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Artist Helen Brown (hbrownart.com) teaches watercolor
painting and assists renowned artists at Art in the Mountains
workshops.
4
I then brush over the entire
surface with paraffin and let it dry.
5
After placing a sheet of newsprint
on the rice paper, I begin melting
the wax, using an iron on high heat.
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I then remove the newsprint, slide the painting between
two new sheets of absorbent newsprint and iron the
painting again until I can see wax seeping into the newsprint.
I repeat this process at least four times to ensure that all the
wax is removed.
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If I want the painting to lie really flat in a frame, I adhere
it to a sheet of 300-lb. watercolor paper. To do this,
I use an expired credit card to spread matte medium over the
watercolor paper. When Iām sure the liquid is spread evenly,
I place the painting onto the paper and top it with a sheet of
wax paper (or freezer paper) before going over it with a roller.
I then carefully remove the wax paper and let the painting dry
flat, as I did with Barrows Goldeneye (left).
Barrows Goldeneye
watercolor batik on paper, 4x6