Stretching & Toning Paper
Added 2021-09-24 09:00:43 +0000 UTCUPDATE: Temporary workaround is sorted. The video is hosted through youtube for now and is playable on mobile or desktop.
Here is the latest edition of my stretching videos- no it's not a yoga class ;)
This on includes instructions on how to tone your paper with an ink wash as well.
The lesson notes are attached which contains a materials list.
This is related to the upcoming advanced cast drawing lesson (October 1st)
Comments
I usually stretch 16 x 20 👌
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2025-01-02 11:18:46 +0000 UTCHi' new to the channel. Is the paper 16x20 stretched over a smaller panel maybe 12X16? BYW those drawings on the wall are beautiful. Cheers
Ron
2024-12-29 21:08:32 +0000 UTCI like the 16x20
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-12-11 12:46:08 +0000 UTCStephen, what size would you recommend for a portrait including neck and outline of blouse, shirt to shoulder area. Is 14"x18" preferred or 16" x 20" trying to figure out what size of stone hedge would fit or the proper canvas size. I was trained to use 14x18 but maybe 16x20 would give me more breathing room.
Joe Salazar
2021-12-10 21:12:32 +0000 UTCI use the 7/8 panels.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-12-10 07:37:34 +0000 UTCHello Stephan, Thank you for sharing the stretched stone hedge over Cradled Wood panel. How deep should the panel be. There are various sizes in thickness, 1-1/2", 2", 7/8" deep?
Joe Salazar
2021-12-10 06:27:34 +0000 UTCHappy to help, Ellie ;)
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-11-07 13:42:47 +0000 UTCHi Stephen, just wanted to say thank you so much for this tutorial. This is my first time stretching paper and it worked surprisingly well. Can't wait to start working on it!
Elena
2021-11-07 13:24:08 +0000 UTCI haven't tried before but I will assume the effect is similar.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-10-25 08:54:39 +0000 UTCHey Stephen, can I use watercolor instead of ink?
Naomi G
2021-10-24 00:41:05 +0000 UTCHaven't tried, but it should work theoretically.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-10-02 10:41:12 +0000 UTCExcellent very clear. Would you use the same technique for oil paper for oil painting ?
Paul ward
2021-09-29 11:31:14 +0000 UTCDon't know- I haven't heard any update lately...
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-28 08:51:05 +0000 UTCDrawings always should be under glass. I haven't found an exception to that rule yet.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-28 08:50:45 +0000 UTCThat can work as well.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-28 08:50:11 +0000 UTCIt should work, but a set of stretcher bars without a canvas on would probably work better.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-28 08:50:01 +0000 UTCSipmly put, until it is dry. It can take a couple of hours or nmore depending on the atmospheric conditions.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-28 08:48:50 +0000 UTCHi Stephen can you clarify - when you have stretched the paper how dry does it need to be before washing with ink? I ended up waiting over an hour and my paper was still damp to the touch and, I discovered, quite wet still on the back side touching the panel. When I started the toning I think the paper must have been too wet as the ink appears to have stained a very irregular pattern this looks cool — like a concrete, but not suitable for this project. I’ll post it in Discord so you can see it but let me know here for others - how long to wait before toning - how dry?
Louise Notley (lulunot1)
2021-09-28 02:31:30 +0000 UTCHello Stephen. Greetings from Czech Republic. Thank you for this project, I´m super thrilled to take a part - the white chalk and the graphite looks so exciting!! I have a question... Do you think I can stretch a paper onto a already stretched canvas, prepared as if I was going to make an oil painting? I haven´t suceeded yet in buying the wooden block that you are using. I guess the canvas will support the paper nicely and I plan to staple the paper just the way you showed, but maybe there are some tricky points that I overlooked. Thank you again, learning the drawing with you makes my life a lot happier and I am gaining a lot of new confidence out of it. Toybox
Sylvie Platová
2021-09-27 20:53:03 +0000 UTCIs it ok to just use a pre-made toned paper by Stonehenge instead? Don’t think I’ll be able to stretch it given myself weak wrists!
Kamlika Chandla
2021-09-27 18:42:22 +0000 UTCHi Stephen, I can't make it to the live broadcast :( and I have a question. How do you frame drawings at the end ? Under glass as watercolor? Or there is a better way of showing your work?
Victoria
2021-09-27 15:59:23 +0000 UTCDid the company (was it Raymar). Give up on selling the panels with Stonehenge paper attached that you loved so much. Have heard nothing more about it.
Phyllis Riley
2021-09-27 15:34:11 +0000 UTCI usually use blick.com
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-26 08:20:50 +0000 UTCDepends. Usually if I have to ship the artwork I will take it off the panel. If I am framing it myself I will usually leave it on.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-26 08:20:38 +0000 UTCHi Stephen. Trust you are well. Do you leave your drawings on the stretched panel to sell or do you remove them and frame them before you sell them? Regards Sonica
Sonica Odendaal
2021-09-25 13:53:26 +0000 UTCDo you have a fave source for the panels? They are quite expensive.
Phyllis Riley
2021-09-25 12:51:03 +0000 UTClol!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-24 18:35:59 +0000 UTCStonehenge is a drawing/printmaking paper.
April
2021-09-24 18:27:38 +0000 UTCSo that's Watercolour Paper?
Peta Williams
2021-09-24 18:21:55 +0000 UTCat the Russian Academy in St Petersburg I learned to do this with “sauce”, which was scraped from the stick and mixed with water. Sauce is a mixture of clay and pigment or carbon. The beauty of this is that it is eraseable, so you can lift out your whites with an eraser. I think that in the USA it is made by Yarka. We also used foam rollers to even out the tone. The foam was pilfered from streetcar seats since there wasnt a store that you could buy it from. Good times!
April
2021-09-24 18:15:33 +0000 UTCmy goodness you’re tall!!!
Phyllis Riley
2021-09-24 15:04:39 +0000 UTCAh got the other one now this one says not exist.n frustrated but will keep workin on it.
Phyllis Riley
2021-09-24 15:00:43 +0000 UTCPretty much the same on both sides.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-24 14:29:09 +0000 UTCHi Stephen. Is there a particular side of the Stonehenge paper we should be drawing on? There does seem to be subtle differences in them. Thank you!
Dave Emerson
2021-09-24 14:28:44 +0000 UTCSays does not exist.
Phyllis Riley
2021-09-24 11:30:59 +0000 UTCCool.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-24 10:31:53 +0000 UTCThe attachment opens OK though.
Lynda Backman
2021-09-24 10:10:23 +0000 UTCFixed.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-24 10:10:23 +0000 UTCFixed.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-09-24 10:10:19 +0000 UTCSame for me. ??
Lynda Backman
2021-09-24 10:09:04 +0000 UTCHello Stephen…the video does not work ( for me) ….telling me “that it does not exist” ….any hints, thank you
Lynne Day
2021-09-24 09:22:18 +0000 UTC
