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Mike Ware's Cyanotype. Part 2 - Any Watercolor Paper

A method to show how to use any kind of watercolor paper with Mike Ware's cyanontype solution.
1) Size the paper with a 50% PVA size solution and 50% distilled water and let the paper dry.
2) Add a bit of Citric Acid to a few MLs of Ware's solution and let the paper dry away from UV lights.
3) Expose the sensitized paper to a UV source.
4) Spray the image with a 1% solution of Hydrochloric Acid and rinse in water.
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  • @fruitlessbeast
    @fruitlessbeast2 ай бұрын

    Why the hydrochloric acid rinse instead of plain water? I may have to get some.

  • @saidanehabib

    @saidanehabib

    2 ай бұрын

    A good question, HCL darkens the image and produces a richer blue. Rinsed only in water, the image fades away and much of the prussian blue disperses in the wash.

  • @fruitlessbeast

    @fruitlessbeast

    2 ай бұрын

    @@saidanehabib ah, got it. Thanks!!