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<DIV><SPAN class=942544320-08012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fellow Aquanetters
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<DIV><SPAN class=942544320-08012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>I noticed on some of
my paintings where I've laid in a dark wash that when these areas dry there are
tiny white flecks visible. When I look under magnification I can see that it's
the white of the paper. I've attached an example. The overall area shown in
the attachment is under magnification and is about 0.5 inches in diameter
to give you a sense of the size. I don't think it is areas of
the paper that didn't receive the wash because it was a soaking wet wash. The
only thing I can think of is that as the paper dried some of the fibers shrunk
and pulled away from each other, exposing unpainted paper. Wondering if anyone
has any ideas what may be causing this. The paper is Arches 140lb cold press
rough from a block. The paint for the wash in the attachment was a mix of
Indanthrene Blue and Indigo (WN I believe).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=942544320-08012010><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=942544320-08012010><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Dave</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>