Video: Framing Watercolors Without Glass: Varnishing and Framing

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Framing Watercolors without Glass Video 3: Varnishing and Framing

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My Framing without glass series: https://youtu.be/WCUdLGxdXMc

Video 1 - Preparing Watercolor Paintings: https://youtu.be/UGaDh7lffYk

Video 2 - Making Watercolor Panels: https://youtu.be/fvQOa8W0kDA

Video 3 - Varnishing and Framing (this video)

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Video Description:

I am a watercolor artist and plein air painter. I love painting watercolors en plein air during events, but one problem was always the framing.

I hated framing with glass for two main reasons:

1. With the glare of the glass, I felt that my paintings were at a disadvantage compared to the more numerous oil paintings I was competing with.
2. Also, framing on the road was a huge pain. Glass could brake and it was so hard to keep dust out while framing.

So, I began researching ways to frame watercolors without glass and experimenting to find the methods that best suited my needs. This is the first video in a 3 part series of tutorial videos where I demonstrate what I have learned about framing watercolors without glass. These are the titles of the 3 videos:

1. Preparing watercolor paintings to be framed
2. Making watercolor panels for painting directly on
3. Methods for varnishing and framing

During this third video (Varnishing and Framing), I will show you three methods I use to varnish my watercolor paintings and then how I frame them. I basically use a spray-on UV protective archival varnish, cold wax medium, and a Liquitex brush-on varnish. Below are links for some of the materials I used during this video:

1. Krylon UV protective Archival Spray Varnish in both Matte and Gloss finishes. You can get these sprays at most art suppliers, here is one example: https://www.dickblick.com/products/krylon-gallery-series-uv-archival-varnish/

2. Gamblin's Cold Wax Medium. Here is a link: https://www.dickblick.com/products/gamblin-cold-wax-medium/

3. Dorland's Wax Medium. Here is a link: https://www.dickblick.com/products/dorlands-wax-medium/

4. Liquitex Satin Varnish (Acrylic Polymer). Here is a link: https://www.dickblick.com/products/liquitex-acrylic-polymer-varnishes/

5. JFM Frames: https://www.jfm.net/

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Time Index:

00:00 Intro

00:50 Tips about Spray Varnishes (Matte and Gloss)

02:40 Stage One: 4 Coats of Spray Varnish

03:02 Spray Varnish Demonstration

04:10 Stage Two: #1 Leave It or Apply More Spray Coast (Quickest way, I would do just the spray varnish during an event).

05:22 Stage Two: #2 Cold Wax Medium

05:46 Stage Two: #3 Liquitex Brush-on Satin Varnish

06:14 Cold Wax Medium Demonstration

09:02 Liquitex Brush-on Satin Varnish Demonstration

11:28 Review of the 3 Varnishing Methods

12:33 Framing Demonstration

13:50 Thoughts on Framing Watercolors this Way

14:44 Closing Remarks