Let’s unlock a canvas mystery 🔓 Ever wonder what those little wooden pieces that come with some stretched canvases are for? 🤔 No, they’re not surfboards for mice. They’re called ✨stretcher keys✨ and they’re designed to adjust the tension of canvas that’s gone slack due to the weight of your paint or changes in temperature and humidity. The 🗝️ is learning how (and why) to use them. While their primary function is to tighten the canvas, their main purpose is to maintain a flat painting surface,

Using a large #eggbox to create some lines across the canvas before stretching out the #patterndesign and opening it up to look like a blue #GeodeArt piece. This abstract #art creation was so much fun to create. | Mark J Ratcliffe Art