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Published: 2010-01-18 06:24:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 5448; Favourites: 130; Downloads: 100
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A tutorial on Poured Washes, the technique I've been playing around with lately.A and co-production
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Hello! I've featured this tutorial here [link] Thanks for sharing this with us!
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That's nice, thanks! Always glad to help
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Fantastic tutorial ! Wow, I would say that it was well worth the effort, but yes, it does sound like a very lengthy procedure. Must try it for sure. Thank you for sharing.
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Oh good! 
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Well, it's great fun... if you don't mind the mess!
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Glad you found it useful - thanks for the fav!
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Glad you think so - thanks for the fav!
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Oh, dear God, that's a lot of masking fluid you used there
I'm curious about one thing: since I don't have a board to put the painting on, would it be alright if I leave the painting overnight on... say, a table, to make sure that it doesn't fall face down? Or will that affect the way the washes will dry?
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Are you using a gummed watercolour block? In that case you should be OK.
If you are planning to use just one sheet of paper, it must be stretched, and for stretching you need a board.
If you don't have neither a board nor a gummed watercolour block, your experiment in poured washes will turn into an extremely hard to handle mess.
As for the drying: The paper will be totally saturated with water and paint. If you leave it flat, the drying process might be uneven and this might leave marks and striations you had not planned on.
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Thank you for letting me know
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Great tuto!
Did you use the same paper you've done before? 'cause sometimes the problem with the mask is actually the paper...
I loved the effect and will surely try!
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Thanks for the feedback!
You are quite right, sometimes the paper is the problem with mask. However, "Nuts" was also done on Arches paper (but with different paints), and I had no problem there, so I rather convinced it was due to the paints - need to pick more staining ones for this technique.
Let me know how yours comes out!
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Ok. I'll certainly post on Watercolorists club! ^^
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Nicely done - I like the fact that you showed a problem (instead of just using a '
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Well, I there was no way I'd start again from scratch, I can assure you!
Thanks for your kinds words as well as the fav, Barrie, much appreciated!
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aaaaah! you did it! *_* I'm SO gonna try this one!
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Great! Let me know how it goes!
Thanks for the fav!
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Interesting. Do you know if it will work with acrylic paints?
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You can use thin acrylic washes like watercolours, and I'm sure you could pour them on, but I doubt if you would get those wonderful watercolour effects. What's more, this technique is not only done with poured washes. Just as important is the masking of shapes with masking fluid, and I've never seen masking fluid for acrylics.
So, on the whole, I would answer your question with no. But then I'm no acrylics expert!
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Alright. I'll try it out with acrylics, just to see what will happen.
Doesn't the masking fluid pick up from of the watercolor?
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I asked who I consider to be a real acrylic expert. Her opinion: you could use acrylics, but you'd have to dilute them so much that there would'nt be any point.
Still and all - you'll never know until you try it!
Keep me posted on how it turns out, I'd be very interested!
As for the masking fluid, I'm not really sure I understand your question.
Yes, the mask comes off when the paintings is finished, with watercolours at least. I'm not so sure that it could be so easily removed after having acrylics poured over it.
In the case of the Bird's Nest Fern removing the mask also removed a good bit of the paint, which I blame on the paints; I had no such problem with two previous paintings where I used different paints.
Anyway, let me know how it goes!
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Beautiful Pat! 
This is an amazing process, with great results. Even though you had a problem, you worked through it and solved it wonderfully.
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Thanks Kelli!
Yes, I think I'll play around with this some more. It's totally crazy, but I like it. The main thing with this process is not to have too many pre-conceived ideas of how you want the final result to look... just relax and "go with the flow"!
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understood, looks like great fun!
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Glad you like it, thanks for the fav!
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Oh my... wow, that's all I can say. What a wonderful technique and beautiful results, I definitely will try this sometime in the future once I think up a paiting idea where this kind of effect works. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial, it's plenty inspiring!
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Thanks for your kind words and the fav - I'm happy if I could inspire you!
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You are most welcome! Thanks for the favs!
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8 days... o may... so beautiful! the result as well! I'm amazed!
I m happy that some people actually goes on with traditional art... Lovely!
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Glad you like the result, many thanks for the fav!
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