Are you gifting in person or mailing? I’ve mailed two paintings I’ve sold recently unframed. I cut cardboard to size, taped the artwork inside it and then put the lot in a Prime or other type bubble mailing envelope. They arrived unharmed.

If you’re gifting in person, I would put it between the cardboard and then wrap that or put it in a shallow box and wrap.

Cardboard sheets that come inside wall calendars, a couple on each side; and then wrap in a layer of tissue paper before adding wrapping paper.

Better yet, mat it with a mat that comes from the art store. I hope there’s a little margin around the edges of your drawing so the necessary frame or mat overlap doesn’t cover any of the picture.

This assumes delivery by hand and not by mail.

No I’ll be giving it to them in person.

Ok. So either my second or @Jeruba‘s suggestions which are similar.

I always save the cardboard from wall calendars. It’s useful for many things.

Thanks!

You’ve treated it with fixative, right? Don’t wrap it until the fixative has completely dried and aired out. Is it a charcoal drawing?

Cardboard. You can cut up a box. If you don’t have either and need to use something in the house try cutting up cereal boxes maybe make it double thick.

Write down not bend in thick marker.

Nah, not cereal boxes. It’s a gift, and it’s not being mailed. Better to get some heavy card stock (poster board) and cut it to size. They have 22” x 28” sheets not only at art stores and Staples or Office Max but also at places like Target and even possibly Walgreen’s.

With covid I never know if people are going into stores. You could always gift wrap whatever cardboard you use to make it more festive.

How about rolling? That’s pretty safe for transport and can be dolled up for gifting easily.

@dabbler He’s giving it in person.

There are cardboard and plastic cylinders if you want to roll it.

I’d still give it to them in a cardboard tube. Helps them store it safely from when you give it to them until they actually frame it.