How To Make Watercolor Paper Not Curl

How to keep the watercolor paper flat after the painting is finished.

How to make watercolor paper not curl. Do not pre wet watercolor paper if you want hard edge sections such as the white parts at the edge of some clouds. Do not over wet. And it is very often the case that the lack of information is all pervasive.

How to keep watercolor paper from warping. Mist the back of the paper with water using a fine mist. To prevent my watercolor paper from moving around and buckling i place my watercolor sheet of paper on a glass.

You can also use a damp sponge. From how to blend watercolors evenly to how to avoid color bleeding. What are the simple solutions to prevent watercolor paper from curling.

Addressing paper curl problems requires that we look to converting process and the very structure of paper to find why curl is occurring. For each of the approaches below if water soluble paint was used extreme care must be taken to make sure the water used to soften the back of the paper doesn t travel through the paper and dissolve the paint on the front side. Sometimes if i am painting a misty scene such as that in rising mist i will pre wet my paper because the colors are going to be pale in any case and all the edges in the sky will be soft.

Smooth the paper down as flat as possible with your hands. This is my go to paper stretching method when i want to create a large painting. I have never had a failure when stretching my paper with the watercolor board.

Logically it makes sense that heavy duty paper is less affected by water. In this video i m going to talk about the top 5 dos dont s watercolor mistakes and how to avoid them. Avoid wetting down the very edges of the paper unless there is a crease in that area.