Lily And Thistle | Watercolor Quilt Star Displayed on Wood Block Adding Gel Gloss medium

Overhead close-up of a person coating the face of a rectangular light wood panel with a thick white gel or adhesive medium using a flat paintbrush with a brown handle and gold ferrule. Broad overlapping brushstrokes and raised ridges of white medium cover much of the panel, with uncoated pale wood still visible around portions of the edges. The person’s left hand supports the panel from below while the right hand spreads medium near the upper-right corner. At lower left lies the trimmed geometric watercolor star on white paper, showing blue, teal, green, yellow, orange, pink, red, and burgundy sections. The surrounding white table holds a red-and-black brayer, black-lidded medium container, open white container of gel, pink-tinted rinse water, red scissors, and several paintbrushes. Small framed artworks are partly visible along the top edge.

Process photograph from a Lily & Thistle wood-block watercolor tutorial showing thick white mounting medium being brushed across a pale wooden panel. Visible brush ridges demonstrate coverage and application technique before the watercolor is attached. The geometric watercolor artwork waits nearby along with a brayer, scissors, brushes, gel medium, another finishing medium, and pink rinse water. Useful for applying gel medium to wood, mounting watercolor paper, wood panel preparation, watercolor preservation, Heavy Gel Gloss technique, mixed-media tutorial, art finishing, and Lily & Thistle DIY art projects.