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Hi John and thanks for the tips...at the moment the watercolour I'm working on is on the verge of disaster because of the stupidity of putting in some darks for landmarks...toooo dark...I have left it for a few days to think on it...I keep looking at it hoping it's changed but alas.
Today I got a tip which I've never heard of before and that was to use lemon juice to make corrections...now this made perfect sense to me...but I'm scared don't know how to use it...do you dilute it or use it neat...I'm likely to just slap it on undiluted...so if you have heard of or used lemon juice any advice gratefully received
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Method depends on the size of the paint areas you want to change...
Any bleach can be used Patsy purely experimental could easily ruin the paper depends on the quality., I prefer and occasionally use Oxalic Acid but this is a poison. Household beach used warm is also worth an experiment but not on your current painting.
A Good quality Sable brush will lift out re-wetted paint. A gentle sponging with a natural sponge. For large areas under a bathroom shower hose.
A soft pencil eraser and patience on dry paint.
Gentle scraping with a sharp erasing Knife
The new type household foam plastic erasers for Kitchen cleaning, various trade names Magic Eraser Duzit etc . Looks like a white foam plastic block these will take you right back to white paper. ( and beyond if you wish, interesting textured results from painting on the Internal size of a paper.)
And a great whitener White Acrylic Ink applied over the offending bits, can be repainted when dry... similar but not as opaque diluted Acrylic Gesso.
Diluted White Gouache poured over again can be made slightly transparent.
Any combination of all of the above. Many will take you back to white paper.
All need practice to use, the bleaches and Acids are dangerous. and doubtful from an Archival viewpoint unless carefully neutralized.
And who says corrections can't be made in watercolour. (lol)
Enjoy the day Patsy.
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Hi Patsy,
I've dropped a corrected watercolour into the gallery [blue] Here[/blue]
Her left Cheek as viewed had White Acrlic Ink floated in onto damp paper undetectable when seen in life.
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Thank you all so very much...Norah I will do the same have quite a few rejects too.
Neil you wonderful man...I have white acrylic ink and apart from the acid everything else...the kitchen white sponge was a free sample through the letterbox still unused.
Aqua thank you very much...can you tell me what the lifting medium is please...I'm soooo out of date.
I'm annoyed with myself because it's the Flinders Landscape and it's nearing an end...I got a bit lost and thought a bit of dark to give me some landmarks....I should have got the pen and ink out...much more relaxing and good for grounding too...this particular has plenty of pen and ink work to it.
The struggle will continue...I was just about to throw the whole lot away and then I get wonderful replies and rescue recipes for the rescue of my watercolour
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Patsy - Winsor Newton make a Lifting preparation of course for watercolour.It says on the bottle :Apply directly to paper and allow to dry before painting. The preparation then allows dry washes, including stanning colours to be more easily lifted from paper with a wet brush, ideal for making corrections.Hope this helps !
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Here are a few correction techniques I have employed over the years that others may find helpful.1) A little preplanning is needed but if you can try and avoid using staining colours this will allow any passages that need corrected to be lifted out more easily.2) Apply white gouache over the offending passage leave to dry and then paint over.3) If you are using a fairly heavyweight paper it is possible to cut out small areas of the top level of the paper with a razor blade. However, be aware that this area of paper will respond to paint differently as the sizing is no longer intact!4) Cut a stencil to the shape of the offending area and use a stiff hog hair brush to scrub out the area.5) If you have applied the paint to thickly in an area try darkening your tones throughout the rest of the painting to balance it out.6) If all else fails - CROP IT! I have managed sometimes to find one or two successful paintings through creative cropping on a larger painting that has gone wrong.The most important thing to remember when you make a mistake is that this is ultimately how you learn your craft. So view it as a positive experience and learn from it - this philosophy can also be applied to life in general.Hope this helps some of you.Greg
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Thank you Greg and a big welcome to the Forum from me...I'm like a terrier with watercolour at the moment...I won't give up and will promise to turn out a masterpiece of some kind within the next six months
Thank you all for your tips I will have this thread to go back to because I havn't a clue if or how I can get it into my computer documents :-D :-D :-D
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Great life philosophy, Greg. This thread is great. No one has any excuses for botched watercolours!
Pats, you could open a Word doc in another window from the forum. Click on each posting you're interested in. Press CRTL and A simultaneously to select the text, then CTRL and C, then go back to Word doc where you plonk down your text by pressing CTRL and P en même temps. Then CTRL and S to save and CTRL W to close yon doc, quick and easy and more time to paint. Cheers and cheers my wonderful friend from Down Under. ;-)
Hope some of this CT helps 8-)
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