Different Kinds of Painting to Decorate Your House

Different Kinds of Painting to Decorate Your House

When you think of wall art decor chances are you are thinking about some form of painting, however reality looks much different, there are many different types of wall art. Throughout history people have looked for different ways of expressing their love for art through the paintings they hang on their walls. In this article we will discuss the three main forms of wall art, these are the oil paintings, canvas prints and finally canvas photos.

Oil Paintings

The first types of wall art that we will examine are oil paintings. To put it simply, oil paintings is the term used for painting on canvas with colors that are composed of different oils. Oil paintings have been around since the fifth century, however it wasn't really until the middle ages that oil paintings became popular in the western world.

In order to create the artwork, the painter will use different oils to get different colors and results on the canvas. Most commonly the paint is made of linseed oil, poppy seed oil as well as walnut oil. The painter will use different kinds of oil in order to generate different effects on the acrylic painting. For instance the painter might use one kind of oil in order to achieve a certain type of color, while another kind of oil will have an influence on the drying time of the paint, in order to give the painting a more glossy look the oil is sometimes combined with a resin.

Canvas Prints

The second type of wall art that we will look at is Canvas prints. Canvas prints gained immense popularity in the 1990's with the advances in photography and printing. Canvas Prints are simply paintings that are printed onto a canvas; the canvas is then stretched over a frame and finally hung on the wall. Canvas prints are produced on printers that can print on large rolls of canvas; the most common width for the canvas is 1.5 meters wide while the length is only determined by the size of the painting.

Canvas Photos

The third kind of wall art that we will look at is the canvas photo. In the past 20 years Photos on Canvas have gotten much more popular, perhaps this is due to the fact that people are looking for different ways of decorating their homes with photos. While the canvas photo is similar to the canvas print in the sense that they are also printed onto large canvas rolls. Canvas photos mostly resemble photographs that people print photo on canvas. These photos are then also stretched onto a frame.