How to choose a frame for your painting

Alya Khemji
3 min readJan 11, 2018

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Framing an art is as important as the art itself. Framing could become problematic when you do not know the exact match of the frame with the art. Nevertheless, some tips and tricks can help the artists and art lovers to frame their arts according to their genre and suitability. The art lovers search paintings for sale in different art galleries and exhibitions and they demand that the canvas paintings must be equally attractive both in terms of creativity and outer framing. Here are some tips and tricks to choose a frame for painting:

Style of the frame

Frames come in different sizes and shapes. Furthermore, the material of the art is very vital to present the overall style of the artwork. The most common materials used in frames are metals, glass, wood and the mats. You should choose the best material according to your art for instance, woody and metallic frames are best suited for natural sceneries and cool art. Furthermore, the canvas paintings are mostly attributed to certain frames according to their design and style.

Weight of the frame

The weight of the frame is very vital to hang the art on a wall because the weight must be appropriate enough to hang the art on the wall. Moreover, the frame must hold the art in place according to its weight and it must maintain a firm hanging position in order to avoid falling apart. Art lovers mostly buy oil paintings with light frames because oil paintings carry more weight as compared to other paintings.

Size of the frame

The size of the frame should come in accordance with the size of the art. Usually, large size art needs large frame but the frame depth of the frame should not be high in this case because the overall size of the artwork would increase.

Color of the frame

The color of the frame plays a vital role to embellish the art. The color should be chosen according to the color and genre of the art. If the art colors are dim, then you cannot chose a bright frame. On the contrary, if the art colors are bright, then the selected frame should not be dim colored. You should try to create a good match between the art colors and the colors of the frame so that both these things should support each other while hanging on the wall.

Texture of the frame

The texture of the frame defines the art through supportive designs and colors. The texture of the frame is the design on the outer boundary of the frame. The size of the outer boundary of the frame is the space where the texture is adjusted and the greater size supports large textures. The texture should be selected in according to the genre of the art. For instance, the flowers on a frame is best suited for natural sceneries. Nevertheless, people buy different paintings for sale with different frames according to their taste and life style.

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Alya Khemji
Alya Khemji

Written by Alya Khemji

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