Unconventional canvas formats

BBB

What are your experiences with unusually shaped/sized canvases or boards? For some reason (cheapness? They were on sale 😊), I bought a bunch of stretched canvases of weird dimensions, very narrow and long - proportions close to 1:3. Now trying to decide how to best use them... maybe for a panoramic landscape composition? or a split image over several canvases as a diptych/triptych? What are your ideas?

AlexandraM

I have one too... I have the same dilema, but I'm almost decided to make an airplane  Just an ideia...

BBB

That’s a very nice idea, @AlexandraM, one of mine looks like it must definitely have good aerodynamic properties 😊

gar3thjon3s

Pete the street does a lot of paintings on 3:1 type ratio canvases: 

https://www.peterbrownneac.com/

BBB

Thanks for the tip, @gar3thjon3s! Just checked out his work, I like it. Reminded me of Edouard Cortes

StephanHM

I love using long canvasses horizontally, great for flat landscapes or still lifes where "plenty" is a theme. This shape also displays very well in my opinion!

Forgiveness

These are great for cityscape scenes, on the horizontal and vertical. Great for depicting tall narrow buildings' scenes. Horizontal is great for landscapes and great skies, and elongated or extended still lifes, family portraits depicting family lines is great and group portraits too.

Csontvary

I started a painting of a vase on one of those canvasses...still work in progress  - hopefully will be good enough to present here at some point!