tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361897.post8987854259862456978..comments2023-11-05T07:01:48.927-05:00Comments on the shmoopdeck: day 5 - rollercoaster of lovepoopee shmoopeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620554511214602853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361897.post-4210853318760413822007-11-09T20:37:00.000-05:002007-11-09T20:37:00.000-05:00mallow: smells sooooooooo fragrant. lovely. yeah, ...mallow: smells sooooooooo fragrant. lovely. yeah, also unsized watercolour paper has a tendency to pill and degrade if you rub it too much.<BR/><BR/>with the purple and gold one piece, though, that's the effect i wanted. i used a plastic knife to scrape away at the layers of red and blue washes of paint (mixed acrylic gel medium, water and dry pigments) which kinda roughed up the surface nicely.poopee shmoopeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620554511214602853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361897.post-86902657846811988952007-11-07T13:54:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:54:00.000-05:00these are very cool! I bet the one with turmeric s...these are very cool! I bet the one with turmeric smells good. I'm guessing that priming these papers first allows you to push the pigments around more without them getting absorbed into the paper's fibers?Mallowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499885744003040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361897.post-49069797536576186142007-11-06T15:45:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:45:00.000-05:00Hmmm, rabbit skin glue, eh? No one who was in grad...Hmmm, rabbit skin glue, eh? No one who was in grade school in the late 70s/early 80s can really say anything...we had horse glue.35mmMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01466860159315919720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361897.post-48453201929164194262007-11-06T07:03:00.000-05:002007-11-06T07:03:00.000-05:00Wow, those are really gorgeous shmoops!!!Wow, those are really gorgeous shmoops!!!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15759192880485404885noreply@blogger.com