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The Intention to Blog...
I always have such good intentions to post my paintings on this blog. (Isn't there something about the road paved with good intentions?)...
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I'm better at painting these one square inch paintings than I've been about posting them! I'm still having fun exploring these t...
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I 've become more and more intrigued with using watercolor techniques for the sky, just letting the paint do what it does when wet...
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I'm starting a personal challenge, painting one hundred of these postage stamp sized paintings! During the time of Covid isolation I ha...
Hi Deborah,
ReplyDeleteI'm putting some time into learning to use gouache and I'm wondering what kind/size brushes you are using on your pieces. And do you prefer a certain brand of gouache? Sorry if this is redundant.
Sorry, I was also wondering how you mount the trading card as you paint it. The picture that actually shows you holding one doesn't have any tape border. Do you tape the back?
ReplyDeleteHey, Mike, no problem. Check out the tab at the top of the page where I have listed 'Paint, Paper, Brushes' and see if that doesn't answer a few of your questions! I just bought two new brushes yesterday, Princeton #4 filbert and #6 round. Very handy!
ReplyDeleteI don't worry too much about fastening the paper down. Usually I hold the edges in my fingers as I paint. Once a corner is dry I'll grab there. Next time I'm painting I'll see if I can get someone to snap a picture of me holding onto the painting as I work and post it on the materials page.
The heavier weight papers like 300-lb. watercolor paper, or the Pastelmat or Somerset, remain fairly flat throughout the process. Bristol or lighter weight w/c paper tends to buckle or curl, but I just flatten it out by curling it backwards &/or set the finished and dry painting under a book overnight.
Hope that helps! Feel free to ask other questions, however. :)
Thanks a lot! That was a help!
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