Successfully stretching pre-primed linen.

[Garth Herrick]

Now we are finishing up. The canvas should be flawlessly stretched. One can just about begin painting now! The canvas is evenly primed and just beckoning for some first brushstrokes.

A final step is to remove those temporarary screws, and lightly tack down those remaining canvas overhangs around the back side for the sake of neatness.

Okay we're done. Let's paint!

Hope this has been useful; REMEMBER, wash your hands now!

Garth

[Michele Rushworth]

Thanks for posting this -- and I can say from experience that Garth's tip about tacking the corners down right from the start does help eliminate those pesky ripples, especially along the long edges.