Wall Art Techniques
How to Arrange a Gallery Wall With Paper Templates
Plan a gallery wall on the floor, trace each piece onto paper, mark the hanger points and tape the templates up, so the layout is settled before anything is hung.
Wall Art Techniques
The skills behind the projects: choosing colors, composing a piece, measuring, hanging lightweight art, and arranging a wall.
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Wall Art Techniques
How to Hang Lightweight Wall Art Without Guesswork
A careful method for hanging light handmade pieces: weigh the piece, identify the wall, choose hardware its manufacturer rates for both, check for wires and pipes, then mark and level.
Wall Art Techniques
How to Measure Your Wall and Choose the Right Art Size
Work out the right width, height and spacing for a piece before you make it, using common sizing rules of thumb, a worked sofa example and a painter's tape outline on the wall.
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Wall Art Composition Basics: Balance, Focus and Negative Space
Six plain composition ideas for people who are not artists: one focal point, thirds, odd groupings, a size hierarchy, open space and repetition, plus a ten-minute thumbnail exercise to test a layout before you use real materials.
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How to Plan a Color Palette for Wall Art
A practical method for choosing colors: pull three from the room, add a neutral, set dominant, secondary and accent proportions, check warm, cool, light and dark, then test swatches on scrap.