Framing landscapes

February 12, 2015

-37 with wind chill here in Muskoka...and it is windy. Even the dog wants to be snuggled up inside.

No better time than a chilly day to hunker down and return to the blog.  My ankle is on the mend after over two months of physio and I am finally able to get outside and snowshoe.  Over the past weeks I have been doing an online sketching course which has been helpful for my landscapes.  I am learning more about colour as well.

I am enjoying looking at ways that people hang their landscapes.  Lately I am really loving framed pieces with or without glass., which is a personal preference.  Framed pieces without glass are  more likely to get dusty, but a good vacuum will deal with that.  Below is a gorgeous handmade frame on a landscape made by my friend Joan.  Her husband made this.  The landscape is held firmly in place with two sided tape.  The black binding doubles as a "mat". I love the way the wood frame wraps around the landscape.

I recently made a landscape  that I felt would be better if it was not as long as I had made it.  No problem.  I cut off about 9" at the end and was left with a piece about 9 x 5.  I hated to throw it out because it was so lovely and beachy.  I ended up framing it in a white Ikea frame. Looks great.

The one above I planned on framing before I even started it. It was for my daughter, as a shower gift for her new home.  She is a great lover of paddling.  My son in law is not a great fan of fabric on the walls.  Framing this landscape elevated it to the level of art worthy of their walls! Again, Ikea frames are great. On this one, I purchased a mat to just make it a bit more art like.