Article · Mindy Wara Studio
Creating Texture with Tissue Paper and Gesso
By Mindy Wara
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
A painter's studio-journal post on building a raised ground by sealing crumpled tissue paper under two coats of gesso on watercolor paper, then painting over the dried relief so pigment pools and highlights follow the texture.
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