If you decide to try it always wear gloves and a commercial quality respirator. I have pets and some health issues, either of which make it a very bad idea. But the idea of having to add the titanium pigment makes me nervous because I would be doing this in my home.
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I’ve considered experimenting with the rabbit skin glue replacement (I think it’s called pve size) that is considered a better ground than rabbit skin.
I recommend you try it with various layers and buffing/not buffing and see which one works best for you. Robert Liberace recommends just one coat, I’ve seen books and articles that suggest several layers with buffing in between. Make sure it is completely dry before attempting to draw on your surface.Īfter the plaka dries I usually burnish it with a soft cotton rag or even a nylon. I don’t always paint to the very edges, I like it when the paper shows through along the edges but paint to the edges if you prefer. If the paint is too thick and sludgy don’t be shy about adding a small amount of distilled water to it to loosen it up enough to paint with. Simply apply one light coat (using a flat watercolor brush or a hake brush) onto your surface (recommend smoothest paper possible, I use either arches hp watercolor paper or my moleskine sketchbook, but a nice bristol board should work dandy as well). They have it for $3.21 and 4.39 respectively. If you want to order it online and you live in the states try Mister Art or Utrecht. There was also an ebay store that had a ‘lot’ of bottles but the colors were hideous. There was also an art supply store called Island Blue in Victoria, BC that had a great price (I think it was 2.31 a bottle and they had a huge variety of colors) for it (too bad the shipping was $21. On-line I found it at a ASW, Jerry’s Artarama and several other locales.
(I’ve been tinting mine with watercolors). It looked like quiet a few of the on-line stores carried both the white and black found here but also some wonderful light blue and a gray. I found it by doing a google search of the words “pelikan +plaka” there were several hits. I live in the metro DC area (Washington DC and parts of Maryland and Virginia) and have bought this at the Utrecht art store in DC (it’s near the National Women’s Art Museum) and Plaza Arts (in Fairfax, VA on Nutley Street)both carry the black or white plaka. Ok I’ve talked about silverpoint in several posts and happened to mention Pelikan’s Plaka which is a water based casein paint that is sold in 1.75 oz glass jars.
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