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Thanks for watching! Not a silly question - paint pen is easier to “erase” before it has dried, just use some water and wipe it off. After it has dried, it can probably be gently scrubbed off with a wet sponge (as dry acrylic paint underneath is pretty durable) but you may still end up with some paint pen marks left behind. You can always touch up / cover those marks with acrylic though.

Awwwww, thanks for your amusingly sexist comment! (And, who are those "ancients” you speak of? Did they shop for canvases in art supply stores?) Perhaps you didn't see, the subject of canvas keys was talked about here, and yup …..gasp!….there’s a staple in the mitered corner. And - omg! - yes, it prevents the canvas from opening. That's because my Blick canvas came like that, with stapled corners in stretcher bars. It also came with a set of canvas keys, some of which were even too thick to fit in openings - all in all, making them not even workable in this scenario. SO the whole point of my quick key demo was simply to show that keys CAN be a hassle (or useless), and that another tightening option exists, today. So, it looks like “the ancients” aren’t my audience after all. Turns out, this video is for contemporaries, who can go out and purchase polymer resin products - a 20th century invention. And, apparently, this tip did help a few people, go figure!

Every comment here thanking her because this worked when they tried it… and here comes tiresome Scott with his mansplaining. No one needs you bud, move along ya ol’ coot

Because (presumably) the front of your stretched canvas is primed. So the medium would not be as effective at tightening canvas fibers, with a coat of primer being in the way.

Thank you!

Glad to hear it worked for you! 👍🏼

Thanks so much for your nice comment! Glad you found it helpful!

Thanks so much!

Gloss medium should work the same way, i just never tried it myself because I always have matte in my studio. There’s a possibility of it being more sticky. Be mindful when applying gloss medium near stretcher bars, don’t put a thick layer in that gap to ensure that it doesn’t accidentally stick to wood.

I would mount it first and then paint the remaining border, and maybe also side edges of the panel.

@@AnastasiaMakArtthanks!

You can either seal paint pen with water-based spray varnish, or add an extra coat of matte medium on top of your paint pen by rolling it on with a roller - and then do your wash / paint additions on top of that. Gently using a roller shouldn’t disturb the paint pen. (But, use a high density roller, otherwise it tends to leave spongy texture. )

There's no need to cover sides of canvas - unless, they're sagging too, but in that case, the canvas should probably be removed and re-stretched altogether. Reaching tips of corners can be done by a different tool - like, a very skinny flat brush for example. But if we're talking about a tiny dime-sized area in the corner, then it's no big deal if it doesn't get covered. If the canvas tightens up after applying matte medium, but leaves wrinkles in a corner part that wasn't covered, then you'll want to get deeper in there to apply it where the wrinkle appeared. I use matte medium also with acrylic paint, to create matte texture for other paint layers, and for smooth application of paint pen. And, it works as glue for mounting canvas to flat panels, or for mounting paper collage over painting (but, canvas has to be pressed down with weight, in order to actually stick to a flat panel).

@@AnastasiaMakArt Hello Anastasia, thank you so very much for answering all of my questions. Very helpful. I appreciate it.

You can thin it out with water or acrylic medium (for example, Liquitex Matte Medium that I use so much, can work for this) - but that also means the pigmentation in paint will become thinner. You can also mix your heavy body paint with fluid paint, and that will make it less “thick” while keeping pigmentation rich. Aside from these options, there is no magic way to thin out acrylic heavy body.

@@AnastasiaMakArt thank you so much!

Thanks so much for your nice words, and for watching!

Thanks so much for watching and for nice words!

Thank you for watching!

Glad to hear, thanks so much! Enjoy the painting process!

Awesome, happy to help!

So glad it worked for you! 👍🏼

thanks so much, glad you found it helpful!

Thank you for your comment!

It’ll likely have the same result as matte medium

You can try, but it probably won’t adhere very well to glossy surface and will be easier to smear. The point of varnish is to seal your artwork, so all the painting elements should be under the coat of varnish, not on top of it. Thanks for enjoying my work!

@@AnastasiaMakArt thanks for the reply! My current painting requires golden paint pen strokes on top. So If i do them below varnish it will get smudged off im afraid. Or shall I go with posca golden markers? Whats your thought?

@@Gayathri-Arts metallic acrylic pens are very different from non-metallic colors. Posca metallic colors are not that great, they come out looking quite dull. If you want gold strokes, a solvent based pen option should be more effective, such as DecoColor. But I do not know how it interacts with varnishes. Sealing it with oil based spay varnish will probably be your best bet, I highly suggest doing some testing first on a scrap piece of canvas.

@@AnastasiaMakArt thank you so much for your thoughts!! Highly helpful 😊😊.. I have few ideas as well..will try all in a small canvas and will let you know the idea that worked...once again thank you!

Thank you for your comment!

Thanks so much for your comment & for enjoying my work! I am glad you found the video helpful.

Wow, thank you for sharing your background and experience! Balancing out your energy while performing music is such a great example of this process working outside of visual art. I love that when you bring it into painting, even if a piece isn't "quite there" yet, the energy boost you get from the process just makes you eager to dive back in again and keep refining. Wishing you many more enriching creative hours / days / years!

@@AnastasiaMakArt Thank you for your kind response. I see creativity everywhere (even plumbing, for example) and it just fills me with awe that people bring what they have learned into visual arts as well. Your lovely video encapsulated this perfectly! Thank you, too, for the warmth of your wish that I may enjoy more creativity in whatever time still lies ahead for me. Yesterday you fed my spirit and today you nourished my heart. You are awesome!

Sure!

Thanks for enjoying it!!! (and that “Wind Swept” painting process was tough to film, I’m glad it worked out in the end 😊)

I don’t see why not, but oil paint will cover up your pen.

You can apply matte or satin varnish over glossy, just be sure it's the same base as your Krylon varnish. (so if the Krylon you used is oil based, you can only use oil-based varnish on top of it). Or you could remove your Krylon varnish altogether, since it's removable (in that case contact the manufacturer for removal guidelines).

Thanks for commenting! Everyone has a different taste in art. As for me, I love the addition of paint pen over my work. This painting was created and sold a long time ago, and all these months / years later i continue to enjoy adding paint pen elements to my pieces.

Canvases with interlocking stretcher bars don't have nails 😄

@@AnastasiaMakArt Indeed. But the one you tried to stretch, do have. Someone nailed them across (two per intersection), just to make sure.. :)

@@Strawdozz those aren't nails. They're staples. 😄 This is how canvas comes from Blick - with staples on back, and a set of canvas keys. These staples were pretty shallow, but if they do prevent stretcher bars from spreading, that makes canvas keys in this situation even more fruitless, right?

@@AnastasiaMakArt Staple is a type of nail. No, it rather makes Blick clueless then :) What else would prevent the bars from spreading? They clearly dont spread at all in your vid and on other vids, they do (at the end, there is a visible gap between the bars). If you removed the staples it would probably work. In any case, its good to know about other methods of 'spreading'.

@@Strawdozz Several things can interfere with keys getting stretcher bars to spread - sizing, for example. Way too often included keys are either too fat or too skinny, which prevents them from being hammered far enough in, or, they fall out. Also uneven or cracked wood inside the openings can create a similar issue. If the canvas is framed, the keys likely won't work. Not to mention, if keys DO work, they must be go into all 4 corners, otherwise canvas ends up lopsided. Most canvas keys demo videos show them working as designed - of course they do! - yet in reality that's not always the case. But hey, if in your art practice keys perform flawlessly, great for you, no other tightening method needed then 👍

Not sure I understand the question. Why would you need to wash a painting?