How to Use Masking Fluid and Liquid Frisket for Watercolor Painting
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2014
- Masking Fluid or Liquid Frisket is a staple of the watercolor painting arsenal of tools. Its important to protect the white of the paper so you can use it for rendering beautiful highlights later on. We'll discuss the use of it, ways to apply it and how to remove it.
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Steve, I don't know if you see these comments, I hope you do. I have learned more from you in 5 or 6 lessons than I could have believed possible. You have answered SO many questions for me and my painting has drastically improved in just a short time!!!!! I am grateful beyond words for your teaching, demos and tips and tricks. You have introduced products to me that are just fabulous even though they cost my husband an entire paycheck! Thank you for your kind spirit and generosity in the way you teach.
your sense of humor is what i needed today
Love your sense of humor Steve! ❤️
Have been learning a great deal from you, love your art, teaching style, and thank you for the Bible verse at the end.
Old man, you are my new best friend. I absolutely love how you provide many different options of how to apply the masking fluid and how to use that rubber cement eraser. Thank you so very much!
I've been sitting on all these dip pens and folded pens and never thought to try with masking fluid!! finally, I can make thin lines! thanks for your tips :)
Most people don't realize masking fluid is a glue,it does have a shelf life ,so test before use,it should not be shaken it causes bubbles that pop and keeps from covering totally,best way to gently stir,as you say it should not be left on indefinitely.thanks for sharing.
Good point! Thanks for the input Maria!
Maria Kellner I have shared your tip on my Facebook page. Thanks!
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Maria Kellner Do you know how to remove it?
actually its not glue its liquid latex
Thank you! I thought I had tried everything for masking, but the rubber tip shaper was a pleasant surprise. It works great. I appreciate your tutorials. Again, thank you.
The BEST and strangest lesson on Masking that I've ever seen ! Thank you. Now I feel comfortable opening my first jar.
Absolutely lovely, thanks so so much! I had lousy paper and didn't know it, so big thanks for all the info. I tried watercolors for a week a few years ago and was so useless I just gave up. My medium is oils and people often say my oil paintings look like watercolor, I'm back to give it another bash and feel more confident after watching your videos!
Great video! Detailed, yet concise. I'm new to watercolor, and am loving it!
I really appreciate the time you've taken to cover this subject.
You're welcome Hazy A. Glad it was helpful. Most all of the masking fluids work about the same. Use whatever is easily available to you.
Masking Fluid is now on my shopping list! Great instruction and looking forward to trying it out, thank you!
Not only were you helpful and funny but you provided a link for Amazon and I’ve already ordered the ruling masking pen. Thanks!!!!
You have become my go-to guy for watercolor info!
Awww, thanks!
Thank you for educating us on watercolor. It really helps to start with first things first and this always mystifies me. You always make me smile so that is helpful too LOL
I have just recently found your channel.. and I can say you are BRILLIANT! I am a beginner and you have instilled so much confidence in me! Thankyou!! ♥
Thank you SOO much!!! I only knew 1 method and it was the brush with the soap... I'm glad I learned that there are other methods, and could use them for small detail areas! Thank you again!
CapucineNighly You're welcome! Glad it was a help.
Eventually, I find the good sources for painting info, and this is one of the best. Many thanks for your advice and the time taken to deliver it. I'd write more, but I have to get this masking fluid off my paper. the carpet, the curtains ......
Thank you for all the tips that can contribute to success in painting.
Love how you teach, thank you! Great information!!
😮 this vid is coming up on 3 years old. I'm watching again. 1 year into the watercolor journey I am ready for masking fluid! Exciting! As always a quality video. Thank you Steve.
Yes, it was only my 5th ever video. My channel was only 2 months old. 😊
Thanks so much for this, Steve! I spent a butt-load of time looking for different tools to use with the masking fluid, and spent 45 minutes "accidentally" discovering all the methods you present here. Should've known to just come to MoW first! This video is great cause it shows the different results from using
each method. You've really helped me to decide which tools to use for my intended purpose. I'm thinking about using a wide calligraphy nib to make fenceposts.
Another great video! I appreciate that you shared lots of different methods to try for masking!
parisanne53 Thanks!
I use masking fluid both to preserve the white paper but also for already colored areas If I decide to make a darker wash around it. Thank you for your excellent channel.
I just got Liquid Frisket and Pebo Drawing Gum on the way. I had to try both, now I have to learn how to use it best. I already want a soapy brush. I dont like using my Ruled pen . It seems to waste a lot. I have a kagillian craft brushes that just sit. They have a use now, great seeing you again, Steve, I keep coming back- OH! I got an Escoda 10 Rigger and am watching and soon trying to paint w/Angela Fehr. Blessings, and thank you for the scriptures at the end. I read them. OMgoodness, M. Gram Jewe lTone set is gorgeous, and someday soon I will get another box. SOLD on M Graham paints!
very well presented and informative...thank you Steve!
I am a newbie watercolor lover and I've really been baffled by masking fluid. Didn't know how to apply it or really if I needed it. Thanks for tackling the mystery! I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge Steve! 😊
+Denise Chapel you're welcome. Glad it was a help.
You are the best. I didn't know how to get the mask down in very fine areas and now I do. Thanks. I like the way you keep it simple and easy to understand since there are some with an overload of information that is just too much for a beginner IMO. Thanks again.
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
This was most helpful. Great to view the various methods of use and the different types of masking solutions. The tip about not leaving it on the paper for any lenght of time was most helpful...thanks Steve.
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Thanks boss, watercoloring has taken over all my free time lately and I'm loving it. Keep up the great tips :)
+Kristina Babich It has a tendency to do that sometimes. Thanks for watching!
Very helpful video! Simple and sweet, just what i needed. I needed to refresh my mind on how to apply masking fluid after years of not really using it because it wasnt reliable on my end (until i found the right bottle). I'm curious to try out different applicators now!
I got lots of wonderful ideas from you. Thank you so much.
You are such a joy to learn from, thank you for making our MINDS your first priority!!
Thank you I just love your all your videos
hey zorro, the more i watch you the more you crack me up, thanks! your vids are great too.....
Learning a lot from you ,yourr teaching method, love doing workshop surrounded by nature
Very cool, very helpful for beginners!
thx for your great watercolor tuts.
this beginner is learning sooooo much from you! thank you! I just bought the Winsor Newton one,,, going to try it on winter landscape,, the trees are just grey looking sticks in the background but the sky is so bright blue today - i don't think I could achieve this look without the masking fluid,, so, I went to my favorite youtube video source for just the right instruction :) thanks much!
You bet, thanks for watching!
what an educational video! thanks and I will use your ideas..
extremely helpful. it's going to help my adventures into developing new forms. cheers!
+Joshua Clark 👍
Thank you, Steve, for this masking tutorial. In addition to using several of the tools you mentioned, I have prepared an old, round brush and splayed it in a bowl of masking liquid. I added several layers and now have this terrific hard 'wheel'. I dip it in the liquid and roll over areas that will hav wave highlights, falling or blowing snow, falling leaves... It's the haphazard uncertainty of where the liquid falls that makes the painting come alive.
+E Hennemann Cool! Thanks for the input.
+The Mind of Watercolor : Would love to take credit for the idea, but I'm sure I found it somewhere on line. BTW ~ thank you, Steve, so very much for your humour and for sharing your skill and passion.
Thank you so much for this tutorial.
Thank you again! Fabulous video for me a beginner this i am.
You crack me up. You also have taught me so much. Thanks. Sheila
Very helpful,thank you!
I love painting space scenes and have, until recently, done that only through painting with acrylics because I've never really been successful at it with watercolor. I love watercolor more, though. So I've been practicing a lot lately and researching (and found myself going through several of your videos when I discovered you)--and it seems masking fluid will help me a lot in getting better at painting the things I like the way I like to. Thanks for showing me how to use it!
+Lar Rackell You bet! 😊
Very helpful. Thank you👍
Thank you for this!
I’ve got some, but have been afraid to use it! Now I just need to try it for fun.
Thank you for the tip on rubbing the brush after wards with bar soap. Really helps the get that gunk out
+Janelle Contreras Glad it was a help!
I also read to never dry frisket with hair dryer. I really enjoyed your videos. Thank you
thank you for your help. i just bought mine for a proyect
Thank you so much, teacher ! 😊👍
Thank you really useful info 👍
...masking yumminess and goodness huh? 😆😅
Your definitely an artist with that quirky personality of yours. Its comforting to know there are others out there... I’m also a Real Hermit but youtube keeps me informed.
Carry on...😄
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Thank you really needed this video
I love your videos. You have inspired me to revisit watercolor as a medium! And I second the comment about Robert DeNiro!
+Marisa Hernandez 😄 Thanks!
Thanks again Steve
super helpful vdo thank you so much
Learned alot from this video, thank you! :)
thank you this was helpfull i just trying to get back in to painting after a lone time awayfrom it.looking forward to seeing more:)
Thanks Kathy. Welcome! Glad it was a help.
Thank you!! Excellent! Very helpful:)
This was very helpful. I have been somewhat confused about what to purchase and how and why to use. I am beginning to learn about watercolors. Thank you!
Glad this was a help.
Thank you!
There is an a British artist I have been following-Rob Dudley and his wife Sian-both W/C artists. Their site is called Moor To Sea. He has a great technique for making a masking brush to create 'blobs' on the water that become beautiful sparkles in his painting of a seascape.
Kahna Emery Yes, I've seen that technique. Its a good one.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION ON MASKING FLUIDS AND TOOLS, I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW AND WHAT TO USE! I NOW HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. ONE QUESTION I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO SHAKE THE BOTTLE BEFORE USING ?? THANKS AGAIN LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
Great stuff and really engaging presentation!
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Thank you so much for this.....it was really helpful
Cher Corbin You're quite welcome!
Great info. enjoyed.
Lisa Scott Thanks Lisa!
you are an inspiration
+Anne Mcmath Thanks!
I like the peebeo. I have tried a lot of name brand and they work to an extent...but the peebeo is the only one that has never torn or changed the texture off my paper.
I rolled up dried rubber cement and made what I call a big booger ( three inches long by half inch around ). This is the world's best frisket picker-upper. Use it on any surface with any media and it is as gentle or rough as you need and cleans big broad areas as will as tiny pin points. No cleaning, to clean this booger, coat it with another layer of rubber cement. It picks up lint and any thing not that should not be on your projects surface. It looks gross but other than a mid smell of rubber cement, nothing. I use rubber cement as a frisket and then clean it off using dried rubber cement, who would ever thought.
Thank you - you have been so encouraging and helpful. Hope to find the equipment suggested in South Africa. Starting illustrations for a book. Eek!
+Des Mitchell Awsome! Hope it goes well.
Thank you.
I am so thankful for this video. I have been looking all over on how to use the masking fluid. I just got some ..now i need to use it...:) just started painting again and i love watercolor but im messy...this will help
Amy Halpern Glad this was a help.
The Mind of Watercolor it was...immensely helpful
Thanks you for this!
+Colleen M 👍
Great vid! Especially the ruling pen idea. Someone gave me one years ago, nice one in a set, I didn't know what it was for.. I was trying to get it to hold a mechanical pencil lead but it didn't work, was baffled, so I threw it away.
Thanks. I need to buy a ruling pen! It is tough to get the small lines.
First of all, Thank you Steve for bringing this all down to earth and workable.
As an amateur I don't use masking fluid often enough to prevent it from drying up in the container between sessions . Way too expensive to keep replacing. With your indulgence I think I may have found a work around with my very own recipe for masking fluid.
Aleene's "Tack-It Over & Over" mixed with "rain-X" and a pinch of cornstarch seems to do the trick for me. It gives me an endless supply and a fresh batch when needed. Please see as follows;
Look up “sanding belt cleaner” on eBay. I see a Vermont brand stick of this gummy stuff for $12 plus free shipping. Its a lifetime supply. Walk into a Harbor Freight store and pick one up there too.
I found Aleene's Tack-It Over & Over at Michael’s for $4 for a 4oz bottle.
Small bottle of RainX wind shield treatment from any auto supply store.
Fill a small medicine container with some corn starch.
Make a little mixing trough by doubling a small square of aluminum foil and pressing it into one the six depressions of these little craft painting dishes.
This prevents having to clean out the unused fluid from the mixing trough. Just chunk it and repeat with new foil each time.
I find the following makes enough for one sitting.
1. one peas size drop of “Aleen’s tack it over&over”.
2. about 2 or 3 drops of rain-X.
3. one pinch of cornstarch.
This will make a life time supply and as much as you want without the hassle of quickly drying out of the conventional fluid masks. Much cheaper. If your quick about cleaning your brush soap and water will do it. If it dries on your brush it’s ruined. I don't know what to tent or color this stuff with though.
Interesting! Worth a try. How does the paper react once you've peeled up. Does it still handle washes just as well?
Thanks
Thanks .
"Mask the whole world!" has a very different meaning in the distant year of 2022..😷
But thank you for this useful video! I've been struggling a bit with applying masking fluid consistently, I will definitely look into getting a ruling pen.
Boy I'll say! If we only knew then. Second thought I'm glad we didn't.
Awesome video, thanks!
Would have loved a zoom-in on the products and some pro/cons about them.
Nate Wootten Thanks for watching!
Aah yes, the close up. I do need to get better at that. As for pros and cons. I did mention the advantages and disadvantages of each instrument used for applying. The masking fluid brands themselves are all pretty much alike, differing mostly in color.
got the rubber cement pickup too ;-)
I've just got the Fineline and also an 'Incredible Nib' and am looking forward to using them. I have left my fluid on paper over the course of several weeks while working on a painting without any problem but perhaps it depends on the paper.
It can depend on the paper for sure.
Thank you for this! I do lots of watercolor but I usually just paint around details. What brand of masking fluid would you recommend for masking beginners?
To color items in with masking fluid, of all things, a metal chop stick works best for me. It comes to a fairly fine point, I can push the fluid around without damaging the paper, and no brush marks in the fluid. As you suggest, I use the color shaper for smaller lines. Love your videos - they are so helpful!!!
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Like anything else you want to apply to your watercolor paper try it on a separate sheet of the same paper you are about to use it on. I have had masking fluid remove the paper it is on when the painting is finished. This has hit me for both non-cotton containing papers and 100% cotton papers. I’m not talking about papers where one has left it on the project for days, weeks or months at a time. I am talking about papers that have had it for literally only a few hours of contact time. I think it has a lot to do with who makes the paper, so test first if at all possible.
thanks.
Thanks a lot. Hate using this stuff, but no getting away from it. I do need the right eraser though.
+MisTikkal Rosy 😊👍
ok thanks! I've seen it on the shelf at hobby lobby but hate spending money on something that I'm not sure about. thanks again!
+free2danz Works great. I did show it in action a little in this video. ua-cam.com/video/EA_Fs_IJqeQ/v-deo.html
Thank you so much sir, this info was so very helpful and I also liked your buddy Reese...HEHE, but honestly this video was great for amateurs like me...
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lol your adorable :D Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
molotow brushes work well with making fluid as you can fill them and don't have to keep dipping. they come in a wide range of tips.
+Vicki Milyard 👍
Daniel Smith has masking fluid that you can leave it on as long as you want without it damaging the paper
Great video! One tip: It is not recommended to use your finger for removing masking fluid for the same reason it is not recommended to touch your paper prior to painting on it: the oils from your skin will affect how paint adheres to the paper....
You can also get blisters from rubbing it offf~~ hhhmmmmm...yep, I got 'em~~ booo
How did I miss this one!? Thanks for showing the ruling pen with frisket because I bought one for ink once but wasn't sure it was good for this too, or if it would be hard to clean. I have the silicon tip type in all sizes for clay work and planned to use those instead if not so maybe a combination of the two. The idea of ruining a brush kills me but I've been looking into solvents for this and am thinking Goo Gone would probably work fine and be an affordable option. If one of my brushes becomes ratty I might give it a shot.
I just use a cheap craft brush designated for mask only. I never use my good watercolor brushes.