HELP, MY PAINTING IS PEELING!!!
Denine Fucci
If someone could help me out on this I'd be very very grateful. I
painted something on canvas a few months ago, and I did it especially
for this spot on this particular wall (my point being I don't want to
put it anywhere else). I did it with water colors, the kind in the
tubes. Well right where I put the painting, under it right up next
to the wall is my heat register. I got one of those plastic deflector
hoods but I guess it wasn't enough. So I just saw yesterday that my
painting is cracking and will start peeling very soon. YIKES! So
does anyone know of any coating I can get at Michael's that I can
brush on that will prevent this? Please tell me there is one, this
is the first painting I've ever done and is kinda special to me, and
like I said, I don't want to put it on any other wall........
Denine Fucci
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Phyllis Harbst
I coat all my watercolors with Krylon Crystal Clear, acrylic spray
coating (no. 1303). It comes in a can like spray paint.
A couple tips:
spray in good ventilation
hold painting flat on the palm of your hand and spray across it (hold
can 8 to 10" away) and let the mist fall vertically onto the surface of
the painting. Let dry a few minutes.
then you can apply more in thin coats and build up to a soft gloss
finish. Once it is coated well you can spray onto the surface more
directly.
This should hold it to the board. I've used this method to hold vinyl
lettering in place also.
Jan Weedon
What type of water paint ... acrylics in tubes or actual watercolors? Did
you use primed canvas or just paint directly onto canvas? Did you seal
the piece afterwards with an acrylic varnish of any kind? Is the painting
under glass?
It sounds to me if the piece is cracking that badly that there is probably
not much you can do other than trying to put an acrylic varnish on it.
That will not help the cracks that are already there but may help to
prevent more. It also sounds like it is just too close to the register
and that the canvas was not primed properly to start with.
Jan
Pat Kight
In article <34DFDFFF...@fox.nstn.ca>,
Jan Weedon <fer...@fox.nstn.ca> wrote:
>What type of water paint ... acrylics in tubes or actual watercolors?
My question exactly. It sounds as if the Denine may have tried to use
watercolors from a tube *straight,* without diluting them to watercolor
consistency. That's not the way they're meant to be used -- the paint
should be thinned until it's -- well, watery.
If she tried to paint thickly (as one might with acrylics or oils),
I can understand the paint beginning to crack as it dried (Ever
leave one of those kids' watercolor paint boxes open for long? The
little pots of color will dry out and crack like a muddy lake
bed in the sun...)
If that's the case, I doubt there's much that can be done to
permanently salvage the work. Almost any sealer you put over it
would tend to make the colors run. At best, you might be able to
have the piece laminated.
If you're just getting started painting, it's a good idea to read up a
little or talk to someone experienced who can tell you a little about the
properties of the media you plan to work with.
Pat Kight
kig...@peak.org
Denine Fucci
>>What type of water paint ... acrylics in tubes or actual watercolors?
>
>My question exactly. It sounds as if the Denine may have tried to use
>watercolors from a tube *straight,* without diluting them to watercolor
>consistency. That's not the way they're meant to be used -- the paint
>should be thinned until it's -- well, watery.
Oh man do I feel like an idiot. Yep, that's exactly what I did. I
painted straight from the tube. Dammit. You'd think it would've said
to mix with water in the instructions!!! This painting came out
pretty good too, I was so proud of it, and now I cant save it. I want
to thank everyone for all the advice, now maybe I can do it right and
actually have the painting for a while next time.......thanks again.
"Mad"
> This painting came out
> pretty good too, I was so proud of it, and now I cant save it.
Perhaps you can at least take a good photograph of it,
before it deteriorates further?
It might be a good idea to plan to photograph any work
you especially like, too. You never know what might happen.
Just a suggestion.
Aloha,
"Mad"
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