and work inward, then you risk messing up and having a little bit of excess, which will bunch up in the middle and look really bad.

[@vicvaclavhunkabushcraftout7573]

Realy nice man! Paintings are also realy prety!

[@KomarProject]

Thank you

[@cloyoung7375]

Loved the video, trying to do my own stretch. My picture is 16x32 so I know I want my board a half inch thick. My question to you is, should I do 15x31 or just stick with the original measurements.

[@KomarProject]

I would go even less then that. 14x30 so you have something to pull on. Hope that helps.

[@cloyoung7375]

@@KomarProject going 14x30 will that take away from the picture

[@cloyoung7375]

Can I send you a picture?

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

Nice video! I am curious, how did you make these paintings if they weren't already stretched?

[@yyyyaiza]

You can just prime and work on unstretched canvas. Some people put it on the floor like a rug, some people put it on the wall. No difference

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

@@yyyyaiza My issue is that unstretched canvas buckles after paint is applied.

[@anaclaudiaoliveira8745]

I always paint unstretched on the floor and stretch it on the frame after it is ready. It works for my mixed media painting.

[@FranciscoAntonio-rd1eu]

Mmmhh.. pero no se vale con un gatito ayudante jeje... gracias es un vídeo muy instructivo y alegre.

[@mcmurv]

What size nails did you use in your main gun? How long did you meet the frame sit or dry before stretching the canvas?

[@motivationinc6415]

Hey brother awesome video Do you know any company who prints for low price the canvas like that?

[@Sufficient4UsIsAllah]

Was glad when this started off with no music. Was looking forward to watching and hearing natural sounds of work being done. Then music kicked in and I lost interest. Having just come from reading how many people hate background music. This was especially jarring.

[@rileyjw96]

Frame shop quoted me $650 to get my 3 paintings framed... gonna try my luck with this lol

[@magneticPete]

Beautiful painting!! Do you sell prints of it? I’d buy one.

[@KomarProject]

I don’t. Should I?

[@magneticPete]

@@KomarProject Definitely

[@johngragg5143]

Beautiful print. Where do you have your prints made?

[@KomarProject]

I actually printed them

[@mlevenh]

You are pretty funny. Good job.

[@KomarProject]

Thank you !!!

[@essencerob6936]

Where do you buy a blank canvas that big? I have a large picture i want to mount, but I cant find the right size canvas already made. So i need to make my own, but i dont know where to buy canvas. Thanks

[@KomarProject]

Here you go amzn.to/3mZQmzd

[@elguruj8792]

Super loca

[@CLCustom1911]

Did you do those paintings? Those are all amazing. Excellent tutorial

[@KomarProject]

I did. Thank you brother

[@CLCustom1911]

@@KomarProject fantastic. Excellent work.

[@CLCustom1911]

@@KomarProject do you sell those, or do commissions?

[@KeenanWyrobek]

Do you sell your paintings?

[@jacobdelgado5733]

Do you use a brad nailer or finish nailer ? And what gage ? Thanks

[@alijabos]

18ga brad with appropriate length nails

[@vladmadrilejos1657]

How do you deal with weather changes wood shrinking and expanding mostly the shrinking part its gonna make the painting bowed and look dented morphed you know what I mean lol

[@PauliusGG]

Do you perhaps have schematics of what lengths are required for making the frame?

[@anyonecandiy]

What staple gun do you use?

[@belindagray9668]

I think I would want to paint after

[@tigertilt7632]

love the cat love how easy you did that and have to say, love you too. love your furry face cute guy.

[@KomarProject]

Thanks so much Tiger !!

[@charleec.272]

Do you have a video making one simpler? I have a miter saw and basic tools.

[@KomarProject]

I don’t but you can just make the corners butt joints on the miter saw. Use glue and screws and you should be fine.

[@nedalissa6196]

so how do you add the outer frames to this?

[@gtberg]

Electric staple gun is much easier than the hand model. Plus it has more power to punch through the thick canvas.

[@warriorwoodworking5136]

Thank you from a fellow veteran and police officer. For some of us have seen too much.

[@KomarProject]

Gary Stokes yes we have brother. But the world wouldn’t be the same without people like you. Much love !!!

[@cameranmanner4701]

I'm finding the tension on your canvas not very tight. would a canvas puller help?

[@ragodesign]

Yes it would as starting to staple from the center and then moving out... if you start from the corners if you have excess canvas you're screwed, the other way you just pull more... That's why pro's do it the opposite way

[@infuzioncreative]

Where do you get fresh clean canvas from. (The sheet, I’ve got a load of frames to use)

[@KomarProject]

I usually get them on Amazon

[@danielgreenknox]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@belindagray9668]

Should canvas already be painted ?

[@GogebicYooper]

Yo. I just applied the canvas print to my frame. I was sitting in my living room admiring it until I realized that I can see the framing under the print in the lighter areas. Owe. This print is 24 by 72 and I am going to have to remove it from the frame. Any suggestions for backing material?

[@erikwhited5339]

Use a blank piece of canvas underneath your painting to hide any background colors or lighting issues. If you're referring to seeing the frame's shape, you'd have to pull off the painting and rehang it while properly applying tension to pull it tighter.

[@alexzandersartstudio9877]

Any concerns about the 2 x 4 frames warping?

[@KomarProject]

As long a you keep them inside without much temp changes should be fine.

[@cameranmanner4701]

would mdf be a good choice, as it is more stable and less likely to warp.

[@rodanvsandrew]

No, they're likely far more stable than other frames, I mean, they build houses from them. I've used 2x4 (ripped down to the profiles I want on the table saw) to make a lot of canvases.

[@tolgaoztemur]

May i ask is it oil paint or acyrilis or any other? I am anxious that oil painting may crack.

[@KomarProject]

This was acrylic paint. Oil may crack. With oil it’s good to stretch it first then paint

[@latifhakhroo6116]

What is the name of the wire you are using please?

[@jokes108]

They are not 2 by 4 inches, are they? Or what metric is he using?

[@zachzw]

Is there a version of this without the music?

[@zm35r2bn]

I love these videos. I wish you guys a turn off the music it's so crappy

[@kellypoor]

A framing shop would have charged you $300 to do what you did in 11 minutes.

[@MeiMeiAndLilyOfficial]

Been better for me without music in background

[@ABUNCHOFDUMBAZZES]

Can you make frame for me. How much? 72x36

[@250mrcool]

I just got something from Amazon 20 bucks, couldn't I just get a sheet of plywood a little smaller then the canvas picture itself and staple it to the back?

[@250mrcool]

Like a inch thick sheet or something

[@250mrcool]

Craft store wants 200 bucks lol And I dont have saws and stuff lol

[@mrmileskp]

Is it just me or is it like impossible to find large canvas frames anywhere

[@thfi5294]

If you havebu the money you can find them. Better to make your own, but if you can't do that, hire someone to make them for you - loads less expensive then buying ready made.

[@KomarProject]

Ya and if you do they cost a fortune

[@mrmileskp]

@@thfi5294 ridiculous, I thought it was just me....I'm not the best at DIY, but should be pretty simple....thankfully my work throw out a shit load of perfect wood pallets for fun 😈

[@lovebites8019]

Music is so freeking loud

[@stewsmith9236]

You didn't stretch the canvas! For that you need canvas stretching pliers, and the result will be so much better. The frame looked well built, but I would check the diagonal dimensions to ensure it is completely square

[@vadymvolodko7252]

I did it with the Woodglut plans.

[@s4098429]

That music is way too loud! You don’t need terrible on trend music to make your videos ‘better’, the quality of your knowledge is enough.

[@davehaskill1369]

There is this strange button on your device that controls the volume. Use it!

[@dominusstyx]

@@davehaskill1369 Hey. You. Know it all, guy. ..."this strange button" as you, so intelligently, called it, it doesn't lower only the music but the presenter as well. DUH!!! If we want to listen to only music, there're other videos. There.

[@ColocasiaCorm]

Too bad i dont have table saw

[@stevespanos75]

Get Rid of your Soundtrack, really !!!

[@kevinkildare3413]

Thanks. Music too high, voice too low.