I like to paint standing up at an easel. I also like to paint to the edge of my surface. When working on a small canvas or actually any painting, my hand runs into the bottom of the easel and have difficulty painting the edge. Most easels have a board on top which makes a shadow on the top of the painting. I tape my board, canvas, paper to a larger board or piece of foam core and work from there. This method of taping keeps tape off the corners of your work, too.
This makes it easy to paint to the edge of the surface. For framing oils or acrylics this is important. I frame my pastels against the glass, usually, so again it is nice to paint to the edge.
Here is the short video showing how I tape my surface to a board for painting on the easel.
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- Jo Castillo
- Bastrop, Texas, United States
- I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill
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Jo, I was just wondering about that exact issue myself...but I did not have any clever ideas like yours.
Thank you so much for this video - I definitely will try this out this week at my next painting session.
Cheers!
I learned it from one of the plein air painters for pastels. You can tape another piece of foam core and make it like a folder. I wrote about it in this post. That gave me the idea to use the taped on surface anytime. Susan Carlin does this, too.
Glad to help someone!
Jo: Interesting post on your mounting of your media.
I love to hear how others solve little art problems. Two points for ingenuity! :-)
What a helpful tip! Thanks for sharing, Jo.
fishing guy, thanks. Maybe this would work for your lures, ha!
Teresa, maybe we should have a hint blog. :)
Thanks, Jan.
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