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August 18, 2011
Watercolor Stretching Tutorial by *blix-it -- Suggester's words: As in the begining of this tutorial says "Surprisingly, it seems like preparing watercolor paper for painting is something teachers and professors don't cover" and it's so true. Even here on DA there's many tutorials about painting with watercolors but almost none about stretching watercolor paper. Everyone who would love their watercolor paper don't ripple ever again should read this tuto.
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paper: 140lb Arches Cold Press
paint: Daniel Smith Watercolors
ink: something that's waterproof, or it'll bleed like hell even after drying
My first watercolor tutorial discussed quality of materials, but if you don't wanna read it, then just read this: PAPER QUALITY IS FOR REALSIES. You soak and stretch computer printer paper and it won't be happy with you at all. XD High quality watercolor paper is made more with cotton than with usual paper fiber. Cotton stretches and contracts when wet! Use lesser paper and suffer lesser results!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DD! TO CELEBRATE, I WILL SEARCH FOR TOPICS FOR MY NEXT TUTORIAL. ^^ COME ASK SOME QUESTIONS!
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Finished for
contest (for the "Share the Knowledge" category.) >< I've been wanting to create this tutorial for ages! Thank you for the motivation.
This is the final painting that was being stretched in the tutorial:
May your watercolor paper never ripple again. Good luck.
Feel free to post questions in the comments. c:
paper: 140lb Arches Cold Press
paint: Daniel Smith Watercolors
ink: something that's waterproof, or it'll bleed like hell even after drying
My first watercolor tutorial discussed quality of materials, but if you don't wanna read it, then just read this: PAPER QUALITY IS FOR REALSIES. You soak and stretch computer printer paper and it won't be happy with you at all. XD High quality watercolor paper is made more with cotton than with usual paper fiber. Cotton stretches and contracts when wet! Use lesser paper and suffer lesser results!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DD! TO CELEBRATE, I WILL SEARCH FOR TOPICS FOR MY NEXT TUTORIAL. ^^ COME ASK SOME QUESTIONS!-----------------------------------
Finished for
contest (for the "Share the Knowledge" category.) >< I've been wanting to create this tutorial for ages! Thank you for the motivation.This is the final painting that was being stretched in the tutorial:
May your watercolor paper never ripple again. Good luck.
Feel free to post questions in the comments. c:
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I'm a little late to the party here, but I am SO glad you made this tutorial! I have been preaching about staples>tape for over a decade. I honestly can't believe people still use tape. I usually pre-draw my boarders before stretching and then cut the paper off (inside the staple row) with an exacto- then trim where I made my marks with a razor and straight edge to get a perfect edge. And I do the quick washes right after stretching too as the under-painting. 
I'm just so glad you made this tutorial so I know where to direct people now. If you don't mind, I'll link a thumbnail in my watercolor materials tutorial for reference. 
I'm just so glad you made this tutorial so I know where to direct people now. If you don't mind, I'll link a thumbnail in my watercolor materials tutorial for reference.