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Painting Framing Tips: Finishing Touches

These are a painting framing tips for raw wood frames.

They are not too time-consuming and will definitely enhance the presentation of your paintings.

• Make sure that the width of the frame itself is heavy enough for your painting.

• For a simple water-color frame a coat of white shellac will suffice for a quick job.

• Make sure that the raw wood is well sandpapered and that the surface is clean before the shellac is applied. When dry, rub down with fine steel wool.

• You can use maple, walnut, mahogany, and other stains.

• Select a shade that harmonizes with the watercolor and apply to a clean sandpapered surface. Rub down lightly with steel wool when dry.

• You can use a paste wax to give a protective finish and a slight gloss.

• Casein paint is excellent for obtaining a quick finish for narrow or heavy frames.

• A warm gray is produced by mixing white and a touch of raw umber in casein colors.

• Casein paint, when applied directly to the raw wood, in a heavy consistency, can be textured before it dries.

• You can obtain an effective ridged texture with an ordinary comb.

• You can also produce a stippled effect by pounding the wet casein surface with a stiff stencil brush.

• Old toothbrushes, shaving brushes, and the like also make handy texturing implements.

• Second-hand gold frames can be used to excellent advantage after they have been pleasingly toned.

• Brush a casein mixture over the gold and allow it to dry. Then, using a fine sandpaper, rub it down, allowing parts of the original gold to show through.

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