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nawp. because you don't fuss over the bush strokes when you apply medium.
if you're worried about it, you can always spray it with fixative first and use one
of those foam brushes, etc. just apply it thinly and quickly.
after the first layer dries, it's already enough to hold the drawing in place and
you can apply more medium without worry.
you could also thin it down with extra water and use a spraybottle to apply it
i guess, but that seems kind of excessive. a quick brush hand will do it.
if you're worried about it, you can always spray it with fixative first and use one
of those foam brushes, etc. just apply it thinly and quickly.
after the first layer dries, it's already enough to hold the drawing in place and
you can apply more medium without worry.
you could also thin it down with extra water and use a spraybottle to apply it
i guess, but that seems kind of excessive. a quick brush hand will do it.
look up a couple comments and i explain it :)
get yourself a jar of matte medium! it looks like glue but it dries clear :)
apply it thinly over your drawing or painting whenever you want to "save"
your work.
it's basically like any other acrylic paint except that it has no pigment in it.
get yourself a jar of matte medium! it looks like glue but it dries clear :)
apply it thinly over your drawing or painting whenever you want to "save"
your work.
it's basically like any other acrylic paint except that it has no pigment in it.
sure. that's what arts and craft fixative is.
however, your hairspray probably has perfume in it :P
also, it won't really seal the work as fully as a thin layer of matte medium.
but i do use fixative if i want a mild hold before applying medium, which can
blur detail if you aren't careful and light with the brush otherwise. just try it out!
however, your hairspray probably has perfume in it :P
also, it won't really seal the work as fully as a thin layer of matte medium.
but i do use fixative if i want a mild hold before applying medium, which can
blur detail if you aren't careful and light with the brush otherwise. just try it out!
i am a fan of watercolours and acrylics as i do paint, especially with pencil lines as it provided nice hard lines of contrast to define shapes.
however it frustates me when I wanted to scan a painting that is larger than a mere humble flat top scanner.
do you know of any good place to scan anything larger than a normal flat top scanner? O_O;
however it frustates me when I wanted to scan a painting that is larger than a mere humble flat top scanner.
do you know of any good place to scan anything larger than a normal flat top scanner? O_O;
well, yes, that's the point. you seal the work under the medium, and then keep
painting over it.
if you apply it thinly, you can still scrub back down through to the gouache underneath. but for the most part, it preserves your colors to keep the layers
from interacting. you can use this to your advantage.
working with gouache involves a lot of managing the what you've already done to the
image. with acrylic the most you can do after it's dry is paint over it, but with gouache you can dry brush over it, or carefully soak it wet again and mingle fresh paint into it, or blot it off, or save it under fixative and matte medium, etc.
so what you see as a trouble "repelling" water, is often exactly what you want.
painting over it.
if you apply it thinly, you can still scrub back down through to the gouache underneath. but for the most part, it preserves your colors to keep the layers
from interacting. you can use this to your advantage.
working with gouache involves a lot of managing the what you've already done to the
image. with acrylic the most you can do after it's dry is paint over it, but with gouache you can dry brush over it, or carefully soak it wet again and mingle fresh paint into it, or blot it off, or save it under fixative and matte medium, etc.
so what you see as a trouble "repelling" water, is often exactly what you want.
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