I just put the last coat of gel medium on the bottom of my lantern/candle!

I used Liquitex Satin Gel Medium both as an adhesive and as a sealant.

Since the cylinder is round, I made it a cradle of big bubble wrap. I painted on a thin layer of gel medium, just on the exposed surface. I used a soft, wide bristle brush.

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I draped Patricia Carmichael Cline’s print, stained side down, over the glued area. Using a tip I learned from Sharon Duran Wilson, I used my misting bottle to wet the print. Sharon said when applying paper to a wet surface, wet the paper lightly, to prevent wrinkles.

I pulled and smoothed, like making a bed.

Then I placed the cylinder with glued paper down into the cradle, while I continued to glue and wrap from the right.

glue, roll, stretch, smooth and repeat.

I used a tip, also from Patricia, for smoothing. Use a dry paper towel to help smooth wrinkles. It also removes excess water.

I tore the white edges from the sides of the paper and finished gluing the right side.

Next time, I will pay more attention to getting the paper straight in relation to the bottom of the glass.

I trimmed the white edges, and stained what was left with the pink gel.

The next day, I glued and pulled and tugged and sprayed and smoothed the left side. I folded the extra paper on the bottom underneath and glued it with the gel medium.

I turned the upper edges over the rim and glued them down, too.

I finished everything up with a coat of gel medium.

I let it all dry, lit the electric candle and dropped it inside the cylinder.

And There She Glows!!!