Stapling for wet watercolor paper

[Kevin Krueger]

Does anyone out in the art net staple their watercolor paper to a board??
I use tape around the edges, but then I never soak my paper either. I am
getting interested now in doing more wet-into-wet and I would like to
soak my paper and it seems that taping will not work very well. Please
comment on any techniques, special staples needed ?, and especially
what is a solid base that can be used for lots of stapling without drawing
the moisture from the paper??

Thanks,
-Kevin

[Jason A. Hutto]

To just do wet in wet watercolor, you will not necessarily need
to soak the paper or even secure it, but these are two
interesting methods i have seen used (but never actually tried)

The first one is to use a screen...i have seen both a free
standing screen and one attached to a frame...
you would first soak the page by putting it on the frame and
then spraying it evenly with a spray bottle...
apply the water in layers...

(to make the screen frame, etc...the one with frame is said
to be most effective)

guage the size of the piece you will be
making...if it is a standard arches 260 sheet...the dimensions
of the page are 25.5 x 40...you would construct the frame
to be two inches wider and longer than the sheet...making the frame
in this case 27.5 x 42 (duh)...use 1 x 2's to make the frame...
(this procedure is just like making a canvas frame by the way)
cut the wood so that the two inch side will be the wall of the box.
(i am sure there is better terminology here, but the
words escape me)
then cut triangles for the corners for support...

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[Charles Eicher]

In article <2n79mc$g...@Ra.MsState.Edu>, ja...@Ra.MsState.Edu (Jason A.
Hutto) wrote:

> To just do wet in wet watercolor, you will not necessarily need
> to soak the paper or even secure it, but these are two
> interesting methods i have seen used (but never actually tried)
>

> The first one is to use a screen... [snip]

A friend of my father's brother's uncle used to use a screen too. I never
tried it but it is interesting...

actually, everybody I know, including me, just tapes paper to a piece of
masonite. Just staple opposing corners, while pulling on the paper. Tape
over with paper package tape. I also do this when painting oil on paper
(use masking tape) and everybody asks how I get my paper so taut..

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Charles Eicher
cei...@halcyon.com
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[Philip Edwards]

In article <1994Mar25.2...@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>,

I don't know why you say taping will not work very well. I use a 1/2" plywood
board for stretching paper. Soak the paper completely for about 15-20
minutes. Lay it soaking wet onto the board. Dip brown paper packing tape in
water and lay along the edges of the paper overlapping at the corners. Lay
flat to dry (not in the sun). Be prepared to wait a day or so.
The paper tape has a glue on it similar to envelope flaps and it holds
perfectly - needs to be about 2" wide though. The absolute best is to
catch the moment when the surface is quite dry - yet the
inside of the paper is still damp - I find that is when the paper is most
responsive to almost any technique.

Philip Edwards