How to Make Canvas Photo Paintings

A canvas photo painting is just a painting on canvas based on a photo.
There are essentially two approaches to make a canvas photo painting: do it yourself or have an artist to paint it.

The least expensive way is to do it oneself. To convert a canvas photo to an art painting you require some kind of photo editing software.

The finest tool is with no doubt Adobe Photoshop. But for most consumers this is way too high priced. Instead you can use the considerably less expensive Adobe Photoshop Element, which is a light version of Adobe Photoshop. But for the purpose of creating canvas photo art, it is fairly good. Each programs can be downloaded in a free of charge 1-month trial version.

Using the filters in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Components you can make several kinds of "paintings" like Watercolor canvas pictures or Sketch Drawing Canvas Pictures. The ideal way to find the painting style that suits you is to play with the filters.

When you canvas photo is ready, you just upload it as a normal photo on canvas.

If you want the real deal and not just a "canvas art"-lookalike canvas photo, the correct option is a hand painted canvas painting based on a photo.

Depending on the dealer, the paintings are created with regular paint or on a computer. But they are at all times manually hand painted. No pc-automated processes are applied.

You can have your photo painted in several styles. Do you like the modern or the classic look? It is up to you.

All famous artists have their own style - from Van Gogh to Andy Warhol. And you can have your canvas photo painted specifically as you like it. The painters are incredibly very good to imitate the well-known artists.

If the painting is hand painted the standard way, the typical material is oil painting. But it does not have to be that way. You can also pick out to have your photos painted with charcoal, watercolor or pastel. Even pencil and acrylic are possibilities.

Typically you can approve the painting just before you obtain it. If you are not satisfied, the artist will make the wished alterations.