In this bug series I work out how to create a 3D relief to use under watercolor. I wanted to find a way to make the flat visual art I make, less flat. In this video in particular I am trying to figure out the best way to do this. I experiments with many different mediums including aquapasto and watercolor ground. I watch cake videos to figure out how to sculpt the watercolor ground as if it were plaster or clay (watercolor ground is much lighter.)

I wanted to create bug paintings that could be felt as well as seen. I was inspired by watching Molly Burke’s (a blind YouTuber and speaker) videos and wondering what I could do to make visual art more accessible to a blind audience. As a disabled person, I often miss out on normal life events because of lack of accommodations. So often, what I need to be able to enjoy something would be a simple solution but the accommodations just aren’t there because most people don’t need them. I see no reason for all of my art to be inaccessible to anyone so I decided to change the way I work. Often accommodations don’t only benefit those who they are essential for but they benefit everyone. I love how my bug paintings turned out in the end. Their 3D modeling makes them not only interesting to feel but also more interesting to look at.

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🎨 Materials:
Aquabord
Claybord
Qor Cold Press Ground
Qor Watercolor Ground
Qor Light Dimensional Ground
Daniel Smith Watercolor Ground
Aquapasto
Winsor and Newton Iridescent Medium (Sparkles)
Qor Watercolor Medium (Gloss)
Daniel Smith Artist Masking Fluid
Winsor and Newton Watercolors
Pebeo Masking Fluid Marker 4mm and 2mm
Winsor and Newton Masking Fluid
Rubbing Alcohol and Salt


Time stamps:
0:00 Coming Up Today….
0:18 Hello
0:37 Recap of Part 1
1:24 April 4th: Going Over Last Videos Experiments on Different Water Color Ground Surfaces
3:19 Double Checking the Winsor and Newton Iridescent Medium and Qor Watercolor Medium Gloss Application Footage
3:51 Checking the Aquabord and Winsor and Newton Iridescent Medium
4:05 Aquapasto Review
4:19 Claybord and Winsor and Newton Iridescent Medium Review
4:37 Checking Winsor and Newton Iridescent Medium on Canson Hotpress
4:51 Qor Watercolor Ground vs Aquabord with Salt/Alcohol vs Winsor and Newton Iridescent Medium Experiment
5:25 New Experiments!
5:59 Painting Over Watercolor Resists on Aquabord and Claybord
6:05 Applying Pebeo Masking Fluid Marker to Aquabord and Claybord
6:24 Applying Aquapasto/Viridian over Daniel Smith Masking Fluid
6:45 Why I Go into Experiments Uninformed
7:28 Creating first relief with Watercolor Ground
8:31 Removing the Masking Fluids from Aquabord and Claybord
10:49 Next Morning: Removing Masking Fluid from Watercolor Ground Surfaces
12:38 Removing masking fluid heart from the Aquapasto/Viridian
13:25 Examining Qor Light Dimensional Ground
13:40 Salt Removal from Qor Watercolor Ground
14:27 Masking Fluid Bleaching Test
15:00 What Have We Learned?
16:21 Painting Over Masking Fluid Bleaching Test
16:32 Watching (so many) Cake Decorating videos
16:56 Masking Fluid Bleaching Test Removal
17:40 Using Cake Decoration Techniques to Mold Light Dimensional Ground
22:00 Trying to Make Relief with Aquapasto
24:01 Last Thoughts on Aquapasto
24:22 Flat Flat Flat
24:27 Goodbye
24:36 Coming Up…..