"Several
years ago I clipped an article that used
salt on watercolor. I think the watercolor
paper was quite wet and you blended the
watercolor paint (wet brush) to achieve
various hues of the color. While still
wet you sprinkled small amounts of salt.
Once dried you dusted the salt off creating
a small spot of diffused color. Are you
familiar with this technique and could
you give me some feed back?"
Thank you so much. D. S
The
effect achieved is called reticulation,
and the result is very random. Different
salts achieve different effects, such
as table salt, rock salt, sea salt and
kosher salt, as well as different paper,
pigments, and wetness. There seems to
be no specific formula. You will most
likely get what looks like a coffee stain
on your paper. The pigment will spread
from the point of impact of the salt
into an irregular ring with a heavier
concentration of color on the edges.
Your directions are accurate, you should
apply the salt to a wet painting and
leave the area alone to dry, and we simply
recommend a series of trial and error
sessions until you discover what works
for you.
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