Framing Watercolors without Glass: Making Panels

Turns out Foamboardsource.com is "temporarily out of" 3/16 inch gator board. Here is another source: http://www.artsupply.com/foamcore/gatorboard.htm

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Framing Watercolors without Glass
Video 1: Making Watercolor Panels
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My Framing without glass series:
Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCUdL...
Video 2 - Preparing Watercolor Paintings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaDh7lffYk
Video 3 - Varnishing and Framing
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Video Description:

I am a watercolor artist and plein air painter. I love painting watercolors en plein air during events, but one problem was always the framing.

I hated framing with glass for two main reasons:
1. With the glare of the glass, I felt that my paintings were at a disadvantage compared to the more numerous oil paintings I was competing with.
2. Also, framing on the road was a huge pain. Glass could brake and it was so hard to keep dust out while framing.

So, I began researching ways to frame watercolors without glass and experimenting to find the methods that best suited my needs. This is the first video in a 3 part series of tutorial videos where I demonstrate what I have learned about framing watercolors without glass. These are the titles of the 3 videos:

1. Preparing watercolor paintings to be framed
2. Making watercolor panels for painting directly on
3. Methods for varnishing and framing

During this second video (Making Watercolor Panels), I will show you how to panels that you can paint directly on. These are great for plein air painting. These panels react to the paint like paper, unlike other products, such as, watercolor boards or canvases. Below are links for some of the materials I used during this video:

1. Gatorboard: https://www.foamboardsource.com/gator...
OR here is another source of gator board I use: http://www.artsupply.com/foamcore/gatorboard.htm

2. Golden's Acrylic Heavy Gel Medium: https://www.dickblick.com/items/00628...

3. 200 lb. - 300 lb. watercolor paper. Sanders Waterford and Fabriano both have a 200 lb. paper that I love to use.

Sanders Waterford Paper:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/10059-1200/

Fabriano Paper:
https://www.dickblick.com/items/10062-1112/

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Time Index:

00:00 Intro

00:55 Supply List

02:40 Cutting Gatorboard and paper

03:15 Adhering Paper to Board

05:38 Trimming

7:20 Final Remarks

Видео Framing Watercolors without Glass: Making Panels канала Brienne M Brown