Watercolor Painting an Orchid: Drying Paints

Video Transcript

"OK, now with a clean brush, we're going back and we're going to soften some edges that have dried a little bit. But we're going to soften them since they're not too dry. The longer you wait to soften edges the harder and more work you're going to have to do in order to soften them. So don't wait like a day or two. After twenty four hours they're very hard. And that really depends on the different color. Different colors of paint have different tendencies as far as the ability to remove them. Phthalo colors stain almost instantly, because they're made from clothes dyes. So, if you put that on the paper you can get out a little bit, but not very much."