Daily watercolor painting - Sunrise - Ink resist painting
This is the finished watercolor ink-resist painting done on 15 x 22 inches cold press watercolor paper. The painting uses watercolor paint for the different layers. An abstract watercolor painting about the sunrise or sunset. Lately I have been trying some abstrat art ideas using watercolor and ink resist as a way of expression. It is fun to create this kind of abstract ideas which explores ones imagination.
Ink Resist watercolor painting - sunrise watercolor painting
This is the stage where the painting is being covered with permanent black ink. The black ink will be permanently left on the areas where there is no white tempera. This stage of the ink resist watercolor painting is to left dried overnight. Next will be the wash shere areas of whte temera is being washed away.
Ink resist watercolor painting - Sunrise
You can see from the above image that the tempera and black ink is being washed away from the paper surface. Warm water and a scrubbing brush is used for this step. This left only the lines and some areas of the painting where the black permanent ink has eat into the watercolor paper surface. After the paper is completely dry it is ready to be painted using watercolor, gouache, or Acrylic paint.
– Peter Lau
Ink resist watercolor painting - sketch and masking fluid
This ink resist watercolor painting is done on 15 x 22 inches 150 lb cold press watercolor paper. First the outline of the painting is drawn with pencil on the watercolor paper. Then where the lines are, masking fluid is painted on. I use Pebeo drawing gum as my masking fluid and is painted on using a small brush in two layers. After the masking fluid is dried, white tempera is painted on the entire painting surface covering all the lines and the dry masking fluid. The painting is left to dry overnight.
Daily watercolor painting - Ink resist stage 2
In stage 2 show above, the entire painting with the tempera is completely dried and the masking area is slowly being taken off. I use a eraser with the initial lift of the masking fluid and finish off with my fingers. When it is all done, what is left is the white tempera paint and lines where the masking fluid used to be but now showing the white of the papser. Next stage will be covering the entire watercolor paper with permanent black ink.
Ballroom watercolor painting - Ink resist technique
This is the final Ballroom dance watercolor painting. It uses the ink resist painting techinque and watercolor is used throughout the final painting. It is a 15 x 22 inches watercolor painting on cold press watercolor paper. On this final painting I have added much shading on to the watercolor painting. More layers of watercolor wash is being added on various areas so that the dancer is more focused and stand out a bit more.
Peter Lau Ink resist painting - Ballroom dance watercolor
In my last post I have found that all the watercolor paint I use directly from the tube makes the ballroom painting too bright in color. Sort of like a poster paint. I have since try to put clean water on certain areas trying to lift some of the watercolor paint off the paper. I have succeed in some areas where those watercolors are not staining. After much lifting of the watercolor off the cold press watercolor paper, it is still not enough. Next, I immurse the whole sheet of finished watercolor paper into a water bath just like I did before for the ink resist. I use a large brush to brush some of the paint off from the paper under water. I then dry it overnight and that created the result show above. I will finish it with more layers of watercolor tomorrow to give it more a three dimension look especially on the background.
Ink resist watercolor painting - Ballroom dance passion painting
I have completed the ink resist watercolor painting by painting in all the areas surround by the ink outline with watercolor paint. I use watercolor paint right out of the tube. Continue reading
Ballroom Dance Painting - Watercolor Ink Resist Technique
After the Tempera paint is being washed away together with the permanent black ink, watercolor is applied on the cold press watercolor paper after it is completely dried. I use watercolor paint straight from the tube and fill in the areas between the black lines. It was fun filling in and doing this stage of ink resist watercolor. Gouache or acrylic paint can also be used at the same time.
Watercolor Ballroom Dance Painting - Ink resist technique
Ink resist watercolor technique - Dance Passion
The above photo shows the washing process for the ink resist technique on the ballroom dance painting. All the permanent ink except for the black lines etched into the paper is being washed away together with the tempera paint underneath. It will take several wash with changes of warm water to wash away all the tempera paint off the 150 lb cold press watercolor paper. The watercolor paper was then leave it in the water to soak for about 10 minutes and rinse again with a final rinse. After that the paper is clipped on a board or hand it up to dry. After it is completely dry, watercolor paint will be aplied on in layers to achieve the desire effect on the ballroom dance painting. I shall try and use the colors right out of the watercolor paint tube to get a different look.
Ink Resist watercolor techinque - Ballroom dance passiion
The above photo shows the ink resist ballroom dance watercolor painting after the wash and is bing clip on a board to dry before watercolro paint is being applied.