Gouache on Arches

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Hello,

I am relatively new to all of this; I am attempting to re-create those cool illuminated letters you may see in Medieval manuscripts, art, etc.

I also have a full-time job, so this is a night/weekend enjoyment, but I take it pretty seriously.  I have been using parchment, vellum, and ‘pergamenata’ (from Pergamena)-with those, one may fix their mistakes relatively easily be just scraping w a sharp blade, etc, pressing the fibers back down, and carry on.

I would like to start using some Arches 151lb HP that I have, and know that mistakes will be made-inevitable.

How do you all repair such mistakes, IF you have to abraded a little of the surface (or depth) of the paper.  Some fibers mixed in hide glue or PVA?

All input is appreciated, Thanks, David

[Yorky Administrator Ormskirk]

I have used gouache on watercolour paper but never considered the erasing properties.

Doug

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[Virginia (vmrs) Administrator]

I recently saw someone use one of those magic erasers that are for house cleaning. I don’t know if that really works but they’re only a couple dollars might be worth trying out.

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Thank you for the input!

Virginia (vmrs) Administrator wrote:

I recently saw someone use one of those magic erasers that are for house cleaning. I don’t know if that really works but they’re only a couple dollars might be worth trying out.

I bought some of those “melamine (made of?) erasers”  for this a few months ago, I had read something here….super cheap…& worthless.

[quote quote=1469903]I have used gouache on watercolour paper but never considered the erasing properties. Doug

What I’m really asking to repair of the substrate/surface when I have to scrape off paint, etc.

 

Thanks all,

DAvid

[marioz]

The surface of watercolor paper is so perfectly immaculate, that I believe any “hard scraping” and repairing will always be evident and ugly. One solution may be to avoid staining colors (like phthalo blue), so the color is more easily removed (“staining” applies mainly to watercolor, but to some extent also to gouache). Another solution may be to cover the mistake with opaque gouache, if the mistake is small it may be almost invisible. Finally, you may try to “incorporate” the mistake in the painting; this is more easily done if your illustration includes decorations, little animals, etc.
I have done some illuminations; I have never scraped, but I did use the other two solutions.

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