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LiberalLoner

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2. Maybe it serves as a reference photo for another painting? I know some watercolor

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Sat Mar 25, 2023, 09:59 AM

Mar 2023

Artists like to use clear acetate to test how changes to a painting might work out. Added elements, a deeper wash, what have you.

They are able to test this way without ruining the original painting with a mistake.

Maybe it’s something like that? I’m not sure.

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Any watercolor artists [View all] LiberalLoner Mar 2023 OP

Interesting. So with that app one can manipulate a scanned image... brush Mar 2023 #1

Maybe it serves as a reference photo for another painting? I know some watercolor LiberalLoner Mar 2023 #2

Thanks. I'll have to look into this. bif Mar 2023 #3