Watercolour Skills

Stretching Watercolour Paper

As with many practices in watercolour, Stretching your paper is a personal choice.
Or is used in occasions when needed. 
Stretching the paper is done to prevent your surface from buckling while you are working. 
It also give the painting a secure ground to be kept on if its going to take a few sittings to finish it. 

It is a fundamental skill in any watercolourists "tool box", and worth experimenting with to see if it does suit your style of working. 

The video tutorial below goes through two ways I prepare my paper.

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When your paper is ready to use Fill it up with COLOUR!
Have a go ... Have fun!

Handmade with Love
x
​Joni