Painting 33

Watercolor---   Molding Paste

Pastes can be used to achieve a variety of effects and expressions. When used in conjunction with acrylic/watercolor colors they broaden working properties and expand creative possibilities. Unlike gels, pastes are opaque because they contain Marble Dust or other fillers that create a white or clay-tone finish with a variety of textures and properties. Molding Paste can also be used to create foundations for painting either to create texture over a smoother surface, or to smooth out a textured surface. The absorbent qualities of Molding Paste make it suitable as a ground for nearly every painting and drawing media.
I did use the molding paste to be mixed with just white color, and I did use as final touch, after complete, most of the watercolor painting, in order to highlight and/or redefine some of the white zones with this particular texture, the Spanish dancer who has lace on her dress works well to apply and interpret throughout this technique

                            Ref 816 Dance is the hidden language of the soul

              Another example but now within the different painting color, (lighlty mixed
              with modeling paste)  , just to paint the parrot over the plain watercolor
              wash at the background

                                       Ref 817 The Parrot