Erasing grain problem w/ colourfix- solved?

[caulfield]

It just dawned on me as I was scrubbing very hard on my colourfix paper and the grain stayed intac.... maybe the reason why some people have problems losing the grain is because they actually lost it when they layed down their pencil? See -- I use a soft touch - if someone were to burnish, using pressure, that may effect the paper, & then if you erase it would seem like the eraser took it off. I never burnish or press hard with a pencil - but I rub really hard with an eraser and have never had a problem.

Just a thought - don't know if it is true!

nicole

[Arlene]

i've said the same many many times...but even on paper like stonehenge, after a while the tooth is going to fill in and the paper will flatten...but the difference is by using a light touch you can get so many more layers on which helps with acheiving depth and interest.

[caulfield]

but the difference is by using a light touch you can get so many more layers on which helps with acheiving depth and interest.

Yep I agree. On the colourfix you get a different sort of depth I think, because the pencil goes on more opaque, but there definately is more dimension with extra layers. So the lighter touch the more layers you can get in there.

[glo]

Wow Nicole that hit me like a bolt of lightning. I put on so many layers that things seem to burnish on their own kinda. So when I erase I'm either not rubbing hard enough because I have taken up some paper or I'm afraid I will.
And since I have just used Bristol that's probably a given. Maybe on stonehenge or somerset velvet it will be different.

Anyway thanks for posting this! I'm going to practice repairing on purpose because major corrections are my biggest fear when you have alot of cp laid down.

Gloria

[Arlene]

Wow Nicole that hit me like a bolt of lightning. I put on so many layers that things seem to burnish on their own kinda. So when I erase I'm either not rubbing hard enough because I have taken up some paper or I'm afraid I will.
And since I have just used Bristol that's probably a given. Maybe on stonehenge or somerset velvet it will be different.

Anyway thanks for posting this! I'm going to practice repairing on purpose because major corrections are my biggest fear when you have alot of cp laid down.

Gloriathere is a huge difference between stonehenge and bristol

[glo]

Thanks Arlene, I guess with stonehenge there may be hope for me yet.
Gloria