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Bleeding & Feathering

Bleeding & Feathering Instructions

Bleeding & Feathering Instructions

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Process

  • Wet the paper and fasten to the board using gummed tape - allow to dry

  • Spray the surface of the paper lightly with clean water

  • Using the Hake (wash brush) to lift a brush full of thinly diluted paint from the tub

  • Apply the paint swiftly, covering the whole area of the dampened sheet

  • Whilst this layer is still wet, quickly apply your chosen design using a slightly heavier mix of paint - wet-in-wet, allowing the colours to feather and bleed

  • Once this layer has dried, complete the detail with other layers of a heavier mixed paint, using darker or richer tones

Materials

  • Brian Clegg Tempera Tubs - mixing set

  • Bockingford 140 - NOT paper

  • Gummed Tape

Tools

  • Large Hake or wash brushes

  • Medium soft watercolour brushes

  • Clean water

  • Water spray bottle (eg. old household cleaner spray) 

 

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