Mat Or Not For Watercolor Art

Using high contrast mats for drama.

Mat or not for watercolor art. These works are attracting the attention of the canvas buying public. Includes 10 high premier acid free mats 10 backing board 10 clear bags 4 6 out of 5 stars 118. 1 inch is almost never enough even on household art it looks somewhat cheap. Second we use a spacer to create space between the plexiglass and the surface of your work.

Golden state art pack of 10 white pre cut 16x20 picture mat for 11x14 photo with white core bevel cut mattes sets. Commonly oil and acrylic paintings are displayed with a wider wood frame that may or may not. You have to be careful that the mat colors don t overpower your art. After years of working with frame shops that encouraged us to add more an audubon print framed with not one not two but three mats in grey pink and blue we encourage our clients to use less letting your art be the star with the added benefit of saving you cash for more art an iphone 6 you name it.

Yeego direct doodle drawing mat large size aqua doodle magic water painting doodle mat 32 x24 with 4 colors 6 pens 6 molds booklet coloring mat for boy girl large size 4 1 out of 5 stars 283 12 99 12. Use at least two mats. I ve painted lots of watercolors and only matted a few even though i learned how to mat a long time ago. One mat will make it look less expensive.

What medium is your piece. This allows the pastel to look less like a print or poster which commonly have a wide surrounding border. Use these colors in your selection. A a rule of thumb 2 4 inches of picture matting around the art is suitable for most art work the larger the art work the larger the mat.

Take a close look at the painting and decide what are the 3 most dominant colors in the painting. I prefer painting not cutting out windows in matting board. First we attach your art to an acid free foam core lift hidden behind the work but mounted to a supporting white mat. Mats should not be darker than the darkest color or lighter than the lightest color.

For original paintings works on paper and custom framed textiles floating is usually our number one recommendation. Many pastel artists are abandoning traditional mat and frame presentations and replacing them instead with wide wood frames. Select a mat that coordinates with the work. To mat or not to mat.

Most pieces look better with a mat with a couple of exceptions says tessa wolf of framebridge. Wide matting makes the art seem more important. If you have any work on paper a drawing a print a watercolor it s likely to look even lovelier with a mat.