This week I’m not going to inspire you, challenge you or even make you chuckle. I’m going to tell you how to take a work on paper and get it on the wall without spending a ton of money at the framers, and still achieving a result that looks like quality. A practical how-to. I’m using the work I created as examples for stARTs 5, the fifth activity of my stARTs course.

What you need:

• A gorgeous work of Art on good quality THICK paper

• Gloss medium

• Gel medium & palette knife

• A brayer or roller

• A sharp knife – time to replace the blade in your knife and you’re good to go

• A cutting mat

• A teatowel or towel and heavy books

• A cradled panel

• A floating frame

An added note: depending on what you have used to create your artwork you will have to fix it and seal it. I use acrylic paint and dry media so I seal it with a coat of gloss medium and then apply 3 coats of satin UVLS varnish. It’s a good idea to do this before you attach it to the panel, so that your edges remain clean.

Come and join me in my free facebook group THE UPBEAT ARTISTS’ GROUP where I share more of my process. This week there is 20% off the price of stARTs if you are a member. Check out the course here, it is where I teach a Treasure Trove of Techniques so that you will never be stuck wondering what to do next in a painting, or where to start. Join the group to get the discount – for this week only ending on September 6, 2020.

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