Like with the sticks each artist has their own preferred way of having the skin stretched.

"You'd be astonished at how far a little skin can stretch before it breaks."

The skin of her face stretched over its bones.

Without the bandages, the skin would stretch and tear during the game.

His skin stretched; the very meat of him seemed bled away.

The skin on her face stretched tighter across the bones.

But what about when your skin stretches more than it's used to?

He smiled, the skin of his face stretching like paper.

The skin was stretching, the figure swelling as it started to cook.

She felt the skin on it stretched to bursting point, the pain was awful.