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Ho hum, old paper. I decided to put a pale wash over the coral, and lo! the bottom and side of the paper has lost its' sizing. I guess this happened when my studio flooded. I'll use the new paper I bought now.
This picture is still wet, I'll see how it looks dry, and then maybe continue. It's over painted already, tho'. I'm going to google sizzing, I seem to remember alum and unflavored Jello...
Once I'd spent three days on a pencil under-drawing for a watercolor, and was quite pleased. I put some mask on a few parts, then started to paint. The paper was old, two years, and sucked up the paint like a sponge! Every brush stroke soaked in instantly. Dismay! Then I tried to peel off the mask, and it'd soaked in also, and the picture was ruined. Boooo
"If at first you fricasee, fry fry a hen!" Ho hum!
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Oh my! I don't know anything about sizing (I'm a w/c know-nothing), but can you at least trace the pencil image to retain the drawing part? The drawing and the colors within the fish are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteFound 10-day old pizza in the fridge this morning; kinda looked like the bottom of that paper.
Thanks for the lesson. I guess I should test-drive those 5 yr old paints somebody gave me before I try them on something real.
My subjects are all the more difficult, as they swim away!
ReplyDeleteI used watercolor pencil for the coral. And because my subject is unseen and unseeable by most people, I use a projector to get extremely accurate rendering. Very tedious work.
The fish isn't that color, I have several more washes to douse on the fellow. I'm moving apartment during the next few days, and might or might not take a few hours to paint.
We'll see if I can rescue this painting...