Sorry to inflict this one upon you all but I have questions:
1. How do you apply masking fluid on your paper? I used it on the lighthouse.
2. How thin does must that stuff be?
3. Has anyone used white paint in watercolour before? I put white paint straight out of a tube on the paper but maybe some of you have a better suggestion.
4. Monika what kind of pen do you use? Does yours not fade out when painted over?
For this one I used very loosely the tutorial https://youtu.be/4_U0_TPSogA
I used a familiar lighthouse and used, and I regret this very much, not my best paper. It wobbled when wet and made me a bit crazy.
@jacqbb - this is great! i really thought it was one of those paintings i see on sale, only this is much better. i've used white watercolor paint out of its tube before but the paper just absorbed it, so i used gouache instead.
my one suggestion is you should turn professional but maybe you have already.
and yes, Monika, awaiting answer to the pen question.
@jacqbb this is fabulous. You have captured so much movement and atmosphere in the water. Like Jackie is used liquid masking which needs to be rubbed off. I have used white paint and more effective straight from the tube. I don’t have much of a clue and tend to make it up as I go along.
@jacqbb@summerfield
Wow, Jacqueline! This is wonderful. Wonderful scene with wonderful colours depicting the seascape so well.
To your questions:
1-2 I never used masking fluid, so I have no input
3 I rarely use white watercolour, and when I do I use it to get some pastel tones, so just mixing it with the other colours. When larger areas are to be covered, as in the foam here, white gouache is the option. I rarely used it, as I mainly use the white of the paper for the white. For smaller highlights, I use a white gel pen (uni sigma) or an acrylic marker.
4 My favourite and most used tool for inking is a fountain pen using Platinum Carbon Ink. It is waterproof. Or I go for other pens (Winsor & newton, Uni Pin and Faber Castell). Most of my watercolours are not very opaque, so I did not encounter the issue of the ink fading. But I do have a small palette and some individual pans that cause fading. When that happens and I am bothered by it, I go over the pen marks again, but with extra care because on coloured surfaces, the pen marks get bolder (perhaps the pigment granules influence the spreading of the ink - just my guess). Also, white paint perhaps causes some fading by default.
Hope this helps
@jacqbb This is an amazing painting for a watercolor! It looks like an oil painting to me. You have masterfully used white paint from a tube to get the textures in the sea foam. I love the precise detail you have captured. I have a masking pen that I used to apply. I think it only needs to be thick enough to protect the paper. It seems to me the thinner the better because the thinner it is the easier it would be to erase when you were ready to paint over that spot. FAV for this amazing painting
You have captured the movement of the water beautifully. I've not used masking fluid so cannot help you out but I have similar questions as I have masking fluid that I want to use. I've not really used white when doing watercolour but I do recall reading somewhere that you can use gouache or white acrylic paint. @jacqbb
i just watched the video and boy! that was great painting. i like videos where i learn some techniques and proper use of brush. the nice thing is she doesn't talk, so it doesn't distract from following the painting. i'll find time to do this towards the end of the week. might try using the masking fluid, too. enjoyed watching it immensely, and i very rarely ever watch a whole video. thanks, j.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thank you Jackie, I found a shaper in my material box that I used for applying the masking fluid….much easier to clean. @summerfield Thanks Vikki, I’m a far cry from a professional but I love to paint. Glad you liked this tutorial too! I think I’ll try this one in oil see what happens then…. @wakelys Thanks for sharing that bit from the paint Sue, after seeing a tutorial I often make it up when I go along too. @kali66 Thanks Kali, glad you liked it. @monikozi Thank you Monika for your helpful suggestions, tomorrow shopping for a pen and gouache and glad you liked it! @grammyn Thank you so much Katy! @salza Thanks Sally, in my half half of today I used more masking fluid. I found that you have to be careful to remove it otherwise you damage your paper.
@jacqbb - i was thinking, too, of doing this in acrylic as the water and wave splashes i've done before with decent success. but we'll see how it goes.
That sky and those birds, wonderful.
Can't answer your questions though @jacqbb my masking fluid is in a pot and I've sacrificed a few thin brushes to it!!
my one suggestion is you should turn professional but maybe you have already.
and yes, Monika, awaiting answer to the pen question.
big ACES to you, my friend.
Wow, Jacqueline! This is wonderful. Wonderful scene with wonderful colours depicting the seascape so well.
To your questions:
1-2 I never used masking fluid, so I have no input
3 I rarely use white watercolour, and when I do I use it to get some pastel tones, so just mixing it with the other colours. When larger areas are to be covered, as in the foam here, white gouache is the option. I rarely used it, as I mainly use the white of the paper for the white. For smaller highlights, I use a white gel pen (uni sigma) or an acrylic marker.
4 My favourite and most used tool for inking is a fountain pen using Platinum Carbon Ink. It is waterproof. Or I go for other pens (Winsor & newton, Uni Pin and Faber Castell). Most of my watercolours are not very opaque, so I did not encounter the issue of the ink fading. But I do have a small palette and some individual pans that cause fading. When that happens and I am bothered by it, I go over the pen marks again, but with extra care because on coloured surfaces, the pen marks get bolder (perhaps the pigment granules influence the spreading of the ink - just my guess). Also, white paint perhaps causes some fading by default.
Hope this helps
i just watched the video and boy! that was great painting. i like videos where i learn some techniques and proper use of brush. the nice thing is she doesn't talk, so it doesn't distract from following the painting. i'll find time to do this towards the end of the week. might try using the masking fluid, too. enjoyed watching it immensely, and i very rarely ever watch a whole video. thanks, j.
@summerfield Thanks Vikki, I’m a far cry from a professional but I love to paint. Glad you liked this tutorial too! I think I’ll try this one in oil see what happens then….
@wakelys Thanks for sharing that bit from the paint Sue, after seeing a tutorial I often make it up when I go along too.
@kali66 Thanks Kali, glad you liked it.
@monikozi Thank you Monika for your helpful suggestions, tomorrow shopping for a pen and gouache and glad you liked it!
@grammyn Thank you so much Katy!
@salza Thanks Sally, in my half half of today I used more masking fluid. I found that you have to be careful to remove it otherwise you damage your paper.
@kjarn Thanks Kathy, I will!
@randystreat Thank you so much Kathy!