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Beatrice Cloake

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Francois Boucher ; French painter. (1703-1770)I will give you this link to find out more about this artist :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_BoucherNow... for the serious side of painting :Since we are now in 2009 and nudity seems still a problem for some of us, why but why so long ago it seems to be part of life, want a proof, here it is :Sorry I cannot download the picture, I am trying once more...

Sylvia Evans

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It will work and I find it really good to get a nice horizon line( my free hand is naff)  JUst make sure the masking tape is REALLY tacky...no old stuff . I use it with both oil and acrylic.  So well filled brush and one big sweep.  Works for me. 

tommy givnan

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I`ve used masking tape on many occasions with mixed results, depending on the fluidity of the paint (oils in my case), and the surface to be painted on, a deep grain canvas doesn't respond to this as well, I sometimes use a piece of wood and just run my brush along it using a thicker paint, but as Sylvia says, the tape needs to be tacky, some cheap masking tapes hardly stick to the canvas :-D

tony challis

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Pat, you don't say what medium you are using. I had the same problem with watercolours - and using stronger tape only resulted in damaging the paper surface. Ripped it several times. However, tape does work on canvass and board, so long as there is no heavy grain. The thicker paints, oils and acrylic don't soak and spread so easily.

Syd Edward

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I am 87 and I draw a faint line on my watercolour paper and paint along and up to the line with satisfactory results. when the paint is dry(next day) I delete the faint pencil line and voila we have a straight horizon. should I be using masking tape with ripping results?? cheers,.......smug Syd..... :-)

Angela Kingham

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IF painting with acrylics. Try painting a line of thinly applied acrylic glazing medium over the line... 6mm Flat brushstrokes that straddle the line...allow to dry. Now firm down your masking tape...and paint etc. This also works with Frisk Film on canvas.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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I don't think I've ever used masking tape to get a straight horizon line (I've done all sorts of things, so might have done: but it's not a habit of mine).  I have used it to get a clean edge to a sheet of paper, though, and every now and then paint has seeped underneath it - especially when the wash was very fluid - and rather spoiled the effect: not that it matters very much when the piece is mounted. <div> </div><div>It does seem to me one of the tricks - sorry, 'techniques' - that these tv tutors use, eg on the Product Placement channel (damn', there I go again! I mean the painting and drawing channel), when a light pencil line with or without the aid of a ruler of edge of paper, plus a flat brush and a bit of tissue to hand in case of problems, does the job just as well and in my opinion looks better too: there are few occasions when a horizon line needs to be mathematically, exactly straight, and of an identical tone all the way along.  </div>

Sylvia Evans

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Ha ha.... I see the light. .   I use Masking tape on canvases. And  trust in free hand and im above in watercolour.   Actually if I have a thin, thin fine line and abig , big wide brush well fiiled with paint..and do it very quickly.  Quite agree masking tape on WC paper ughy ughy.  
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Robert Jones, Napa

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On canvas with oil?  Or acrylic ...?  I can see the point with acrylic, just about, but not with oil, because you can adjust it again and again.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Arr... well; don't we all?  I still don't use masking tape.  Still, each to their own....  I'd hate to use it with oil ... you'd peel it off, there'd be sticky paint on it, and it would be just bound to wipe half of it off on my shirt; since I would inevitably have forgotten to put on the apron - pondering my next stroke the other day, I negligently rested a large flat on my forehead: ultramarine, it was; looked a bit like woad.....

Syd Edward

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When I look to the North Sea horizon I don't see a definite sharp line but a melding of sea and sky .If there is Haar ( Scottish for sea fog) on the water you can't see the horizon at all.So ,in oils, it's ok not to be too precise when painting a horizon and this will satisfy everyone but the nit-pickers. cheers .....Syd :-)

Angela Kingham

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There is seldom any real need for masking tape...just a steady hand and a short flat brush...[full width] Paint the paler colour away from the line... [because the darker colour would show any mistakes]. turn the canvas upside-down now paint the darker colour away from the line... [because the darker colour masks any mistakes made with the paler colour]. It's so simple you don't really need masking tape! It's how I make my buildings paintings etc.
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