On steaming hot summer days do you ever find yourself daydreaming about waves and cool ocean breezes? Summer Daze is a 5x7 inch varnished watercolor on board and she is dressed in a lovely frame with 2 inch molding (framed size 9x11). This painting is ready to take out of the box and hang on the wall. This is a great gift idea for your friends or yourself. Take a mental break and enjoy that ocean breeze.
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This is a lovely little piece Vicki. Should sell very quickly!
I guess I have to show my ignorance here, but I actually never heard of varnishing a watercolor. What do you use, and how do you use it? How does the original change? Thanks for your information. :-)
Lovely little watercolour.
Reminds me so much of the beach and lazy days :)
Thanks so much Pat and Judith.
Judith on the topic of varnishing watercolors there is discussion on both sides of the fence but if you do a google search and/or check out WetCanvas there are several articles about it. I know that several well known artist are varnishing including Arleta Pech and Brigit O'Conner(who has created a video on varnishing WC). I am sure there are different ways to approach varnishing but this is what I do. It started when I tried to use aquaboard (created by Ampersand for watercolors that you can seal and frame w/o glass) but I did not care for the surface so I mounted 300 lb watercolor paper to my aquaboard using Golden Soft Gel Medium and painted my picture. I then spray sealed it using several layers of fixative and then I varnish it using 3-4 coats of Golden Satin Varnish. It gives a very natural finish that I like. Then I can frame as I would with an acrylic or oil. Since the varnish is an acrylic many say that makes the painting a mixed media but I am not entering any shows at the moment where that is a problem.
Vicki, this painting provides the perfect escape on a hot humid day: looking at it, I can so easily imagine the fresh breeze, the cooling sound of the crashing wave! It is a beautiful painting in the perfect frame.
On the topic of mounting the WC paper on a board: can one mount the WC on something like those thin masonite sheets/boards sold in art supply stores?
Christiane this was mounted on aquabord with is just 1/8 masonite with a special gesso coating. I used Golden Soft Gel Medium to mount the paper to the aquabord.
Thank you, Vicki. I should try this method one of these days. I love the results...and framing without glass would be a dream:-)
So cool, so refreshing! Very nice.
Lovely ocean colours and fabulous spray! The frame is perfect for this piece. Thanks for taking us to the sea! :-)
Thanks Christiane, R & Teresa. While I would not give up the traditional way of framing watercolors, I enjoy trying something new and I really like the process and results with this.
Vicki, I love this painting, and the framing is exquisite.
I have been mounting and varnishing paintings too. I started with some little ones, and have moved up to full sheet (scarey!). I love the look, and have found that a mixture of gloss and matte varnish really bring out the colors of florals.
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