Print a memorable photo on the canvas. Photos from birthdays, weddings, vacations or happy moments in life with friends or family can be brought to life on a canvas using a canvas printing service. Such services allow you to upload a photo online and, if you choose, modify the photo and print on canvas after which it is mailed to you.
Paint canvas with colors. Transform a blank canvas into one filled with color by using colors associated with life and livelihood, such as reds, pinks, yellows, greens and blues. Either trace a pattern onto the canvas using a stencil or use a freehand technique to paint your own abstraction.
Enhance an existing painted canvas. Canvases that are already painted may be dull or lackluster due to boring colors or fading over time. Bring such a canvas to life by enhancing it using a gloss paint, adding glitter or using a paint brush to add paint in globs to give the canvas a wet, textured look. This latter technique speaks to the artistic technique used by Cornwall artist, John Dyer, to elicit emotion from onlookers, who has said: "I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking."