How to Dry & Mask Off Watercolor Paintings

Video Transcript

"Good morning again. This is Sue Rose on behalf of Expert Village. After we have completed putting the transparent yellow on our watercolor paper a good and quick, easy way to continue without wasting too much time is to use just a plain ordinary hairdryer to dry your paper so you can go on to the next step. After I have completed drying the paper, I take this mask pen here, which you can buy at any art supply store. I use it to cover the sun right here. I take my smaller brush, put it in the water, and cover the area of the sun. That way it will remain yellow at all times and the other colors that I put on will not affect it. This is like using a rubber eraser so that when you finish the painting all you do is take a art gum eraser and erase it and it will come off and your yellow will be there. Stay tuned for the next segment and I will show you the next color we use, which is your red."