Watercolor on Art Board Work In Progress: "Tiger Lillie's"

"Tiger Lillie's" in progress. This is as far as I had gotten before leaving my studio to visit with some friends. Then ended up taking a nap, and getting table ready for dinner. When I did walk back into my studio, faced with this still in place on my work table, it struck me as really cool. Even hesitated for a while, thinking that perhaps the piece was, in fact, finished! 

But no, have come to my senses and realize that my original direction was correct, and the painting really needed more. Guess I was temporarily blinded by the yellow halo! LOL!

BACK AND SIDES OF STRETCHED WATERCOLOR ON CANVAS:

Here is back and side image of what my stretched Watercolors look like over Canvas. A second reason why I stretch over canvas, besides strength, is neat clean lines: no staples, no folded corner. Just the way I like them.

Currently I am stretching some of my older Paintings that have never been framed, and therefore, never shown. So they are almost all on 140 lbs. Arches Cold Press. But am going to try stretching some raw 156 lb. and raw 300 lb. very soon, so that I'll know what I'll face prior to stretching this weight Of Painting. Will let you know further how these come out once they are finished.

Stretching A Watercolor Painting -- Part 1

This set of Instructions for Stretching a Watercolor Painting onto Gallery Wrapped Canvas has been moved to my website: www.veradennenstudio.com

Please look under: WatercolorInstructions-2