iv been working on my art piece for like 3 months...and today my friend walked past me and sneezed....and the saliva and spit and all the stuff landed on my peice...i was workin in chalk pastels....and now there are stains....is their any way to fix tht or should i just sprinkle more water to make it look even???
2007-02-13 16:10:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Use a spray bottle, use different color paints in the spray bottle, call it "virus study"
2007-02-13 16:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by LD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's unfortunate, but the most likely answer is "No".
Saliva has acids in it that will react to the pigment and the paper. The only real way to "equalize" the surface would be to coat the entire surface with the identical "contaminate" (which won't be happening).
The only possible short term solution could possibly be if you were using the pigment thickly enough; the solution would be to simply apply more over the affected areas. Though over time, the effected areas would show up again (those darn acids and whatnot).
I'm not trying to make light of your situation, but one of my more memorable experiences from art school was of a kooky professor that used to rant about being consciously "archival" at all times (to preserve your artwork for future generations!). So when he learned that one of the "mixed media" from a classmate's drawing included saliva he flipped out, screaming "Spit is NOT archival!!!"
2007-02-14 01:25:40 · answer #2 · answered by yo Naturale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gawd i hate when that happends. not just sneezeing but spit when people talk an stuff, i dont let anyone near my work because of it. i have been working on this peice im working on now for 1 month an i always have to watch people. little spots an stuff just apear when people are around it lol. can you cover it up with more pastel? thats what i did i work with graphite though an i covered the spot up. i get my work dry mounted unto foam board at the frame shop so if it has any wrinkles from moisture an stuff it flattens it right out
2007-02-14 00:18:14 · answer #3 · answered by peeps you 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eww that is really gross, is there a way to blend in the stains without adding water? I hate chalk pastels for exactly that reason.
2007-02-14 00:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that truly sucks.
i've never had that problem, but my uneducated advice would be to lt it dry completely, and blend in color on top of it. Can you make that area darker in your piece?
or you can make some sort of statement and ask all your friends to sneeze on it. gross but oh so artsy.
or you could draw black bars or boxes on your piece to make it abstract...
...hmmm running out of ideas...
can you make the piece smaller and trim the part he spit on?
or leave it and call it "why to cover your mouth"
maybe ask your art teacher at school for advice on cleaning?
good luck!
2007-02-14 00:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by imnotachickenyoureaturkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sucks! Tell your friend to cover his face!!! I really don't know what to say to help. Poor thing.. Good luck fixing that make sure you wash you hands afterward! ;)
2007-02-14 00:13:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better throw it away and rework on another
2007-02-14 00:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by MrKnow_All 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but there's no way to fix it.
2007-02-14 09:33:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋