How to print on canvas

Memories create magical wall art

Spruce up your walls with beautiful canvas photo prints! Turn your favourite photographs into breath-taking pieces of art. Photos onto canvas are a great way to take any special moment and make it into a beautiful piece of art. Whether you're looking to decorate your home or give a unique gift, canvas photo printing will help bring your amazing photos to life. Transform your enchanting photos into beautiful decor, from wedding portraits to holiday memories, let your creativity shine with this decorative form of wall art.

• From digital pictures to printed canvas

  Photos are printed onto high-quality canvas material with a natural textured matte or glossy finish.

• Canvas printing offers deep saturation

  Vibrant colours and sharp details that will last through time, allowing you to display your picture in unique ways and create one-of-a kind pieces of art.

• Excellent definition

  Providing a high level of detail and clarity when viewed from up close or from a distance.

Our vast range of sizes in a range of styles allows you an amazing ability to fit just about any space of style of wall. Canvas prints have many benefits that make them ideal for displaying images or photos, they are incredibly durable and long-lasting, making them perfect for any office or living space. Our deep gallery bars have a 1.5 inch (38mm) thickness, allowing for an elegant look with the material mounting directly onto the frames. We hand stretch and staple your custom printed artwork onto natural wood frames, ensuring a sleek, high quality finish.

• Choose a good photo for your canvas

  Select a picture that has sharp details and vibrant colours, as they will be key elements in your finished piece

• Elements in your photo

  For canvas printing, select a photo with beautiful colours that will work nicely in one piece – too many faces or objects will look busy and cluttered.

• Picture quality

  Try to be aware when making your choice that better quality images print with clarity and vividness.

The first step to creating a stunning canvas print is selecting the right image. Start by perusing your computer, phone, camera ....the quality of your canvas photo print will depend in part on the photo you choose. However, there is no need to worry - we always check your picture carefully before proceeding and will contact you if we feel that your resolution is not sufficient for the size ordered. Our prints offer both quality and longevity, so make sure to find something that will remain meaningful for years to come!

Matching the style of your photo and space

Once you have chosen your photo, it’s time to upload your image and choose the correct print style. Make sure that choose a print style that suits both your photo and enhances the area of your home where you plan to display it. There's no point choosing a square peg to fit a round hole! We offer four canvas product styles, each one designed with your photography and décor in mind.

• 'A' size canvas

  These are often perfectly suited to your captured photography with minimal cropping and look good in almost any space.

• Panoramic canvas

  A wide selection of panoramic sizes intended to display those magical panoramas taken on beautiful weekend walks. Simply select through each of the different aspect ratios until you are happy with the preview of how your photo looks on the canvas.

• Square prints

  If you fancy a more contemporary look, you can crop your image to a square shape directly on the website.

• Traditional sizes

  Forever popular, our range of traditional prints include the ever popular 16x20 inch and a range of sizes that have decorated homes for decades. Sometimes traditional is just perfect.

Canvas framing options

Once you have selected your size, you need to pick a frame type. For canvas prints, there are three main frame options – gallery wrap, mirrored edge, or plain canvas sides, depending on the look you desire. This selection will depend on the look you want to achieve. Each framing style offers a different level of depth that can change how your picture fits on the canvas.

• Photo wrapped canvas sides

  A modern, sleek look with your picture flowing continuously over the sides. The image is printed on high quality, heavy canvas and is carefully wrapped around the edges of the stretcher bars, making a seamless image. If the main focus of your picture is near the edge of your composition, then our alternative methods would be more suitable.

• Mirror picture over frame sides

  Mirrored images are just that, the photo is reflected over the edges ensuring that the entire image is printed on the front of the frame whilst retaining the character of the picture on the sides by reflecting it over the edge.

• Plain canvas on frame sides

  This retains image continuity whilst still retaining all of your photo on the front of your artwork. Plain canvas offers you a more traditional look where your photo is framed with a natural, unprinted off-white canvas on the sides. This style generally looks best when paired with art or illustrator style images as well as digital compositions. It also works well when printing portrait photos, ensuring the viewers focus is drawn to the person in the picture.

High quality material

The material used to create your canvas and the stretcher bars that hold it in place will have a direct impact on the overall aesthetic of your print. We use high quality thick canvas. The material we use is a textured cotton poly-blend for the best colour and detail, providing greater colour vibrancy and deep depths in shadows. High quality, thick canvas provides a perfect balance of stiffness and flexibility, our premium quality canvas will ensure that your canvas print will look just as amazing 10 years from now as it does today.

Stretcher bars

The frame is a natural wood moulding attached to the back of the print which provides the rigidity and structure. Our framing bars are crafted from ethically sourced redwood pine. Wood is our perfect choice due to its lightweight properties whilst still being sturdy enough to maintain a high-quality look. To complete your handcrafted look we add wood bracings, these is a small piece of wood on either side of the stretcher bar ensuring a nice tight bond and extra longevity, they can be adjusted to retain the tightness of the canvas should the natural cotton stretch over time.

Your print has arrived!

After your canvas print is complete and delivered, it’s time to hang it up on your wall. Our canvas photo prints come complete with hanging attachment on the rear of the frame and instructions on how to utilise our specially designed hanging device. We endeavour to make it as easy as possible for you to hang your artwork level and secure. First start by determining what type of wall you have, plaster, stonework, or brick? Make sure you have all the gear you need; a cordless drill, screws, wall plugs (if suitable), a hammer and ideally a level.

Putting it on the wall

Position the artwork in the chosen location and use a spirit level to ensure it hangs evenly, our hanging device makes it easy to gently adjust the horizontal and vertical level. Tape where you want to mark nails or screws and either use a screwdriver or drill for larger frames. Then simply place your new décor on your installed screws or nails to secure the artwork. If you wish for a detailed hanging explanation, please see our article on how to hang pictures.