Is watercolor board archival
Tony Wypkema
> I frequently do oil painting on cold-press 140lb watercolor paper which
> I first cover with a layer of acrylic gesso (sometimes I mount it on
> acid-free foam core using an acrylic medium as the adhesive).
Tony Wypkema:
Is acid-free foam core archival when used as a backing?
What kind of acrylic medium do you use as an adhesive?
What's the best adhesive to use? A girl at the art store suggested
double-sided tape. Marilyn said glue. I assume that she meant poly vinyl
acetate (p,v.c.) glue.
(I checked for the answers to these questions in a few painting books,
such as the Arist's Handbook on Materials and Techniques, and couldn't
find much relevant information there.)
> It's the
> texture of the paper which I like working with. The gesso is necessary
> to protect the paper from the oils, but I would probably use it even
> with acrylics. I'm not using watercolor techniques (although I
> frequently allow the thin washes of my underpainting to show through)
> and the gesso helps tone down those particular characteristics of the
> paper which I'm not interested in. If anyone can suggest a similar
> texture on a support better suited to oils, I'd love to hear it.
>
> - Bob C.
DFRussell
>Bob C:
>
>> I frequently do oil painting on cold-press 140lb watercolor paper which
>> I first cover with a layer of acrylic gesso (sometimes I mount it on
>> acid-free foam core using an acrylic medium as the adhesive).
>
>Tony Wypkema:
You can purchase cradled, gesso boards or clay boards from most
art supply stores. I assume you know that.....?
I've seen a lot of people trying to save a couple of bucks with weird
combinations. If the painting is worth it, buy the best. If it
isn't, don't worry so much.
Tony Wypkema
> >
> >> I frequently do oil painting on cold-press 140lb watercolor paper which
> >> I first cover with a layer of acrylic gesso (sometimes I mount it on
> >> acid-free foam core using an acrylic medium as the adhesive).
> >
>
> You can purchase cradled, gesso boards or clay boards from most
> art supply stores. I assume you know that.....?
I don't know what you mean by 'cradled' gesso boards.
But it doesn't matter,because the biggest art supply store in town has
Claybord in limited sizes (maximum 18 by 24 inches) and Gessobord only
three sizes (maximum 11 by 14) and I'm working now on a picture that's
22 by 28, and I like to work in odd sizes as well, so Clayboard and
Gessobord are not right for my needs.
I tried putting 300-pound Arches watercolor paper against four-ply
Rising museum board (as Marilyn suggested) at an art supply store, but
that combination still felt somewhat flimsy for framing.
However, I think I've found at least one solution to mounting watercolor
paper.
As a test, I glued together two small pieces of cardboard with gel
medium (as Bob C. suggested above). I found that adding some of the new
Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid slowed the drying time enough to allow me
to complete the application of the gel medium and successfully bond the
two pieces of cardboard.
So now I plan to gesso hardboard, then paint on the hardboard some
Golden Gel Medium (with some Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid to slow
drying), then place the watercolor paper against the hardboard, and put
some heavy books onto the sandwich while it's drying. Then I'll have an
archival substrate ready for painting on!
Tony
Tony Wypkema
of watercolour board, to increase the permanency of my acrylic
paintings.
Have you heard of Stever Quiller? He's an artist who did a video on
acrylic and casein painting (the only acrylic technique video at this
city's biggest library). He also wrote a book on acrylic techniques.
Right after I returned my watercolour board to the art supply store
where I bought it (and was about to buy watercolor paper instead) I was
flipping through Stever Quiller's acrylic painting book, and on one page
I saw a reproduction of one of Steve's paintings, and the caption said
that the
substrate was Crescent watercolour board--the same kind I had just
bought and returned to the store!
You can see how a beginner can get confused! Even the experts don't
paint all of
their paintings to professional standards! I suppose Quiller may have
been demonstrating a certain look by using watercolour board, but still,
a beginner can have difficulty learning what's the right approach when
even the experts don't always set a good example!
Tony