Monthly Archives: March 2010

Painting Process Step Three: Masking and Painting

Published on March 11, 2010 at 9:00 pm

After my paper is on the board there is just one more step before I get to start applying paint: cut a frisket mask.  The frisket covers several areas of the painting and repels water, keeping them white while I work on the rest of the scene.  For this painting, I’ve masked a rectangular section [...]

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Painting Process Step Two: Transfer the Drawing

Published on March 4, 2010 at 10:56 am

This is a continuation of my painting process series.  If you haven’t read the previous post, you may want to start at step one. After I’m finished with my preliminary drawing my next step is to transfer that drawing to a nice piece of watercolor paper.  I use a 300 pound hot-press paper, made by [...]

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