Removing Wet & Dry Watercolor Paints

Video Transcript

"There are two ways of removing paint before it dries. One way is to go back with a brush, and just remove paint in the brush, because the brush will put paint down, and it will also remove paint. Another way to remove paint is to have a paper towel ready, and blot the paint out. If you're working with small areas, you'll want to twist the paper towel, and dab it in the areas you want to remove the paint from, but you have to do this before it dries. It only takes a few minutes to dry. If the paint is already dry, what you'll have to do is wet the area, like this. Then you may have to leave it for a few minutes so it will soak in, and then you can blot it. You see where I've blotted; it's removed paint. In a lot of cases, you can't remove the paint entirely; it's just impossible, but you can get some of it out."