Watercolor On Mat Board

You may want to give the glass on the inside another quick clean in case any dust has settled on it.

Watercolor on mat board.

Award winning maritime artist annie strack demonstrates how to use cradled art boards to mak. Currently there are several types of matting material acid free buffered or what is called regular matboard should last about 7 years before the buffering gradually turns acid. Sometime i glue watercolor or canvas to the sandwich. This method will not prevent buckling but.

Has been a pioneer in specialty art and framing materials since 1902. Watercolorists use these boards to provide a hard surface on which to mount watercolor paper before beginning a painting. 1 16 of over 3 000 results for watercolor mat amazon s choice for watercolor mat. Matting your watercolors protects and enhances the look of your paintings by cleanly defining the image edges and isolating your image in a uniform neutral or complementary background.

We are proud to be one of only a handful of manufacturers world wide that continues to produce an extensive line of matboard products. Mats are made from mat board which should be made from all cotton acid free fiber. Museum quality made with 100 rag should last 25 to 50 years. I ve been sandwiching 1 8 inch foam board between two layers of rag mat baord.

Those paintings are little jewels. The mat board with the attached watercolor painting can now be placed in the frame. Note that in many watercolor competitions they require a white mat so it is better to double mat in white. Use artist s tape bull dog clips or staples to secure the watercolor paper to the surface of the board.

Learn how to mount a watercolor painting on a cradled art board. Mat board with attached watercolor painting placed in frame on top of the mat you now place the foam core backing board. Miserwe large doodle mat water writing doodle drawing mat neon colors board with 25 pack drawing accessories for kids toys toddlers educational girls boys size 39 3 x 27 5 4 6 out of 5 stars 976. The jerry s watercolor board features a white coated paper surface on both sides and a foam center.