German Silver Nielsen 13 Metal Picture Frame

Oil painting as a medium is steeped in rich history and universally appreciated. It has served as the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for centuries—beginning in Europe and spreading around the world. Although the process of creation is often a slower one, given the time needed for individual colors or layers to dry, oil painting offers the distinct advantages of flexibility, richness of color and overall density. Today, oil paintings remain as relevant and popular as ever.

Choosing a frame for a stretched canvas can be a simple process, once you decide on the type of frame that you wish to use. By the type, we mean back loader, front loader (float aka floater), or metal.

There are a number of different ways that a canvas can be framed and most choices that you make are based on personal preference. In this tutorial we will show 2 different ways to frame a canvas with a canvas float frame, otherwise known as a floater frame.