| Author | Message | ||
  Colin |
When painting a light subject on a dark background, I sometimes paint the subject, then apply masking fluid over it and wash in the background. This allows a generous wash to be laid in with a minimum of hesitation over corners and details. It saves me a lot of eyestrain! | ||
Cymber |
Thanks all for your ideas. If there's anything worth showing, I'll post it here. Cymber | ||
SutureSelf |
I looked at the Mimbres website. Here's how I'd paint those designs. Instead of circumscribing the colors with some sort of masking fluid in a compass, I'd just put color in the compass and circumscribe the whites. That's if I wanted a mechanical look to the work. Otherwise, I'd lightly pencil in the circles and then paint them in by hand. My hand would show, keeping a human touch in the painting, but the pencil lines would ensure the design's circularity. The rest of the design wouldn't require any mechanical assistance or masking, in my view, (except maybe some of the parallel-line backgrounds, which you could do with brush and straightedge if you had to) just some careful drawing and painting. The rabbit aspect of the designs isn't really very intricate or meticulous. Good luck. | ||
Lex |
Interesting pottery. You've got your work cut out for you. I haven't had much success with wax resist stuff. If I were patient enough to attempt what you're doing I'd transfer a reasonably precise sketch to the watercolor paper and just paint around the whites. Rather than painting directly onto the paper I'd first "paint" with clear water, then carefully dab a brush loaded with color into the prewetted area. This should help distribute the color evenly while avoiding mussing your whites. That assumes the paper is sized appropriately for the task - some papers are better than others at this. | ||
Kukana |
Why don't you want to use traditional masking fluid or pebeo? Is the application such that they won't work? | ||
Cymber Quinn |
I'm working on some watercolors of Mimbres potter (see http://www.mimbres.com/rabbits/rab1.htm for samples). The pottery has very delicate geometric shapes, and I'm looking for great ways to save the whites without driving myself blind. Ideally, I'm looking for some kind of wax pencil that I can put in a protractor to get the circles I want. Ideas? |
