Hi there,

I had lots of fun with this class, the rules in the early stages really helped. My impatientance at not letting the fluid dry and then not waiting for the paint to fully dry we’re the causes of ripping and smudging in work previous to this class.

I worked with Winsor and Newton art masking fluid.

Watercolour paper including: Hahnemuhle, Bockingford, Pink Pig watercolour pad -Amelie and also Winsor and Newton mixed media paper (smooth).

Tools used - brushes, dip pen (found hard to use), garden wire and wooden craft stick with a point (liked this a lot)

(pebbles feature brush and garden wire, dip pen on cup decoration)

I found that if the masking fluid was applied thickly it took longer to dry and was harder to get off, I did get some ripping on pink pig more textured paper.

I tried removing the masking fluid with a putty rubber, it worked ok but did lift the paint colour too. I think I might try and get one of the frisk removers as rubbing across slowly also helps with not tearing by pulling upwards.

I’ve just got back into my watercolour box and would have liked a bit more contrast in some of my explorations. This course has been fab at getting me to experiment.

Experimenting with masking fluid - image 1 - student project

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