How To Mat A Watercolor Painting

Ive painted lots of watercolors and only matted a few even though i learned how to mat a long time ago.

How to mat a watercolor painting. Mats are made from mat board which should be made from all cotton acid free fiber. Matting and framing your work 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. Watercolors require more protection than acrylic or oils before matting or framing. Here i share my technique.

How to mat a watercolor painting. Remember the mat and frame should draw your eye to the artwork not attract attention to themselves. I went out and got the tools and decided to post a do it yourself. One of my favorite ways to frame a watercolor painting is with a float mount.

Protect the actual surface of your watercolor by spraying a protective. Hinging and mounting from a professional framer at karlyns gallery. It beautifully displays the decorative deckled edge of watercolor paper. I prefer painting not cutting out windows in matting board.

For more matting ideas and advice check out this super helpful article with lots of pretty pictures the right mat for your artwork. The result is. Recently ive started to mat some of them because i was thinking about framing a body of watercolors and showing them at one point or another. Learn how to mount a watercolor painting on a cradled art board.

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