Henri Hagelberg on Instagram: "Do you do all 3? 🙌 Here's three steps for preparing a regular stretched cotton canvas for textured art (or any painting) 🎨 1. Attach the canvas wedges. These give the stretched canvas a little extra tightness. 2. Brush some water on the back. Once it dries, it tightens the canvas even further. These two alone will turn a slaggy canvas tight as a drum. 3. Put cardboard on the back, between the canvas and the stretcher bar. This will prevent bar marks from showing

Laura V. Bonner on Instagram: "Before painting the big surface, I use a brush for the layer of gold around the edges and I don’t worry about it creeping over to the front panel of the painting. After I’m done painting the big surface, I use the brayer to apply a second layer of gold around the edges, and then can even angle it to get where the canvas bends over the stretcher bar. Clean look and easy technique without making a mess. #arttips #painting #studioartist #brayer #acrylicpainting"