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Tutorial / step by step for the negative painting technique with watercolour and masking fluid. C:It is quite an easy technique as you can see, so have fun playing around with it!
If anything is unclear, please feel free to ask me.
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This was very helpful and the end result was gorgeous!
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I am going to try water coloring my drawings,hopefully it would turn out closely as good as urs
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did you paint over the background again after you applied the masking fluid? the color became darker... oh, and thanks for the info by the way.
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Interesting technique. I've a bottle of masking fluid somewhere that I've never used, this looks like something fun to try out with it, 
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Your pictures are beautiful 
By the way...Gosh...You have guts!
I use that once...JUST ONCE! because smells like hell
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I'm trying to get that effect, but the masking fluid comes off with paper... I've tried applying it thick, thin and watered down with water, but still when I peel it off, the paper uderneath it is mostly white... Can you help me with advice? Is my paper too thick or something?
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No~ That happened to me a lot too. Some papers like Arches have a stronger surface and will not rip as easily and will absorb more colour so it might work better.
In the end I stopped using masking fluid.
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Your tutorial has been featured in an article Watercolor Equipment II - Additional Tools. Thank you for sharing it with all of us
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I just want to let you know that you're one of my all-time favorite artists here
Oh, and what kind brush would you recommend using for the frisket? I have user liquid frisket I'm the past, but I ended up having to throw my brush away because it got ruined
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I'm just wondering, but how are the last two pictures so different? Did you wash the picture after peeling off the masking fluid?
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No, the last picture is a scan and the rest of the pictures are photos, so the colours look a bit yellower in the photos due to the light cast. :3
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In pieces like kaleidofish and secrets to a whale, did you leave out the face when masking (I'm guessing you used masking fluid?) or paint them on later?
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Nah I didn't use masking for those. I stopped using masking fluid for many years.
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Aaah I see, then would you suggest I leave the face out when masking or paint it on later?
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It might be better to paint it later! Depending on the paper and masking fluid it can rip up the bottom layer colours a bit.
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Not at the moment!
Thank you for the interest~<3
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Hello! I've featured this tutorial here [link] Thanks for sharing this with us!
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Your art is absolutely amazing and inspirational and thank you so much for the tutorials
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Your artworks are so beautiful and this tutorial is helpful.
BTW Is the character applied with masking fluid too? because it was so clean..
in my country there wasn't any store that sell those masking fluid. Maybe I'll buy it online.
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Thank you! ^^
For the character, I just painted around it. 8)
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oh..okay thank you so much XD
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Where would I be able to buy Masking Fluid? I get all my paints in an Arts and Crafts store, but I've never seen any Masking Fluid
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wont it be that if i used a kneading eraser to remove the masking fluid, it would erase the lineart? then if i used my finger, wouldn't it smudge the drawing? how about you, what do YOU do to remove the masking fluid?
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Once the watercolour is dry, it should be ok to gently rub off the fluid with an eraser. The lineart I usually do in watercolour as well so it doesn't really rub off.
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ohhh ok then, thank you for replying :3
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Just any art store should have it. If not, online. C:
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Which masking fluid do you use?? :3
The one I use dries slowly ;_;
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I used to use Demco masking, but it wasn't very good at all.
Try blowdrying it maybe? C:
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; 0 ; Okay... thanks for your help <333
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Thank you for your tutorial, I tried yesterday and I love the result !
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AMG YOUR PROFILE PICTURE IS SHIZUKU FROM HXH XD LOLOLOL YOUR LIKE MY NEW BIFFLE XD
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aha, i did not think anyone else will like shizuku..
only a tiny amount...~
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SHES SOOO CUTE! i like what she wears lol
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I know! It is very easy to cosplay ^u^
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Love your use of this technique - I'm now itching to try it out!
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