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March 9, 2024 at 12:10 am #1542643
Hi,
I have a large unstretched canvas that I primed. I thoughtlessly did this over a deep fold/crease in the canvas without ironing/steaming it out. My lack of experience and optimism assumed it would disappear once the gessoed layers were complete. Now I have a 60 x 68” beautiful buttery canvas with a noticeable crease showing through. Plenty of gesso on there — two layers of museum grade extra thick gesso. I am planning to paint unstretched. Will this crease go away during the stretching process or is it beyond saving?
Thanks,
jw
March 9, 2024 at 2:35 am #1542655All you can do is stretch and hope!
Or, try soaking the back, stretch, hope!
Others might well have better suggestions – hope so!
Cheers, Maureen
Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .March 10, 2024 at 8:53 pm #1542809Thanks. I did that along with ironing the back at a lower heat so not to melt the gesso. After stretching it the creases seem to be out, but it now has cracks. I am curious if I should fill them with more gesso then sand, or just start over with new canvas? Seems like a huge waste to start over.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.March 11, 2024 at 5:57 am #1542826Well, as the cracks are in thicker gesso anyway, I’d try sanding first, if the canvas is ok, gesso again.
Failing that, make smaller canvases or canvas boards from it.
Cheers, Maureen
Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .March 15, 2024 at 2:49 am #1543101I’m pretty sure you can salvage the canvas. I imagine it will depend upon how smooth you want the surface to be. The photo shows some canvas still faintly visible near the crack and the weave is visible over most of the picture. I’m not suggesting that this is wrong—as I say it depends how smooth you want it to be.
I think what I would do is to fill the crack with gesso applied with a painting knife—much as you might when filling a crack in a wall. When fully hard you could sand over it if you think it needs it. There might—probably would—be a difference in the surface where the gesso is thicker. If this bothers you apply another coat or two over the whole canvas.
It would be interesting to know how you resolve this.
PLEASE how do I make these dreadful yellow things go away? OMG there's even more of the awful things now.
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