Results from Student's wax batik
The main supplies used for making corrections (AFTER it was mounted and dry):
Inktense sticks
Gouache
Bleed-Proof White
Black Pen
Watercolor
All the instructions are in last time's post.
Lynn: Didn't require much, just used some dry inktense stick to brighten the tree
Sylvia: wanted to retain as much of the batik look as possible, so mostly
used the side of a white inktense to create extra texture in the sky
Francis: used a little white on the trees, then some inktense sticks (yellow-green) to brighten the trees a little
Sarah decided a city girl needs a city snowman, so made a hint of
city in the background. She used watercolor to clean up some edges around the
snowman face and tree.
David used bleed proof white to get ride of unwanted black lines. He mixed it with some blue WC to create some shadows on the snow. I like the volume in the trees.
Vicki added bleed proof white to the trees plus a little
yellow green intense stick.
Carol did not do the crackle at the end, and the results looks so pretty.
It didn't need much touch up at all.
You can't see it well, but Shirley used a lot of shiny silver
to make it look like snow. That kind of paint doesn't copy well,
but in person it looks very crystal-like.
Jackie kept the background light and pastel, and I love the effect. She used some blue for the crackling, and then made some more blue by running a stick of inktense over the cracks. Still has to put a face on him, but he's looking sweet.
WATERCOLOR STENCILING
In class I gave everyone a stencil and a unique brush called a blending brush. It allows you to stencil with watercolor without the bleeds. The brush looks like a white sponge but is actually a lot of absorbant hairs.
Card artists use it with stamp pads to blend colors effectively.
Besides getting clean stencils, it is not expensive. Mine are called Yoseng blending brushes.
Jackie Hernandez shows how to use this brush for stenciling:
