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Pocket Sketching with Kath Macaulay
Wax as a Resist
Season 2
Episode 6
John Singer Sargent, and others in the 1800s used a candle stub for wax as a resist. It is perfect for wind on water, bright reflections, and trees against the sky. Can be done in layers, holding each color as you build layers. It is never messy and is archival so you don’t remove it.
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Kath demonstrates that the goal is not to replicate, but to record what you think you see.
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Enjoy an extremely efficient way to draw with the ‘mess’ in the lid of your paint set.
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Using color, contrast and focal point, Kath talks about creating distance and importance.
