AUXILIARIE - Royal Talens

2.2 Auxiliaries forwater colourFor working with water colours a number ofauxiliaries are available to use during painting orto protect a work.Liquid masking filmWhite paint is usually not used in the water colourtechnique. The places on the painting that haveto be white are simply not painted upon. Butsometimes, during the course of painting, paintmay accidentally get onto these areas, and theunwanted paint may not be completely washableusing water. It is advisable to first treat the areato be kept white with Talens Liquid masking filmbefore painting. This is a product based on latex(natural rubber).Once dry it can be simply painted over. Oncethe painting is ready and the paint dry, theLiquid masking film can then simply be rubbedoff from the paper using a (clean) finger or aneraser. This reveals the white of the paper again.The longer the Liquid masking film remains onthe paper the stronger it will adhere to it. It istherefore best to remove the Liquid masking filmwithin a few days.3838Step 1:Applyingliquidmasking filmStep 2:Applying anew paintlayerStep 3:Removingliquidmasking filmStep 4:The resultwith blankareasAuxiliaries