I must admit I went straight into painting without making the first warm ups. I actually currently use just one type of watercolour paper and had in my supplies two masking fluid pens and one in jar although I only used this one with the whale.

Masking fluids I used: Goya masking marker medium, Schmincke masking fluid pen and Renesans masking fluid in a small bottle, Winsor and Newton.

The paper: A4 size Canson XL watercolour paper pad

For oranges, cups and peebles I used Goya masking marker and Schmincke masking fluid pen.

For the whale shark I used Renesans masking fluid in a bottle.

For the blossoms I used Winsor and Newton masking fluid.

My opinion: The best was Schmincke pen because even though it was giving quite thick lines, it was very easy to remove as well without damaging the paper. At the beginning of course it was challenging to control the amount of masking fluid coming but still in general it was better. And also Winsor and Newton masking fluid which I used in the last project I uploaded here. Sadly the only worse thing is the smell but it is issue of every masking fluid in a bottle.

Sadly both Goya masking marker and Renesans masking fluid were worse in removing especially. And with Goya masking marker I once used on cup to cover them and.. it wasn't easy which is visible as some dots of paints left although I don't mind that in this case but yes.. this one I would use very little because both of those were damaging paper too.

Renesans was easier to remove but sometimes it was tearing piece of paper.

When it comes to the lessons, I really loved them! The lessons are very easy to follow and in general I really enjoyed them, very good mix of great suggestions.

Fun experiments with masking fluid - image 1 - student project

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