Stretching

So todays task was to stretch a canvas. I'm not sure whether it made a difference but I decided to remove and re stretch a previously stretched canvas onto a smaller stretcher bars - well smaller in height. I discovered however, inbetween the time I last stretched canvas - this particular canvas - three months ago in Singapore, the canvas had gone almost brittle. It was very difficult to get it taut as I couldn't get the canvas to stretch properly. I am assuming it might have something to do with the dryer, less humid environment I am now living in - one with drying central heating. I had never had this problem before I went to Singapore, so I am just wondering whether the rest of my canvas, that is still on the roll, will be affected too ........

So, to rectify my brittle canvas and to not waste it, I covered the reverse in water, allowed it to soak in slightly before continuing, now it was pliable, with my stretching. Now I have a canvas thats as tight as a drum! Yippeeeee!

And then all I had to do was watch paint dry - base coat - time for a cuppa.