Today I varnished my most recent
work. I started it a while ago and got stuck, put it away for a few months and
finished it last week.
After the ‘30 Paintings in 30 Days-challenge’
from last September I finally knew how to continue.
Since I started working in colour
more and more I also like using lots of different materials (bistre, pigmentedink, water soluble (ink) pencils, soft pastels by Schmincke) at the same time,
just mixing them up.
Varnishing is possible because I work on aquabord by Ampersand and can be a problem using
all these different materials. I start by putting on different layers of fixative
letting them dry for 24 hours in between layering. After that I put on a layer
of matt acrylics varnish. This is the tricky part because if not fixated well enough
the varnish can partly dissolve the fixative and make the materials run.
All went well today.
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