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Hi Pat.<br><br>
I am deathly allergic to latex and ammonia gives me headaches so I have
to stay away from masking fluid. I'm not certain what you have in
mind as white patches, but Siberian Courtyard on this page:
<a href="http://www.schaudt.us/watercolors/corners.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.schaudt.us/watercolors/corners.html</a> was painted when I
first started out painting. All of the whites were painted
around. It took me days to do.<br><br>
If little bits of white are to be left, for example tiny slender grasses
etc, I've taught my students to draw onto the watercolor paper surface
thru waxed paper. For very fine white lines, I've had them use
sewing needles as their drawing instruments.<br><br>
For you Pat, I'll remind you to <b>put the waxed side down.</b>
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have confidence that you'll do it.<br><br>
Carol<br><br>
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At 08:42 AM 11/28/2007, pat davis wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi again, gang.<br><br>
Wow! Did I get a lot of answers on that one! It almost appears that I
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should forgo the use of masking fluid as I use it so seldom, it will
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probably go "bad" between uses. The bottle I opened yesterday
was <br>
unopened, BTW, but it had been sitting in the studio since last <br>
December... and who knows how long in the art store before that.<br><br>
Right now the problem that I'm facing is that I want to leave many small
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patches of white to add sparkle to the piece I'm working on, but the
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background needs to be painted fast and loose, so you can see the <br>
problem. Oh well, if painting in w/c was easy, even fools like me could
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do it.<br><br>
:-)<br>
Pat<br><br>
PS: Oops!! I forgot that the main purpose of this note was to thank all
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of you who contributed suggestions. I really do appreciate the fact that
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you all took time to offer help. Many, many thanks!!!!!!<br><br>
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