Hi Catlucker! I know you are very talented and soo artistic!! Love your art, keep going! :)

wow!! ur drawings are so pro!!! friends?

Awww, you're wonderful! Thank you, JasonG!

You're welcome! That story does make the tears flow. Those two lovers didn't have it easy. Hey, would you do me a favor and comment and fav on my Notebook tutorial. It would be great if you can do that.

No, not oil and water/acrylic colors on the same work. Sorry should have made that distinction. Also, I’m just working on test pieces. I’ve only drawn a small handful of faces that look like… faces. I haven’t the faith in my skills with the new tools to practice shading on a face that took hours to create! I use linseed oil, little odor and less spinning head. In the past I have made a Bob Ross styled "liquid white" to coat a canvas when I wanted to make the colors to blend easier and make a Bob Ross looking landscape with friendly little trees. I tried the liquid white just a few minutes ago, it was fairly translucent, allows layers well enough but pretty messy if you touch it accidentally. A fairly thick application was needed to cover graphite well. Even with the heated air to make a quick skin, the full cure time is days away. So it will be a while before I’ll know if there was any bleed through after it fully cures. I will play with the Old Holland watercolor again this weekend. This time in a less watered down application At lunch today I thought of your sandpaper technique mentioned in an old post. I used an old high grit ink eraser in lieu of the sandpaper and it lightened well with an okay fade, but it looks like one had better get it correct the first time as the paper will get too thin very quickly. I was using standard printer paper so there maybe more room for corrections on a thicker and toothier, (is tha