Kim Knoll Art
Difficulty: Easy 1. Make painting 1/2” larger than your cradled wood panel. 2. Protect sides of panel with painters tape. 3. Gesso panel 3x, sanding each layer smooth. Remove painters tape. 4. Apply thick layer of Golden Regular Gel Medium to panel and adhere painting. Use roller on entire surface. Put painting upside down with weights on top of panel. Let it cure overnight. 5. Trim painting on all sides. 6. Sign painting and spray final fixative 3x. 7. Buy pre-made canvas floater frame and follow directions. Materials • 1.5” deep cradled wood panel • 1.5” deep canvas floater frame • Final fixative (I like Grumbacher) • Golden Regular Gel Medium • Gesso • Sandpaper • Painters tape Tools • Drill • Ruler • Cardboard scraps • Xacto Knife • Scissors • Pencil • Cutting mat
Have you tried black gesso on the gel plate? I have. Check it out! My black-and-white paper session continued with a gesso experiment. I’d seen someone using white gesso for a crackle effect. The black gesso is very plastic-y so doesn’t have quite the same effect. But I love the effect it does have with a credit card-type plastic card. New MUSE packs of art papers and creative inspiration journals coming soon. #gelprinting #gelpress #gelplate #gesso #artexperiment #artfun #creativepaper #...
How to mount a painting on paper to a cradled wood panel and attach a wood floater frame
Difficulty: Easy 1. Make painting 1/2” larger than your cradled wood panel. 2. Protect sides of panel with painters tape. 3. Gesso panel 3x, sanding each layer smooth. Remove painters tape. 4. Apply thick layer of Golden Regular Gel Medium to panel and adhere painting. Use roller on entire surface. Put painting upside down with weights on top of panel. Let it cure overnight. 5. Trim painting on all sides. 6. Sign painting and spray final fixative 3x. 7. Buy pre-made canvas floater frame and follow directions. Materials • 1.5” deep cradled wood panel • 1.5” deep canvas floater frame • Final fixative (I like Grumbacher) • Golden Regular Gel Medium • Gesso • Sandpaper • Painters tape Tools • Drill • Ruler • Cardboard scraps • Xacto Knife • Scissors • Pencil • Cutting mat
Kim Knoll Art
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