| Author | Message | ||
  John Preston |
If you were to go that route I would use an acrylic product such as gloss or matte medium followed by a coat of matte varnish, the type made specifically for acrylics. The picture varnishes made for oils (like Damar, etc.) could deteriorate the paper. | ||
anneengw |
Is it possible to coat the painting with a varnish like on an acrylic or oil? I have heard that part of the reason some of the buying public steer away from watercolors is the glass and glare. Several artists I know of are experimenting with this. | ||
John Preston |
rmarz, It probably would be best to frame behind glass. The binding strength of gum arabic is not as great as, say, dried linseed oil. Your work would be vulnerable to abrasion and of course moisture from any source. Not to imply that your work would be hung in places where rough-housing and flying liquids are common...however I gather Australians occasionaly visit this forum, so... | ||
rmarz |
I have been experimenting with watercolor on a weird surface. I use the rough side of a masonite panel covered with three coats of stain hiding latex primer. This gives a canvasy VERY rough surface. Do you think these paintings have to be framed with glass? It seems to that the issue is ,"Is glass used to protect the paper or the paint?" Opinions are welcome. |
