I have many unframed pencil drawings. It costs a lot of money to frame a picture. I have a lot of frames, and a big box of mats. Matching drawings with mats and frames is a process.

“Process” is a nice businessy word that actually means ‘BIG FAT HASSLE”.

This is how I frame on short notice.

1. Here is a frame that might work.
2. Here is another one.
3. Just grab them all.
4. Where are the mats? Get the whole box!
5. Hold a picture up to a frame with another picture in it to see if it is vaguely the same size. Don’t worry too much about the best color, because time and supplies are limited. Besides, they are all grays because they are pencil.
6. Yep, that might work. Unframe the drawing.
7. Oops, this one is a little short on the top and bottom. Better extend the drawing.
8. Okay, that’ll work. Get it in the mat.
9. Looks fine, get it in the frame.
10. Dang, is that a hair under the glass? Better unframe it.
11. Put it back.
12. Dang, it’s crooked. Better unframe it again.
13. Straighten it and put it back.
14. I FORGOT TO SCAN IT! Better unframe it.
15. Scanned, put it back.
16. WHAT’S UNDER THE GLASS THIS TIME? Better unframe it.
17. Put it back. Yeppers, that’ll do.
18. NEXT!!!?