Saving your Watercolor with Corrections

(C) 2019 Dale DiMauro

This is the subject matter from a few posts back. I have been trying to capture this time of year with all the verdant growth. Then on top of that, this proliferation of green is cast onto the water as a shadow.

On the top left corner of the watercolor I inadvertently got some green pigment on the page. This is a staining color and thus hard to remove. I am not sure which color, perhaps pthalocyanine green. However, I did lift most of the pigment and will try again to make it a non-factor.

Many people claim that watercolor is such a difficult media to handle. Regardless, of differing perspectives, there are readily available remedies to correct problems that you may find your self in. In this case, I dampened the area of the paper in question with water and lifted it with a paper towel and small scrubbing brush.

Watercolor is all about marking the paper with which ever technique you choose. This may be include pigments, pencil, masking, gouache, etc. You as an artist just have to find an additional technique to draw your eye away from a particular flaw.