So, the first idea is one I've use in the past and it's good for loosening up and getting re-acquainted with your inner child. I'm using watercolours with rubber cement resist and coarse salt.
In this demonstration, I took a few not so successful watercolours and used the back to randomly drip and drag rubber cement. Wherever the rubber cement lies will remain white. Next, let dry completely and apply lots of clean water and when the paper has absorbed the water, start applying some fun colours. If you want more texture, now is the time to sprinkle some coarse salt. Let dry completely.
Here is the result: I apologize for the poor quality of these photos.
After the paper is completely dry, brush off the salt and you may or may not remove the rubber cement. If you leave the rubber cement, take a look at the piece and decide....where do I go from here? Now you are ready to enhance the colours, the form, remove or even add more rubber cement.
I wasn't happy with the two colours yellow and magneta creating the beige/brown so I added some fluid acrylic orange...once again wait until completely dry, then I continued to remove the rubber cement. The possibilities are endless.
Final piece....(may or may not be...we shall see), it doesn't always work out to be a masterpiece but it's fun to just be free and play with new and old materials. Have fun with this method of losing control with a little "resistance".
This close up shows how the salt reacts with the wet paint and the pure white lines left by the rubber cement once removed. Hint - use fresh rubber cement not a jar that has been lying around for 10 years....it's harder to remove and goes on thicker.
Until next time....happy creating
Nadine
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