Scamall
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I applied Daniel Smith absorbent ground to a gessoed canvas and also to a piece of hot press that had a wash that had not turn out well. DS states that the ground can be used to address errors. The ground is the titanium white and I used it straight out of the bottle. It is fairly thick and could have been used thinner. DS suggested it can be diluted. I let it dry for 24 hours to cure as suggested. I only gave it one layer. I applied it with a soft house painting brush and smoothed it with a piece of cardboard on the canvas and brushed it onto the paper.
I used watercolor on the canvas and Sumi-e and technical ink on the paper. The paper dried with a chalky surface. The canvas was a bit chalky but seemed to make the canvas smoother. Both surfaces were very absorbent and drank up the watercolor and the ink. The canvas seemed to stay wet longer than paper and I would have to practice doing wet in wet on it. The paper responded well to wet in wet. The chalky surface on paper would be ruinous to a good technical pen (I used micron). Likewise I used older brushes and washed them out right away.
Below are pictures of the ground followed by work on the canvas and the last is the ink on paper. I think I will try ink on canvas prepared with ground.
I used watercolor on the canvas and Sumi-e and technical ink on the paper. The paper dried with a chalky surface. The canvas was a bit chalky but seemed to make the canvas smoother. Both surfaces were very absorbent and drank up the watercolor and the ink. The canvas seemed to stay wet longer than paper and I would have to practice doing wet in wet on it. The paper responded well to wet in wet. The chalky surface on paper would be ruinous to a good technical pen (I used micron). Likewise I used older brushes and washed them out right away.
Below are pictures of the ground followed by work on the canvas and the last is the ink on paper. I think I will try ink on canvas prepared with ground.
