This was so helpful, thank you! I'm a watercolor artist and I've been desperately looking for a way to varnish my paintings without using those horrible toxic aerosol sprays.

* Dorland’s Wax OR Gamblin’s Wax to protect the painting surface * Stevenson Acrylic Gloss Gel with impasto brush to affix

This was so... helpful!!! as a watercolour/mixedmedia artist my framing options where limited to always matting and glass. Thank you for your mounting ideas! It takes a very traditional medium into a new age. It also looks AMAZING!!!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. New to watercolor, this video came in divine timing! 💕

Excellent advise, presentation and easy to do!!! This is a win-win!! Thank you so much💖

Thank you. ❤love how you did this.

This may be the most helpful video I've found about protecting and mounting watercolor. Thank you!

BRILLIANT! Thankyou so very much! I'm off to buy both and see which I prefer. Your presentation was lovely, informative and fun and to the point.

Hi Kim... you have so resolved my issues on how to preserve “Watercolor “ Art... this was so informative and came at a good time ! Thank you for your tutorials...

Exactly what I was needing to know and so well presented! Thanks a bunch!!

Excellent! Thank you!!

Dear Kim...that was an awesome piece of advice and I just wanted to say that you have a radiant personality!!

Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience and inspiring skills. I really enjoyed watching the video. Very informative.

Thank you! It looks so great and the process is really easy.

so helpful!! thank you for this tutorial KIM

Amazing ideas for protecting your painting and also the framing. Thanks so much. Blessings and take care. ❤❤❤

I am really impressed and inspired by this. Thanks so much!!

Amazing turtorial! Thank you for your help!

So much great information! Thanks!

I love this video. Direct and useful helps me a lot thank you.

You explain it very well! Thank you!

LOVED THIS!!! THANK YOU!!

thanks for the great useful video on mounting my watercolours without using glass. I've been wanting this knowledge and didn't know where to find it easily.

Wow thank you this tutorial helps me getting my art work in another level!

Thank you so much! I really never liked having glass, now I don't need to, thanks to your video!

Thank you so much for a great demo!!!!!

I was glad to find this option for framing. I am new at watercoloring but have been framing my work on a stretched canvas with mod podge. Been a good option for me but will try this method as well.

This was very informative. I knew there had to be a way. Thank you so much.

this is excellent advice, well presented. I'm a picture framer and will tell my regular exhibiting watercolourists about this video.

So incredibly helpful!!!

Thanks for sharing the technique!

You are an angel for sharing this.

Thank you for sharing this!!!

Thank you so much! This waa just what I have been looking for!

Thank you for making this video. It is very helpful.

A very good demonstration thank you. Yes I use a similar method but will try the wax when I can buy it. Love your work.

You just have this happy contagious smile, and beautiful eyes. I came here for the info, which I am grateful for, and am leaving here with a contagious smile too 😊

kim, amazing idea! As a Watercolor beginner I have a lot of practice pieces that get better and better. n Now I can protect the and mount them for give aways to family and friends. (Glass is very heavy and dangerous for my heart medication which thins my blood). Perfect with my learned Matting ability. Wonderful narration !

Excellent information.. Thank you so much!

Love this!

I have always been so disappointed with the glare glass framing makes. Even with the costly non-glare glass. This is a wonderful way to showcase a revolving watercolor works.

Super helpful...thank you!

I loved this video! Thanks so much for making it, it was so informative. :)

That was soooo helpful thank you

Excellent video. I normally work in gouache and the same principals apply to varnishing. I'm not familiar with the other brand but have been using Dorland's wax successfully, and don't find that it has any odor. The tips you gave for mounting and framing were exactly what I needed. I'll be coming back to this video when I'm at that stage. Thank you very much. :)

Good job! Thanks for sharing

Genial!!! Thank you for sharing these tips!

Love it!!!

I so much like this. THANKS

This is absolutely awesome! Thank you thank you for sharing 👀I’m your new subscriber 🤗

Thank you! you are awesome!

thanks this is fantastic!

This video is amazing thank you so much

Awesome!!!

Thank you, thank you. I'm self taught and know very little about products, protecting my work or framing. I sincerely appreciate your knowledge and how well you share it. I've learned so much in this short video. I'm off to check out your channel!

Very helpful thanks for sharing :)

For long, I struggled with my watercolor PAINTINGS growing mould, until I found cold wax medium. LOVE. 100% recommend this vid. I first learnt about cold wax here

Thy wsss sooo helpful ..thnqqq so much for the video ❤️❤️

Thank you and I will check out your website.

Thanks for the tips. I always wondered if there was a way.

Great video! That part about the weights lol

Thank you!

Thank you for this!! I'm a beginner painter who started with acrylic on canvas... when I found out you can't really use watercolor on canvas, I panicked lol. Canvases are so much easier to hang.

Thankyou very helpful

Haven't frame watercolor paintings for worrying on if it be difficult. Thank you for video ! Will give it a try

Exceptional video presentation!

Thanks so much for this video. I make my own Christmas cards and gift tags every year and "laminate" them in packing tape, which leaves a line or two. I have been looking for a product like Gamelin but had no idea what to look for or where. This year I wanted to make the envelopes, too. I'm going to try this product when I get started.

Really helpful!

Very instructional, thanks! I've read that it dries only to the hardness of a beeswax candle, which is enough to seal the watercolor, but should still be protected from scratching or scuffing. It's funny, but the can that I have doesn't list the alkyd resin, only wax and OMS, even though product descriptions mention the alkyd resin. Oh well... I guess it's in there!

Great video Kim. I'm going to wax up some paintings this weekend. 😁 I noticed that you said that this medium was also good for encaustics. I work in encaustics and because both Dorland and Gamblin wax pastes have mineral spirits (petroleum distillate) in them they should never be used with a heat source of any kind. They are highly flammable.

Thank you👍

Thank you for a very informative video! Could I use this technique with pastels? Could you tell me where could I purchase both frames? Thank you

Thank you very much. Will the wax-resin coating suffer in hot weather conditions...? Where I live the summer is long and extreme.

you are a genius.

Wow great idea! Where do I get the board you adhered the painting to?

Wow, this is very useful information .. thanks for sharing!! Can we use mod podge/other glue instead of the gel medium to glue the watercolor paper on the board? Please let me know... TIA :)

Thank you this is helpful, straight to the point and informational. Other jibber jabbish and just talk way too much!

Awesome. Do u think the wax would work on handkerchief canvas done with water soluble mediums like pen, pencil & acrylic paint?

Hi. great video! Can you use gel medium or a simple 'varathane-type' product to coat a painting instead of the pricier waxes? Pros and cons? Thanks!

The fear in my heart when you first put the wax on the piece 😭

Thank you for this tutorial... Can you please list the exact products you used in the video description? Thank you!

Wow

Hi, so helpful. What if the water color paper isn’t flat; will it pop up, or are those waxes strong enough to hold it in place.

Fantastic video! I'm so going to try this! Question...what did you use to apply your wax ? It looks like a cloth of some sort...anything special? Thanks so much for sharing 💕

hi..this was so helpful! I saw another artist use varnish spray first on the painting before the wax..is the needed?

This was great! One question is this uv protective?

Instead of using the gel to glue the work to the panel can you use mod podge or Elmer’s glue-all?

For gluing the paper to the birch, which works better: heavy gel or regular gel medium?

Hi Kim,Thanks for the video,This hopefully will be a game changer for Me,I just set my first small water color up for drying time, I'm going to give it 12 hours just to be sure,I have a couple questions,over the long term How would you rate doing Our watercolors this way ,Customer response,satisfaction etc,I;m also an Airbrush Artist and intend to offer my watercolor as well,I already have some paintings sold and getting good responses on some finished paintings,and I gave them a disclaimer on the waxing and your process opposed to framing and glass prior to the purchase,,I'm waiting on responses from two buyers as we speak,Once again,this process has more pluses that negatives opposed to frames and the ridiculous expenses it incurs,I want and Love to the watercolors hopefully I can get a Niche' doing them this way,Thanks Again.

Does that wax also protect the colors from fading?Thanks!

Hi, thanks for your video. Is the wax archival?

I'm new to watercolor, and have just started out with a set of Kuretake Gansai Tambi paints. But, I've learned that they may not be the most lightfast. I plan on using these paints while I get my footing with the medium. Are there any spray varnishes that would work for protecting the watercolor pieces from UV light? I've seen Krylon has a UV Archival varnish spray, but am unsure whether that would work with watercolors. What would you recommend? Thanks in advance! :)

what a great movie. So helpful. I am searching since months on how to varnish watercolor paintings, i am allergic, I can't use any sprays mediums. I have a question, I would like to know the brand of the wax you are using.

Fascinating! At last, a way to do this without glass! Please tell me where you got the birch boxes... new sub! Just discovered you!! 👏👏💗👏👏👏

Thank you for such a great demo! I can't find Stevenson here in Europe. Would you be able to recommend other brands? Jackson's (UK) offer about 4 brands but I do not know which to go with. :)

Awesome!!!! Are you familiar with watercolor ground applied on the canvas and paint directly on it?

Great video. What was the name of the products? Where would I get that type of frame? Your paintings are beautiful!

Can this be used with photographs on matte paper as well?

Would contact glue work as well as the gel?

How many coats of wax do you typically use?