Regarding tape removal, have you tried sticking it to something else first, such as fabric? I've had luck with that still maintaining a clean line, but removing more readily. After removing you can burnish the edges smooth with a polished stone or spoon to disguise any frayed areas.

That is beautiful work, so smooth the transitions between colors! As a beginning watercolor artist, I struggle with gradients.

When the painting is dry, Use a hairdryer on the tape to loosen the glue. Strip off at an angle away from the painting.

I also use the heat tool trick - I’ve never had an issue with paper after I started doing this. I buy the cheap blue painters tape for all my work and then heat the tape slowly as I pull it up - it should be smooth and easy, so if you feel the tape start to resist, just add a little more heat and you’ll be good to go.

Wow such an amazing work !!! At first look no one can tell if that's painted or printed !!! 🥰😍

Absolutely love both the gradients! 😍😍😍 They are perfect and so vibrant!! Also for the tape, you can try heating it up with a hair dryer so that the glue melts a little and it's easier to peel

I loved the purple and orange one! So vibrant 😍

New to watercolor and I learned a lot from this video, thanks!

Thank SO Much For Such A Simple And Easy Tutorial!

Beautiful blending technique. Thanks for sharing

In the U.S., I use Scotch blue masking tape and rarely have any issues. Years ago I had a job setting up audio for stage shows; we used tons of masking tape for holding down microphone cords. Each day, the venue was required to provide us with the tape and consequently we received many brands of the same tape. Quality varied hugely depending on the manufacturer of the tape. If you haven't I'd recommend trying different brands until you find the right one for you. Second, when removing tape from a drawing, I've found the gently pulling it off at a 90 degree angle to the direction of the tape minimizes tears. Thank you for this video.

If you heat the tape with a hairdryer, it should come up cleanly. Alternatively, you can use console tape (also known as washi tape), which doesn't tear most papers. Legion Stonehenge is notorious for tearing, but the hairdryer method works great.

If you’re having trouble with the color leaking under the tape you can try doing a coat of a clear poly or white paint over the edge of the tape first. This is a house painter trick for getting sharp lines. I’ve never tried it with watercolor on paper,usually latex on Sheetrock, so don’t know if it will effect the edge near the tape making it less absorbent but maybe worth some thought

It looks so gradiant and pretty.

On tape tearing the paper upon removal. Before putting each tape on paper touch tape to you pant leg. It will pick up just enough lint fiber to not stick so tightly on the paper yet stick well enough to hold it down & still prevent seepage..

Very good! Thank you for sharing!

You have made beautiful gradients❤️.

How smooth it is wow awesome 😍 I like it

What paper r u using hot press,cold press or rough? The gradient was amazing when I tried it u deserve 500 subs :)

Warm your tape with a blow dryer or heat gun, it will soften the adhesive.

For this we need a very good quality of paper

There is an artist tape that is specifically for taping your paper for watercolor painting 🖼️.

This is the best background video I've ever seen!!!! You are awesome ❤️❤️

This is so damn pretty!

very beautiful gradients. thanks

Gorgeous✨

Both are nice. Thank you great tips!

Wow! It's so smooth!

Simple and helpful....thank you so much

Using a hair dryer (the heat) weakens the sticky on back & if do it quickly & towards the side but so far works great! Tape found that give bleed free borders use “blue painter’s tape” but says for sharp lines & so far doing it’s job. Ty for these videos & if keeping my whole page wet (as a beginner) isn’t easy. More practice!

Suuupperb 😍💞💞

Ossam 👍

What you brush on the paper first? Pls say....your paper looks so blented and pretty......will subscribe you....🥰🥰👏👏🤩

I love it.. Thank u so much for sharing simple and easy background for calligraphy.. But what are you using firstly to wit for sheet.

Your watar colour very beautiful 😍

#love it 😍😍

I wonder if skipping the tape altogether and using blu-tac instead would work. Or take an oversized piece of flat cardboard and stick the w/c paper to it with double-sided tape, then tape the whole production to the table. You should be able to strip the painting off the backing, perhaps damaging the back of the painting a bit but who cares..

Amazing 👏

In starting,did u put water on the whole paper or varnish

Hi thank you a great tutorial. I notice you didn't stretch your paper first can you tell me how the paper didn't cockle given the amount of water you put into it?

You may smear the edges with talcum powder so that the masking tape wouldnot be able to stick the paper so strongly as to tear off paper while peeling off.

Greetings from xpertarts 🙂💖💖💖💖

Frogtape Delicate Surface painters tape works well for applications like this.

Wow beautiful 😍

Very nice!👍

to take off the tape you might try heating it a little with a blowdrier

Washi tape (Japanese) or stick tape to your shirt first

Ampersand Aquabord would solve your tape-tearing problem. Unfortunately, it's more expensive than paper, but... no more tearing!

Thanks for the tips I am trying to do gradient backgrounds for my picture and am pretty shit at it.... little tip have you ever tried to use Washi Tape for your boarders?

Which company colour are you using.

i have a question that im hoping youre gping to answer asap..how long did it take to dry?😭 im going to do this for my exam/test tmmr and the time for us to do it is just one hour..hope u can help!

Please tell me ...at the first what she used on blank paper that's water or baby oil ???

You can use painter's tape

These are beautiful and I have been looking for a video to help me learn blending, thank you! However, when I tried this with cobalt blue and orange, the result wasn't what I expected it to be. They seemed to form an ugly brownish shade when mixed together. Am I using the wrong colour combination or is my technique faulty? I see you use very very little colour and build on - am I right?

Love your content

It’s amazing.. which is the best GSM paper for water colour as a background to draw a mandala? Also, can you suggest if hot pressed is better ?

Magic scotch tape I bought today It suppose to be good, I'll let you know!

Hi what is the difference between ombre and gradient?

WOW!

But both the gradients are fabulous

My paper is for water color and still isnt that good its sometimes wont be so smooth and pretty its pretty like blotchy

You can write quotes on it...so as I'm gonna do

Didn't your paper torn while applying ssooo much of water

Is it Bristol paper

Used water or glue

Micropore tape from the pharmacy works really well and wont rip

Use a blow dryer ! It’ll loosen the glue in the tape !

I wonder if this gradient would work on gessoed wood, does anyone know this? Thank you.

Which tap do you use for border covering?

Do just a single color from top to bottom. Like real dark purple to light

Do we need a watercolour paper for water colour or we could just use any paper??

Name of paper plz.

so good

what watercolor are you using?

Nice

Which paint is this. ?

I would like to know the name of this tape, look likes a special tape, because this didn't tear the paper.

Which paper is this

Use a blow dryer to remove the masking tape

I would recommend using a masking tape... It's loads better

Hey... which liquid you used before paint

Use a hairdryer

why isnt the paper warping lol

I use my heat gun on the tape before i remove it.

Cool thanks

Can you do this on a canvas?

What's the paint brush that you used?

There is even a girl named Moriah Elizabeth = isn’t this matching to ur name that is Mariah Beth, ?

bruh how-

medical, tacky tape

you talk too much it’s irritating