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Caring for Your Watercolor Painting
With your art purchase comes the
responsibility of caring for your painting. Watercolors are susceptible to
damage from sunlight, moisture, or acidic framing materials. With
care, and depending on the materials used, watercolor paintings can last
without significant deterioration for a century or longer. Works by
one of the earliest watercolorists, Albrecht Durer, from the 15th century,
still hang in galleries in Europe.
An overview on proper watercolor care:
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use archival (aka conservation or museum
quality) matboard and backing board
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consider UV protection glass
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hang painting out of direct sunlight
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avoid excess humidity
More detail on watercolor painting care can
be found in these articles:
Choosing the Perfect Mat & Frame
Glass or Acrylic: Which Do I Choose for Framing?
Watercolor Paintings More Lasting Than Oil or
Acrylic Paintings?
Why Pay for Conservation Matboard?
The Ten Commandments of Preservation Framing
- also a great glossary of framing terms
Selecting the Right Mat Color
Peterboro Conservation Matboard - Lots
of Colors!
How to Hang & Display Artwork
- detail on how high to hang, where to hang, etc.
How to Hang a Painting - on drywall or
solid walls
Picture Hangers
- including the unique new
Monkey Hook for hanging on drywall |
