Watercolour masking fluid

How to use masking fluid in your watercolor paintings and preserve white areas without using white paint or gouache: 6 tips

Natalia Nazarian©️• Archi-Artist❣️🇨🇦 on Instagram: "My top tips about Masking Fluid: (as you requested) Masking fluid (also known as masking liquid) is an essential tool in watercolour painting. This special fluid protects paper from water and paint, allowing you to preserve white spaces in your artwork. Here are some key points to remember when using masking fluid: • Application: Always apply masking fluid on dry paper. Peel it off when you finish your painting only after the paper…

8 Different Alternatives to Masking Fluid for watercolor paintings. In this post, you'll learn 8 different methods you can use instead of masking fluid for watercolor painting. #maskingfluid #maskingfluidalternatives

Have long been meaning to try using a bottle of masking fluid, a gum which resists ink and watercolour - to see the effects with my drawings, and after investing in a bottle yesterday, am super excited by the results, love it!! Excuse that they're a bit basic, but it was my first attempt and now there's no stopping me! Step by step below... 1. So. Le masking fluid - tinted pale blue so you can see what you're doing, v handy! Used an ink nib at first unsuccessfully, as it all dried and wasn't…

Ever tried painting a big wash of color around a complex shape ? There are many occasions when you want to preserve the white paper and conserve key features in a composition. This watercolor technique is usually referred to as “reserving whites”. Of course, you can paint around shapes with some intricate brushwork, but often

I love the look of either white or black lines in watecolor sketches and paintings. I have in the past played around with masking fluid to preserve white lines, sometimes with a liner brush and sometimes with a ruling pen, not always with good results. One of the keys to success is a good-flowing masking fluid, and after trying several brands, including Masquepen, I find that I like Pebeo Drawing Gum the best. But the other key is a good tool that enables me to draw fine lines with the…

Masking fluid is so much fun to create with. And lately I am loving the watercolor resist pen from Prima . Masking fluid is a latex liqu...

I LOVE using masking fluid. Once it’s dry it can be peeled off, revealing the untouched white paper underneath. It’s a bit like magic! I first encountered this medium during my college days and since then have had a great relationship with it. I’ve just launched a Skillshare class on using this m

Masking fluid is so much fun to create with. And lately I am loving the watercolor resist pen from Prima. Masking fluid is a latex liquid used to block out areas of a watercolor painting. Once it dries you can paint over it and retain the white paper anywhere you've applied the masking fluid. The pen makes it possible to draw, doodle or write really fine lines. When you are finished painting you simply rub it away and you are left with white space anywhere the masking fluid was applied.