3 tips for painting large in a small studio

3 tips for painting large in a small studio

I paint in the smallest studio!  The room has one window and measures 9'x6'!  I regularly paint canvases as large as 36" x 36", 24" x 48" and 30" x 40"

Here are 3 tips that have helped me!

  1. Easel - I use my window sill as an easel.  I have a large window and the sill is the right height for painting.  I do put a huge piece of cardboard in front of the window to block the light from shining through the back of the canvas.  Usually, I prop the canvas on plastic tubs to get to the bottom of the canvas, easier.  I have a smaller easel on a table for smaller paintings.

2.  Grounding - When I start to ground my paintings I will set the canvas on the floor so I can turn it easy to get to all sides.  This is especially convenient since I'm just covering the canvas.

3.    Storage - I rarely finish a canvas in one sitting.  Most of the time, I'm working on multiple canvases.  So, I have plastic tubs and lots of cardboard to keep wet paint from getting on the floors and walls.  I, also, have a peg wall that I built on one of the longer walls so paintings can dry on the pegs.  I find it hard to impossible to paint a canvas on the pegs, although I know lots of artists who love it. 

 

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I found when I started painting on larger canvases that my sales increased!  So large canvases are important to my art business.  

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