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Mystery Technique #124

February 20, 2023 – 6:55 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #123:

Kurd Kutter is the mystery ingredient from last month! It’s an easy way to erase acrylic ink from Yupo; you can remove the paint selectively or erase the entire painting and start over. Here’s a demonstration:

First I used a brush to paint Krud Kutter in a linear shape. As you can see in this example, you can also spatter it on with a brush or a tool like this one from Kemper. Next I wiped the Yupo with a paper towel to remove the dissolved paint and excess cleaning solution. To be sure all the Krud Kutter was gone, I finished by wiping the surface with water. Special thanks to Lisa Cantrell Wood for introducing me to this great product, which also works well as a household cleaner.

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Mystery Technique

Mystery Technique #123

January 20, 2023 – 4:59 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #122:

Glazing, gloss medium, plastic, and pipettes are combined for this Mystery Technique! First I used a brush to spatter the paper with acrylic gloss medium and let it dry. When I painted over the spatters with watercolor, they resisted the wet paint and created the sensation of light circular shapes floating in the color. Next I covered the wet paint with a piece of thin plastic, which stuck in places to form darker shapes. Working quickly, I manipulated the shapes with a palette knife and brush handle. After this layer dried, I removed the plastic, then repeated the process with a darker blue-green at the bottom. I used pipettes for the last layer to create an irregular network of linear shapes, drawing them with water before adding diluted blue-green and tilting the paper to encourage the paint to follow the water.

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Mystery Technique

Mystery Technique #122

December 20, 2022 – 9:03 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #121:

The secret ingredient for this mystery technique is a white Posca pen! I started by painting layers of irregular linear shapes with diluted acrylic ink, using the dropper inside the bottle instead of a brush. After building up layered networks of lines, I scribbled on top of the dried paint with a white Posca pen. When the white lines were completely dry, I glazed over them in several places with blue-gray watercolor paint to create more depth.

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