How to stretch watercolor paper (Steve soaks, staples and "stretches" paper) Part 3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video Steve shows the process of cutting paper off the roll, soaking it in a tub and then stapling it to his new watercolor boards.
Man... what I would give to create a short documentary on the process of a watercolor piece from scrap to print. This is just so fascinating...
Thanks Kyle! I wonder if I'm adding so much complexity that no one will actually want to try all the stuff I do... but at least you find it fascinating!
Stevenkozar I seriously just wrote up an outline for a documentary. Hahaha! This will happen eventually! I love art too much to leave this idea on the shelf. I don't know when, but it will happen.
This is so freaking helpful, thank you!
thank you for these instructions. Can I ask you what kind of board you use?
thanks!
Why can't we soak the paper and then tape it with acid free tape and the put heavy weights on overnight? Will it dry properky?
Hello Steve, I’ve been a watercolor painter for more than 20 years so I’m not a beginner. I stretch my Arches watercolor paper in the same way you do with staples. But suddenly I’m having a bizarre stretching problem that I haven’t been able to solve. I’m hoping you can come up with some ideas to help.
Suddenly, the staples that are used to attach my paper to my gatorboard are pulling out as the paper dries. All of them are clearly being pulled out by the forces caused by the paper drying.
My original thought was that my gatorboard was getting old and maybe it had too many holes in it. So, I bought a new board, but the problem persisted. Eventually I tried a different stapler, different staples, different brand paper, shorter and longer soaking times, but nothing has helped. I don’t know what’s going on. I’ve been using this method successfully for many years now. Do you have any ideas what might be causing my staples to pull out?
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Gary Shollenberger
Have you contacted Arches? I heard there was a change in the way they make their paper and people are not happy with it.
what about the boards? what are those made of?
I talk about the boards in one of the other "Stretching watercolor paper" videos. Hope it helps!
Hi,
Could you tell me the type of stapler used?
Why can't you just place the wet paper between 2 boards and clamp the two boards together without staples.
The point isn’t just to make the paper flat BEFORE you paint on it. Watercolor paints get the page super wet again, which can cause the paper to wrinkle up… soaking it and then attaching it to a board keeps it stretched flat while the art happens!