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Watercolour Texture Techniquesby ~hatefueled

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Here's some interesting texures you can make using watercolour paints. from top to bottom:

Alcohol - Drip some alcohol on the painted area and the paint will separate from the area. the dryer the paint is, I've found, the darker and crisper the edges of the seperated area of white will be.

Salt - Sprinkling Salt on the paint created a sandy texture. the longer you leave the salt there as it dries, the more the paint will spread but this works best the more semi dry the area is.

Blotting/Lifting - As an area dries, you can used water in your brush to blot areas back to white by making the paint spread away or you can use a dry brush to absorb or lift the paint from the area.

Stencils/erasing - While an area is semi dry, you can use paper or plastic shaped to remove the paint in a shape. I like using tape when i do this, shiny side down and sticky side up, this way you can touch it with the other end of your paintbrush to pick it up instead of trying to peal it away with your nails.

Sandpaper - This is hard to pull off in my opinion but is you use good, thich watercolour paper so you dont get holes and wait for the paint to be nearly dry like on the right rather than the left, you get a scratchy effect.

Wax - Use candles or wax crayons to make marks and shapes but drawing with the candle or crayon then adding the paint. Like on the left. You can go back after the paint dries and wax out more areas to keep that colour and then paint again like on the left to create layers.

EDIT: Thank you so much to all the people stopping by and appreciating this um... deviation haha. I hope its helped you all with your art. If you've tried out any of these effects in your work successfully feel free to leave a link to your work in a comment and I'll drop by and have a look

EDIT: just got the 1000th fave on this! that's so cool! thanks everyone!

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~hatefueled Oct 28, 2012

very welcome!

~Charmed-Ravenclaw Oct 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

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~hatefueled Oct 5, 2012

thanks

~Charmed-Ravenclaw Oct 6, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

No worries

~HayleyGraphic Sep 30, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wow!

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~pekoedeakin Sep 10, 2012

Use old cordials from the cupboard that no one drinks anymore, freeing up space for more flavored vodka's. Rice or Orzo works well if sprinkled on wet surface and placed in the sun to dry.

~natafka Aug 21, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

thank you!

~bbozii Aug 21, 2012

~suzysuNZ Aug 20, 2012

Awesome. I've been struggling with how to make interesting backgrounds for a series of collages, and now I can't wait to get to work. Thanks.

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