This is a piece I had made at my monthly art club a few months ago. I used white guache to paint an image. Once dry, I coated the whole page with black india ink (waterproof). When that was dry, I rinsed it with water (pouring water across the face and using a wet paper towel, not submerging it). Wherever the guache is, the black ink will wash away. Wherever there is no guache, the black ink will remain. I should have done this on watercolor paper, but this time I used mat board. There were places that ended up this weird gray tone. So I decided to use my painted rice paper and try to improve it.
I took my rice paper and tore it into pieces as I went. I glued them down to the left side of the picture using a mix of soft gel and fluid gel medium on the back side only. It is important not to get gel medium on the front side, as I want the paint to absorb into the rice paper in places, and the medium would prevent that. After I glued down on the pieces, I mixed ultramarine blue acrylic paint with Golden Glazing medium and some water. The glazing medium helps make the paint transparent. I added a line where the table should be and painted the lower part with more water to make it lighter. I did not add any white to my blue paint, just glazing medium and water. I used this same glaze for the coffee cup. For the area of steam with the polka dots, I first painted the dots yellow. They were very bright and did not really look right. I mixed my glazing medium with some purple acrylic paint. I painted it over the whole area including the polka dots. It still looked very disjointed with the top portion being blue on the left and purple on the right. I then did two coats of the blue glaze over the purple to pull it together. I did a coat of watered down burnt sienna for the coffee, and called it good. I think it is a huge improvement. I really liked the texture of the painted rice paper.
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