{"id":409,"date":"2014-06-10T23:32:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T23:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2016-08-24T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T09:08:06","slug":"canvas-printing-master-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/canvas-printing-master-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Master Class in Canvas Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a fundamental rule about the world we live in: Everything looks easy right up until you try your hand at it. That goes for preparing your own taxes, building a treehouse for the kids, or figuring out the best way to use canvas printing to decorate your home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1340 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/canvas-printing-master-class-grey-couch.jpg\" alt=\"canvas-printing-master-class-grey-couch\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/canvas-printing-master-class-grey-couch.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/canvas-printing-master-class-grey-couch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/canvas-printing-master-class-grey-couch-150x112.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/488;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At first glance interior design seem pretty straightforward: Choose some things you like (colour, furniture, wall art) and put them into a room. And then you wind up with an ugly, clashing room that is crammed full of wonderful things that don\u2019t play well with each other, and you realise just how hard design is \u2013 and decorating your walls skilfully is one of the most difficult aspects of the concept. Here are three Master Class ideas that will instantly give you control over your wall art, and give you the basics to transforming your room into something beautiful.<\/p>\n<h2>Canvas Printing Rule: Size Matters<\/h2>\n<p>Many people, when just starting off with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/\">canvas prints<\/a>, get a bunch of pieces in exactly the same medium-range size, and hang them on the walls like in a museum. There\u2019s nothing wrong with this approach, and if you have a firm design vision surrounding these prints, you\u2019re fine. But interior design is a flexible tool, and to truly master it you should be thinking bigger \u2013 or smaller.<\/p>\n<p>Varying the size of the art in your room adds dimension and interest \u2013 and tying the size of your wall art to both the subject being depicted and the furniture in the room will make everything pop. Consider groups of pictures as components of a larger installation: Larger pieces get emphasis, smaller pieces are grace notes, and together they form a powerful whole.<\/p>\n<h2>Using Architecture<\/h2>\n<p>Residential properties are creative objects \u2013 they were designed, in their most basic form, by an architect. Even if your home is part of a development where the houses are very similar there are going to be oddities: Those bonus rooms no one knows what to do with, an odd roof line, and the character that creeps into a house as it settles and gets some weathering.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1341 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/canvas-printing-master-class-long-hallway.jpg\" alt=\"canvas-printing-master-class-long-hallway\" width=\"650\" height=\"827\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/canvas-printing-master-class-long-hallway.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/canvas-printing-master-class-long-hallway-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/canvas-printing-master-class-long-hallway-117x150.jpg 117w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/827;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The key to effective use of canvas printing is to use these architectural oddities to your advantage. There are many places where art can improve and superpower your home:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Niches: These display features in hallways and rooms can puzzle homeowners \u2013 but they are ideal spots for a pop of powerful visuals.<\/li>\n<li>Windowless Rooms: Bonus rooms that lack windows (and thus can\u2019t be bedrooms) cry out for light and colour, and art can give them both.<\/li>\n<li>Bulkheads: These ugly boxes covering pipes and wires in a room can be an eyesore \u2013 but they\u2019re perfect for displaying a cohesive group of canvas prints.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Using Colour Thoughtfully<\/h2>\n<p>Colour can be overwhelming. Neophyte designers get lost in thinking that every surface and area of space in a room has to have a definite colour. The Master Class approach, however, reminds you that a lack of colour can be just as powerful. In rooms where colour is lacking, a print with a strong colour palette can pop off the walls. In rooms where there\u2019s already a lot of colour, consider going black-and-white, grayscale, or with art that\u2019s been muted with a fade effect or other filter. It\u2019s all about the contrast.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, design is personal \u2013 and if you love the way your rooms turned out, that\u2019s all that matters. But these three advanced techniques will make your use of art as decoration much more powerful. When you\u2019ve got your design plan in hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/thecanvasfactory.com.au\">click here<\/a> to send us your images, and we\u2019ll handle turning them into the perfect wall art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a fundamental rule about the world we live in: Everything looks easy right up until you try your hand at it. That goes for preparing your own taxes, building a treehouse for the kids, or figuring out the best way to use canvas printing to decorate your home. At first glance interior design seem &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/canvas-printing-master-class\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canvas-wall-art"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4633,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/4633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}