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Ink Resist Painting – Sunrise – Daily watercolor painting

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Ink Resist watercolor painting - sunrise watercolor painting by Peter Lau

Ink Resist watercolor painting - sunrise watercolor painting

This is the stage where the painting is being covered with permanent black ink.  The black ink will be permanently left on the areas where there is no white tempera.  This stage of the ink resist watercolor painting is to left dried overnight.  Next will be the wash shere areas of whte temera is being washed away.

Ink resist watercolor painting - Sunrise

Ink resist watercolor painting - Sunrise

You can see from the above image that the tempera and black ink is being washed away from the paper surface.  Warm water and a scrubbing brush is used for this step.  This left only the lines and some areas of the painting where the black permanent ink has eat into the watercolor paper surface.  After the paper is completely dry it is ready to be painted using watercolor, gouache, or Acrylic paint.

– Peter Lau

Daily watercolor painting – Sunrise – Ink resist

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Ink resist watercolor - Sunrise by Peter Lau

Ink resist watercolor painting - sketch and masking fluid

This ink resist watercolor painting is done on 15 x 22 inches 150 lb cold press watercolor paper.  First the outline of the painting is drawn with pencil on the watercolor paper.  Then where the lines are, masking fluid is painted on.  I use Pebeo drawing gum as my masking fluid and is painted on using a small brush in two layers.  After the masking fluid is dried, white tempera is painted on the entire painting surface covering all the lines and the dry masking fluid.  The painting is left to dry overnight.

Ink resist painting - sunrise by Peter Lau

Daily watercolor painting - Ink resist stage 2

In stage 2 show above, the entire painting with the tempera is completely dried and the masking area is slowly being taken off.  I use a eraser with the initial lift of the masking fluid and finish off with my fingers.  When it is all done, what is left is the white tempera paint and lines where the masking fluid used to be but now showing the white of the papser.  Next stage will be covering the entire watercolor paper with permanent black ink.

Daily watercolor painting – Abstract – Sea Blue

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Daily watecolor - Sea Blue - Abstract painting by Peter Lau

Daily watercolor painting - Abstract - Sea Blue

Another abstract watercolor on 15 x 20 cold press watercolor paper.  In this abstract watercolor study I have used wet in wet technique, salt and splattering with a tooth brush.  The paper surface is kept moist using a spray bottle of clear water.  The spray bottle produces fine mist instead of large drops of water to soften the painting edges.  The watercolor paint was put on without mixing and most are pure pigments from the tube.  I let the color mix on the cold press watercolor paper instead.

Peter Lau

Abstract Watercolor – Cool Memory

Abstract Watercolor - Cool Memory

This watercolor abstract was done on a small sheet of cold press watercolor paper.  Red and blue was used in contrast with other colors to excite the visual aspect of the viewer.  I named this watercolor abstract Cool Memory.  Layers of watercolor pigment was applied with a large brush using wet in wet technique.  Tissue was used to bolt out some color in the background to give it an interesting texture.  Layers of color also added when previous layer has dried.  A rigger paint brush was used for different lines and at the end, salt effet was used on the still wet areas.

Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting – Final

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Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting

Managed to finished the abstract watercolor painting last night.  This is a 15 x 20 inches watercolor on cold press watercolor paper.  The process was lots of fun but I found it to require much concentration and imagination.  First of all the elements of design and shape has to be kept in mind all the time.  One must also keep an open mind during the whole process.  I call this an abstract but I find that it is something in between a really abstract representation of a subject and a realism.  It is not so much an abstract as those paintings that rely on pure lines shapes or color  to suggest meaning. This watercolor painting I did was more stylized than abstract or realistic.  It is fun.

Abstract Watercolor Painting – continue

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Abstract Watercolor Painting - 15 x 20 inches

I worked on the abstract watercolor painting I started a day ago and have added some details in various areas.  Using a smaller brush, areas of green and branches were added.  A mixture of green and blue was used in layers and the aim is to try to paint and define space.  Suggestions is all that is needed for this because this is an abstract painting.  Looks like this would end up to be a landscape watercolor painting with suggestions of skies, mountain, trees and water.  Areas of the paper is purposely leave blank to show the white of the paper underneath.  More has to be painted over the weekend to complete this abstract watercolor and will publish the result in this daily watercolor painting blog.

Abstract Watercolor Painting

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Abstract watercolor painting - 15 x 20 inches

Started an abstract watercolor painting on 15 x 20 inches cold press watercolor paper.  I begin with wetting the paper with clear water throughly.  I waited until the surface scheen has gone then I applied various color on to the still damp surface of the paper.  I applied the pure and mixed watercolor turning the paper upside down and sideways to let the paint run freely at various times.  Then the painting is let to dry a bit more with the wet watercolor and another layer is put on top with more intensity.  This is the first stage of my abstract watercolor painting and will continue with it to the next stage later.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Abstract #3

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7.5 x10 inches Abstract Watercolor

7.5 x10 inches Abstract Watercolor

Painted a 7.5 x 10 inches watercolor abstract last night based on one of the earlier abstract painting I did earlier before.  I am trying to play around with the intensity of the color so many of the colors painted on this watercolor abstract is applied by painting brush loads of unmixed watercolor from the tube only diluted slightly with clean water.  I started with a basic light flat wash on areas of the cold press watercolor paper (photo Abstract Watercolor – In progress ).

Abstract Watercolor #3 - In progress

Watercolor Abstract #3 - In progress

Salt was used in areas to create a special effect.  It was let dry overnight and more intense color was painted on top.  I found that the most difficult part in doing an abstracct painting is know when to stop.  Knowing when to stop layering color on top of each other is very important  otherwise the many layers of color could easily turn into muddy watcolor which any watercolor painting should avoid.  Repeating form and color is important as well if you want the viewer to find unity in the watercolor painting as well as hormony.  Also repeating a form can cover some of the mistakes so as to make it look deliberate rather than a mistake.