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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.

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Abstract watercolor painting – Floral watercolor

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Abstract watercolor - Floral watercolor painting

Abstract watercolor - Floral watercolor painting

This is an abstract watercolor and is on a 15 x 20 inches cold press watercolor paper.  I did this by taping the watercolor paper on a steel pan as the one I used for ink resist technique.  Many times I use a fine mist water bottle to finely spray the watercolor paint I put on the watercolor paper.  It was fun and free.  Salt also use for areas as you can see from the photo.  Some splattering of the watercolor paint is also used.  Before it is completely dry, lines at the bottom of the paper is painted by a brush.

Ballroom dancing watercolor painting – Ink resist technique

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Ballroom watercolor painting - Ink resist technique

Ballroom watercolor painting - Ink resist technique

This is the final Ballroom dance watercolor painting.  It uses the ink resist painting techinque and watercolor is used throughout the final painting.  It is a 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting on cold press watercolor paper.  On this final painting I have added much shading on to the watercolor painting.  More layers of watercolor wash  is being added on various areas so that the dancer is more focused and stand out a bit more.

Daily Watercolor Painting by Peter Lau – Ink resist technique – Ballroom dance watercolor

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Peter Lau Ink resist painting - Ballroom dance watercolor

Peter Lau Ink resist painting - Ballroom dance watercolor

In my last post I have found that all the watercolor paint I use directly from the tube makes the ballroom painting too bright in color.  Sort of like a poster paint.  I have since try to put clean water on certain areas trying to lift some of the watercolor paint off the paper.  I have succeed in some areas where those watercolors are not staining.  After much lifting of the watercolor off the cold press watercolor paper, it is still not enough.  Next, I immurse the whole sheet of finished watercolor paper into a water bath just like I did before for the ink resist.  I use a large brush to brush some of the paint off from the paper under water.  I then dry it overnight and that created the result show above.  I will finish it with more layers of watercolor tomorrow to give it more a three dimension look especially on the background.

Watercolor ink resist painting – Ballroom dance

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Ink resist watercolor painting - Ballroom dance passion painting

Ink resist watercolor painting - Ballroom dance passion painting

I have completed the ink resist watercolor painting by painting in all the areas surround by the ink outline with watercolor paint.  I use watercolor paint right out of the tube.  Continue reading →

Ballroom Dance Watercolor Ink Resist Painting – Ink Resist Technique

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Ballroom Dance Painting - Watercolor Ink Resist Technique

Ballroom Dance Painting - Watercolor Ink Resist Technique

After the Tempera paint is being washed away together with the permanent black ink, watercolor is applied on the cold press watercolor paper after it is completely dried.  I use watercolor paint straight from the tube and fill in the areas between the black lines.  It was fun filling in and doing this stage of ink resist watercolor.  Gouache or acrylic paint can also be used at the same time.

Ballroom Dance Painting - Watercolor Ink Resist Technique

Watercolor Ballroom Dance Painting - Ink resist technique

Ink Resist watercolor technique – Dance passion art painting

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Ink resist watercolor technique - Dance Passion

The above photo shows the washing process for the ink resist technique on the ballroom dance painting.  All the permanent ink except for the black lines etched into the paper is being washed away together with the tempera paint underneath.  It will take several wash with changes of warm water to wash away all the tempera paint off the 150 lb cold press watercolor paper.  The watercolor paper was then leave it in the water to soak for about 10 minutes and rinse again with a final rinse.  After that the paper is clipped on a board or hand it up to dry.  After it is completely dry, watercolor paint will be aplied on in layers to achieve the desire effect on the ballroom dance painting.   I shall try and use the colors right out of the watercolor paint tube to get a different look.

Ink Resist watercolor techinque - Ballroom dance passiion

The above photo shows the ink resist ballroom dance watercolor painting after the wash and is bing clip on a board to dry before watercolro paint is being applied.