I just started using Raymar aluminum panels and love them & don’t think I am going back. Just exploring frames now. I have to get more info on varnish vs wax. This video is very helpful. Thanks!!
Wow! I am going to try this & keep at it until the results look professionally done. You are so kind to share all your knowledge with all your students and followers. Than you so much!😊
I watched all your videos on framing. Can you do a video on the point driver and putting the wire and hanger in the back? It sounds dumb but I am very visual. Thanks!
I am very interested in your comments on using Dorlands wax to avoid glass and matting. I’ve tried it before, but always ended up with a a light gloss finish with one coat, even if I didn’t buff it. And if I put two coats on it and buffed it, it looks like a high gloss painting and did not retain that lovely matte finish that I value in watercolor. Can you comment on that and or make a suggestion? I am seeing this approach on a Facebook site and seems very popular. Interesting that you see a difference in the sales price when you use it and drop the glass. Thank you so much.
I don't find that I get a gloss finish after I wax the paper... if I use a really heavy amount then it looks a bit wet and shiny but I feel that is too much wax. one isn't supposed to put on a heavy amount. If you want a shiny surface one is supposed to put on a couple of small amounts and after each small amount you let it dry and buff it. I only put on a small amount and rub it into the paper and when it is dry most of the time one can't even tell that I put wax on the paper. I think most people think it has to be thick but a small amount is enough to protect the surface. I definitely see a difference in sales and price and galleries that don't take watercolors behind glass will take watercolors that don't have glass and that are framed like oils.
Hi David. I recently purchased a tempera watercolor print from 1924. Is it okay to frame it without glass? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.😊
Is it a print or an original tempera painting? If it is a paper print I would use glass if it's an original tempera you can mount it to a panel and then wax the tempra and then frame it without glass
Hi David. It's a replica of an oil painting. But the Tempera Water Color on the print is all original. It's on fairly heavy paper. It's 100 years old this year. I can even see some paint drip marks on the edge of the print. Any help would be appreciated. @@BeckerArt
I just started using Raymar aluminum panels and love them & don’t think I am going back. Just exploring frames now. I have to get more info on varnish vs wax. This video is very helpful. Thanks!!
Wow! I am going to try this & keep at it until the results look professionally done. You are so kind to share all your knowledge with all your students and followers. Than you so much!😊
I watched all your videos on framing. Can you do a video on the point driver and putting the wire and hanger in the back? It sounds dumb but I am very visual. Thanks!
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I wax my watercolors and make my own frames of paper Mache - they do not look like paper Mache! I will post pics on your FB
Very valuable information
Thank you so much
Your information is very helpful! I can’t wait to try this! Thank you.
Last Thursday’s fisherman watercolor was beautiful, by the way.
Where can I order the modern type?
I am very interested in your comments on using Dorlands wax to avoid glass and matting. I’ve tried it before, but always ended up with a a light gloss finish with one coat, even if I didn’t buff it. And if I put two coats on it and buffed it, it looks like a high gloss painting and did not retain that lovely matte finish that I value in watercolor. Can you comment on that and or make a suggestion? I am seeing this approach on a Facebook site and seems very popular. Interesting that you see a difference in the sales price when you use it and drop the glass. Thank you so much.
I don't find that I get a gloss finish after I wax the paper... if I use a really heavy amount then it looks a bit wet and shiny but I feel that is too much wax. one isn't supposed to put on a heavy amount. If you want a shiny surface one is supposed to put on a couple of small amounts and after each small amount you let it dry and buff it. I only put on a small amount and rub it into the paper and when it is dry most of the time one can't even tell that I put wax on the paper. I think most people think it has to be thick but a small amount is enough to protect the surface. I definitely see a difference in sales and price and galleries that don't take watercolors behind glass will take watercolors that don't have glass and that are framed like oils.
and you don't buff it after the one coat? I am trying this on a practice small painting. thank youi again!@@BeckerArt
I never buff the wax@@carolynrobinson268
Hi David. I recently purchased a tempera watercolor print from 1924. Is it okay to frame it without glass? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.😊
Is it a print or an original tempera painting? If it is a paper print I would use glass if it's an original tempera you can mount it to a panel and then wax the tempra and then frame it without glass
Hi David. It's a replica of an oil painting. But the Tempera Water Color on the print is all original. It's on fairly heavy paper. It's 100 years old this year. I can even see some paint drip marks on the edge of the print. Any help would be appreciated. @@BeckerArt
@@sinatralala Since it is that old I think you should protect it under glass and with a mat around it, that way you know it will be protected.
David, instead of a mat could I just use spacers?@@BeckerArt
@@sinatralala yes definitely