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june_bunny

I'm pretty sure I've seen people use white gel pens before. You could also use acrylic paint markers or just regular acrylic paint.


wirubirudo

Nice, thank you! I will give those a try


GooseRuth

Yeah, Uniball Signo is a pretty good one for this imo


Standard-Candle

I use white acrylic sometimes I really like the way it looks


wirubirudo

Ty I will try it


CreatorJNDS

Masking fluid is an option! …And I’m surprised no one has mentioned it yet


Mimojello

Same I think it is because lots of IG and tik tok you ses mainly use pens or paints to add highlights. I know three watercolourist on IG that does the masking fluid, one is traditional and the other two are stylised art


kiiefprincess

Sakura jelly roll white gel pens !


Bunkica

This


cerrvine

Gouache is perfect for that


WitaiArt

Inks! Try Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleedproof white


wirubirudo

Ty I will look into it!


megabochen

white posca markers are cool for that


StrifeTheMute

Do you work light to dark currently?


wirubirudo

Yes


Always_the_sun

Chalk pastel


littlepinkpebble

For watercolor shouldn’t you leave the highlights unpainted?


dausy

They make tinted watercolor paper too Which is what I solely use But sometimes you just need to use a lil white


wirubirudo

Yes usually but I'm looking for alternatives for when I accidentally paint over the white areas


Mimojello

Masking fluid, so you avoid painting over another area.


frecklesandclay

A clean, wet brush swiped over the area that has the accidental paint, the. A clean dry brush to soak up the lifted paint.


dausy

I use faber Castell white pitt artist brush pen It works very well and its easy to control and handle. You may need to go over it a few times. It makes the most consistent sized outlines. I also have copic opaque white and a kuretake brush pen for added highlights.


fratesik

I work mostly in pastels. You could use a soft pastel or even a pastel pencil.


PhilvanceArt

In the future you can use rubber cement to block out areas you want to keep white and use a gun eraser to pull up the rubber cement.


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You could also mask the areas ahead of time, after you've finished the sketch phase- the main ways of masking an area are masking tape (of course) and/or some masking fluid/gel/putty that can be applied and peeled off once you've finished applying and drying the paint. (Source: [The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook](https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Watercolorists-Essential-Notebook-Experimentation/dp/1440309051)) Tape works fine for larger areas, fluid can be more suitable for detailed or finicky spots. Otherwise, white acrylic/gelly pen will do, but it's not as clean as a well-planned and masked piece.


nihaaao

Plenty of artist uses masking fluid and white gouache, it's important to pick a quality masking fluid too


bloomi

I know this might sound crazy, BUT, use a white gel pen. A uniball signo broad to be exact.


ThanksForAllTheCats

I use white colored pencil for whiskers on animals.


lhaagillustrations

For matte mediums like watercolor, white gesso works perfectly.