You can prevent colour running like this:
Make a gelatin and alum solution, 1% gelatin and 1% alum. You can use Dr. Oetker kooking gelatin or rabbit skin glue (artist grade). You can find alum in the drug stores. Check out Henry Li’s videos on Youtube “how to make alum/glue water for gong bi painting. So your solution will be 1g gelatin, 1g alum, 98g water. Cook it a little while in a double boiler (bain marie) until hot and clear. To be extra sure you can even use 2g gelatin, 1g alum, 97g water.
Apply this solution with a soft brush over the colours of your painting, with pacience, element by element. You can also apply on the back side of the painting (if it’s xuan paper).
Once it’s dry, the colours won’t run anymore durring mounting, even if they are western watercolours. #MountingChinesePainting
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