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Tutorial / step by step for the negative painting technique with watercolour and masking fluid. C:It is quite an easy technique as you can see, so have fun playing around with it!
If anything is unclear, please feel free to ask me.
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This is fantastic, thank you very much!
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Whoa! the digital output doesn't do the real thing justice!
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inspiration!
I should try out this style c:
it's very helpful^^
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loves this and will use it in his GCSE art coursework!
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I'm going to try something like this~
Thank you for the tutorial!
All your pieces are magical and inspiring!
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cool, were can i buy that stuff?
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You can get them in most of the art stores! 8)
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Awesome, you've made me want to dig out my watercolours and masking fluid again!
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thank you so much~ I was going to muddle through figuring out how to do this but this will speed things up a lot. it's neat knowing what brands you like too!
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let me say...
I heart you for making this
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Wonderful technique and clear illustration of the process. Thank you for sharing! I bought masking fluid out of curiosity the other day, so now I have some ideas to put it to use!
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this was very interesting to look at, thank you for sharing! I must say, I am surprised. I have always thought your art was intricate, but never truly appreciated the process behind it!
I wouldn't exactly say it is an "easy" technique- a fair amount of control is needed, and yours looks especially neat and organized- but, it is definitely the sort of technique which, once you get into, will be absolutely fun. I like this a lot! I want to try it myself! and man, look at all those cool stuff you're using- I've never once thought about using masking fluid, or cotton paper... also, your paints look rather expensive. Are they? I use cheap, basic watercolour for my stuff- for the colour to pop I rely on photoshop to add contrast. But in yours, they pop immediately, even though it's just a photograph! So beautiful.
Is this a technique you developed by yourself, by the way? It's so ingenious!
Thank you again for sharing <3
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Thanks dear!
The paints are somewhat expensive yes, but I get a discount from the art store I work at so they can be up to half the price. :3 I used to paint with cheap pans but the paints make a big difference omnom. *A*
As for the negative painting technique, nay, I just stumbled upon the technique in a book and also saw many artists create gorgeous things with it so I wanted to try it. :'D
Hope you have fun with this technique too hoho~~
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Aah, thank you so much for this tutorial! I love your negative paintings <3 The technique is so clever! 
I'll definitely try this out some day, it looks so fun~
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Masking fluid FTW. I just learned how to use that stuff in an art class. Majorly fun, but the stuff smells worse than rotting fish.
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LOLOLOL It really does. *A*
Though I've had mine for 6 years and I think the smell sorta died out a little. Still quite odorous.
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Awesome
Just wondering, how thick do you have to apply the masking fluid? I've only used it once and have never been brave enough to do it again - I think I put the masking on too thick, cos it stuck and tore my paper when I tried to pull it off >_<
In my case, for tracing things onto watercolour paper, I use a huge cheat - my paper is A4 size, so I scan my drawing and print it straight onto the paper. I usually print it lightly in greyscale, so then I can trace directly over my sketch and the printed lines don't usually show too much on the final product; the printer ink usually doesn't run either, if the print is light. It saves a lot of time
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Thanks!
I usually apply enough fluid so that it becomes opaque on the page before it dries. It depends on the paper your using too, I just put them on watercolour paper and they come off ok.
And hoho~~ thanks for the tip about printing it on. *A*
Another way to save time! 8D
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Ah-huh, I might have to try it again sometime. Maybe it hadn't dried properly, or I was just too rough
No problem! Since I figured that out, it has saved me so much time! I'm doing a 12-page comic like that at the moment, working straight on a print-out without bothering to redraw the lines. No more hours spent hunched over the light table, wailing 'but it's just not the same as the original!' Yay for techno cheats
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WHOAH WHUT WHOAH THAT IS COOL IM GOANNNA TRY
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whoa i didn't know you used water color! I thought it was marker! I feel dumb now XD
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Are you going to make one on regular watercoloring?
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Hoho nice c:. Putting the masking fluid to use. I'm digging watercolor again~ Phases ; a ;.
Looking great though c:
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This came faster than expected o_o
This will be very helpful. Thank you!
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The image to the left of steps 7 and 8 look even better than the finished work.
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That is so cool!! I'll have to try this sometime, thanks so much!! c:
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Very interesting! This will help!
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That is so cool~
I though you inverted the colours in Photoshop or something. lol
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*Applies to art* This is awesome. Friggin awesome!
For whatever reason I decided this was way more difficult then it is.
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So THAT'S how you do those amazing patterns! I never would have thought of that! So clever!
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awesome! Thanks for doing this hun!
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Thanks you very mucha for the tutorial!!
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i love the tips for the wash, i have found that my backgrounds always seem a little dull, im definitely using that
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YAAAAY! After much anticipation, the tutorial is here!
I'm so excited to try this sometime-the possibilities are endless
Thanks for sharing your process!
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