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If caring for your paintings on wood canvases has you “stumped,” we're reviewing some common questions, as well as what we've discovered about art on wood surfaces and how to preserve and mitigate issues associated with these special pieces.

As part of our series about how to care for your paintings and other artwork, we're taking a look at art for which metals are the foundation upon which the artist paints. It can be difficult to find resources about the best way to care for these unique pieces, so we've done our research and come up with a few tips.

In our recent series about how to care for art, we've focused on the types of materials artists use as their medium to paint or draw artworks. Now we're switching things up and examining the ways in which the chosen canvas for paintings and drawings is also important in how we preserve and maintain the integrity of our art, starting with a discussion of works on paper.

We've occasionally received questions over the years about the best ways to preserve charcoal drawings. As part of our series on how to care for your art, we're reviewing and researching your questions and sharing what we've learned to help ensure the longevity of your treasured charcoal artworks.

As part of our series about how to care for your art, we're zeroing in on your personally owned sculptures and sharing what we've learned in researching how to care for them. As with other types of art we've discussed, proper care can go a long way toward preserving these valued pieces for a lifetime and beyond.

Although not much in life is guaranteed, using reasonable care, you should be able to expect that the quality of your paintings will endure for future generations to enjoy. This is true of your acrylic paintings on canvas as well, and we're glad to offer a few tips for ensuring their longevity.

It is important to consider the mediums used to create artwork when determining how best to handle and care for it. While there is much that is consistent about caring for art across most mediums, there can be subtle differences as well. With this in mind, we're taking a closer look at how to care for your pastel paintings.

We want our art to last forever, or at least through our lifetimes and for generations beyond, which is why we're expanding on a recent series about how to care for your art, starting with watercolors. We're sharing some guidelines in the form of “Dos and Don'ts” for ensuring you maintain your watercolor paintings in pristine condition.

We've been taking a closer examination of some unusual places and spaces for displaying art, as well as creative ways in which to do so. Whatever the reason, some people prefer to display art utilizing a hanging system, and we're here to shed light on the practical and playful ways in which you can hang art from a higher elevation.