How to adhere large paper to canvas perfectly flat. Breakfast 🍳 with Sergio. Episode 12 

Been wanting to do this for a while to use Nihonga on it. Thank you 😊🎨

Thank you for sharing!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Excellent advice

totally what I was looking for- muchos gracias!!

Awesome content! So glad I found you!

Thanks a lot dude. A visual to accompany your explanation would have been great too; even a time lapse at the start/end.. ☮️👨🏼‍🎨

Thank you for sharing with us, Sergio! Very helpful!! Can I ask if you ever coat the finished piece with gel medium as a protective layer? I work with oil sticks on mylar and considering using your method. Curious of Gel Medium would be helpful in preserving the texture and marks made with oil sticks...preserving from the medium flaking off.

Thank you! This was the perfect answer to my dilemma! Your work is impressive. What do you trim the final edges with, scissors or xacto knife? I'm at that stage of the process now:)))

Thanks for sharing your tips!! I was wondering, is there any reason why not painting on the canvas directly?

Hi Sergio. I have done lots of works on large pieces of paper for a while now and I am so pleased to watch you video about adhering paper to canvas. I have thought of board however this makes a piece of work very heavy. I am now experimenting as you suggest with a small piece. I use a lot of different acrylic mediums and there are so many varieties. Could you let me know what medium you use? is it like a liquid, a medium gel or heavy gel? I will try some of the stonehenge paper and see that the weight is 250 gsm. I am not sure what I am using at the moment but it may be heavier so might not work so well. However as you say you have now perfected the method and I intend to do that as well as it is such a great way to display large works on paper. Funnily enough I had already bought grommets as I had intended to use them on the corners of the paper. Using them on the canvas is a much better idea. thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge!

Excelente tip como siempre. Una pregunta "acrylic gel medium" cómo lo busco en español, en México? Será el mowilith? El pegamento que se utiliza para hacer transfer? Muchas gracias por tu tiempo y dedicación

Sergio, Please, How do you gesso the large sheets of Stonehenge to prevent wrinkles buckles etc?? Thank you SO much

Sergio, what is the best acid free glue to glue puzzle pieces to canvas long term? Thank you Natasha

You mentioned you hang with D-Rings. How do affix the D-rings to the back of the canvas?

Do you gesso or apply gel medium on the back of the paper before adhering it to the canvas? (letting it dry in advance). Do you recommend a particular thickness for the canvas? Medium weight perhaps?

Great video question why don’t you paint direct on the canvas then you don’t have to glue the paper on after ?

Great approach! I love the look of your pieces. Where exactly are the grommets? They are attached at the back, behind the canvas somehow?

Do you wrap the canvas around stretcher bars like a traditional canvas? If so, I’m guessing you can’t wrap the paper too.

Hi, great information.. thank you! I'm confused as to two things you said and how they work. 1) you said you can paint on the paper first then adhere it OR you can adhere the paper then paint on it after it is attached to the canvas... however at the end of your video you say 2) you put another coating of gesso OVER the paper. So if you, paint or print images on your paper FIRST (before you mount the paper on the canvas) then wouldn't a second coat of gesso over the paper cover up your work?... I would like to mount printed pages from a book on canvas then paint onto the printed pages... would i put another coat of gesso (or do you mean gel?) over the entire finished piece ? or would i put another coat of gesso (or gel) over the printed pages BEFORE i painted my acrylic picture over the mounted book pages? The idea is to be able to read the words in the negative spaves in the painting and some of the words will show through the image i paint over the pages (using acrylic paints). any help or clarification would be greatly appreciatted. thank you again.

Sorry if you’ve answered this already. I also love,painting on paper, such a different finish from canvas. However i ‘ve always tried to adhere it to already stretched canvas and I always wind up with bubbles. Have you tried your technique on stretched canvas?? Also, once the painted paper has wrinkles, how can I flatten it out. Please help,,, anyone.

I wonder how you hang these works on the wall. What is the best method?

Hi again! I'm going to try this for a large show next year. Do you just use a metal straight edge for trimming? and have you ever used a Canson watercolor or mixed media paper instead? Those are more afordable but not worth it if they don't hold up.

Do you put anything on top of your painting to protect it? I have a collage of magazine clippings on a large piece of watercolor paper and I've been trying to figure out what I can seal it with without making the paper peel or become brittle, and without making it see-through. I used a glue stick to glue the magazine clippings onto the paper. Do you have any suggestions for me?

Very helpful! Do you have the paper inside or outside the roll?

Hello! When you work on paper, do you mount it to canvas before your start your painting? I work on paper using acrylic ink and want to do a large painting 48 x 60 inches. The paper I am using is 300 gsm, but I am worried about it warping if I work on it before its mounted (which I imagine will make it very hard to mount later!)

Oh sorry one more question...Did you say D rings? How are they attached? through a hole at corners? or on back? Sorry all the questions!

Glad I caught this episode, I've been wondering what was the best way to adhere the paper to canvas. Agree that gel medium is a great adherent, but is rather aggressive! How long should it "cure" before you can start painting, and do you use it as a sealer also after your finished painting? Does the painting ever bleeds during the process? Perhaps you can record your process for a little demo. Always grateful for your insights!

How do you prevent the canvas edges from fraying? The gel takes care of that maybe?

Is your canvas' ever stretched on a frame and if it is does the affect the paper?

Can you suggest a remedy to remove bubbles, or pockets, wrinkles to already dry canvas/paper combination, PLEASE!? Thank you

I know it is late asking but why do you paint on paper and not on the primed canvas itself?

what kind of paint are you using? are you sealing it?

sorry me again! can I check that you paint the medium only on the primed canvas before laying the paper on top?

So many galleries ask for "ready to hang with wire" - Do you have any problem with that?

Curious if you think this would work with collage?

Hi, Sergio! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. What grammage is the paper you use, please?

Does this work with strips of paper too?

1) Why adhere a paper on canvas and not paint on canvas ?? 2) When your roll the canvas with the paper on, isnt the paper wrinkled after you unroll it? 3) Is it possible for anyone to take along pieces of canvas and connect them on the show to remake a canvas?

Omg is this a cooking video??

Hurry. Up

Way to much trouble

Talk and doesn't work

Too much talk not enough show

It was waste of time. Not doing just talking.

Blah blah blah What is the point of making a video, if you plan to demonstrate nothing? Consider podcasting instead. Waste of my time.