Artists who paint a lot and like to stretch their own canvas will often stretch very large pieces of raw linen on heavy frames for sizing and priming. Once the linen is dry, it is removed from the frame and cut into desired painting sizes and re-stretched. Even though this is a time consuming process, by re-stretching, the artist ensures that if the linen tightens or sags with priming, it can be corrected when transferred to its permanent frame.

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