what is the best way to store an acrylic painting? On canvas..?

Question

Just looking for a great way to store some painting while keeping protection in mind.

Answer 1

What a great question! I'm surprised more people haven't asked this.

I've been storing mine for years in cardboard boxes, called shippers. These are boxes that you can get at any art supply store. These are cardboard boxes that canvases come in that come to the store. Or sometimes drawing boards or tables. I like the flat boxes that drawing boards come in best.

It's really simple! You just store your own art in the same cardboard boxes the canvases came in.

The downside is that you may have to ask store personal to save the empty boxes for you to pick up when they've got enough of them. The boxes that aren't saved are always broken up and thrown in the dumpster. So they're free for the asking. All you need to do is befriend someone at the store and have them save the boxes for you.

The only other downside is that other artists besides myself have figured this out and may be making the same request. At Dick Blick's Art Store in West LA there are at least a half-dozen artists waiting for the empty cases. Hopefully this won't be the case at your local store.

I wish you luck.

Answer 2

Many art supply stores sell storage boxes made of acid-free cardboard, with an interior laminate to keep out moisture. You can use these, or you can wrap up your painting in plain brown paper and put it in a cool, dry, dust-free place. After all, acrylic paint is just plastic; what you really need to protect is the canvas, and the major threat to canvas is water.

Answer 3

Jackson Pollock used aluminum paint on lots of his canvases. He extensively utilized homestead paint and different blended media. I see no reason that an acrylic depending spray paint ought to no longer be utilized for your canvas, somewhat in case your artwork is precis or expressionistic and not in any respect high-quality realism with tremendous element. For that you would opt for to apply diluted acrylic or black gesso. i'd pass for it. . .

Answer 4

What I have done is first you gel or varnish them. After sufficient drying(24hrs.) you can then roll them up, not too tight or they will wrinkle, then place them into platic plumbing tubes or rods which also have ends to them. How many you store at once, or seperately, will determine the size of the tube. Great for shipping too, I have sent 4 big canvasses at one time in one container. I used a 6 inch diameter tube.