Help creating watercolor texture
Jack3000
I need to create the texture of sequins on this blouse. I was thinking
of making a stamp with a bunch of circles with dots in the middle to
achieve this.
However, I don't know of a material that I could create this stamp out
of that would produce crisp edges of the intended shapes.
Can anyone tell me of a material that would achieve this? If there is
another way to go about doing this in watercolor, I'm all ears too.
Jack
Paul Mesken
wrote:
If you want crisp edges then you typically use a mask instead of a
stamp (perforated sheet of plastic or something).
Carmine Rhedd
says...
>If you want crisp edges then you typically use a mask instead of a
>stamp (perforated sheet of plastic or something).
Ummmm. MOST watercolorists would use a masking
fluid, referred to in the trade as "Miskit"
or "Frisket" - or plain old rubber cement. These
preserve the whiteness of the paper until after
the painting is well along, then it is removed
with a finger, rubber eraser or one of the special
erasers made for the purposed, referred to as
"lifting erasers."
You CAN use a film mask and
there are films made specifically for the purpose
but used primarily in the drafting trade, not
by watercolorists usually. You may not even find
the film in an art supply store but rather in a
drafting supply or office supply store. It has
a low-tack adhesive on one side to that it can
be adhered to the surface of the drawing temporarily.
It's a plastic film that is usually cut with a
razor-sharp knife (X-acto).
As for creating multiples in a painting, the
usual way is to simply paint them in, one at a
time, or to do it "impressionistically" so that
you give the "impression" of sequins and the viewer's
eye fills in the details left out by the artist.
Paul Mesken
wrote:
>In article <t5o55v8kd3730n2o1...@4ax.com>, usu...@euronet.nl
>says...
>
>>If you want crisp edges then you typically use a mask instead of a
>>stamp (perforated sheet of plastic or something).
>
>Ummmm. MOST watercolorists would use a masking
>fluid, referred to in the trade as "Miskit"
>or "Frisket" - or plain old rubber cement.
Ah, there you go, I work with oils ;-)
Carol
In thi case you wouldn't see the hole in the centre. I agree that
masking fluid would be the way I would go.