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How to erase pencil line on acrylic paintings.?

New to acrylic painting and trying to erase pencil line that I made on top of an acrylic painting that I made. Any special eraser or tricks to used? What kind of pencil should I used next time to avoid that? Thank you for any help you can provide. J.

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1. Well its hard to get marks off of paint, try rubbing it with a little water, you might have to fix it up again...i find that if i need to sketch over paint it works good to just use watery paint and a thin brush because then you can wipe it off or just go over it again.
2. Use Charcoal for drawing before/during/after painting. Lead/graphite pencils tend to show through paintings over time...even after you've painted directly over your lines with solid paint. The lines may not show up immediatelyt but they sure will over time! Vine charcoal (or charcoal pencils for more detail )will actually mix with the paint. I'd erase your #2 lead/graphite pencil lines with a kneaded eraser and never draw with them on your painting surface again. I hope this helps you! Jim http://www.artworkbyjim.com
3. All paints take a little time to dry,and all pencils have a slightly abrasive action on the surface..that's how marks stick to the surface.Traditional means of taking pencil off a surface vary,....bread,putty rubber,solvents,in this case water,soap,spittle,meths.If the surface is abraded it is doubtful that rubbing the surface down with emery or the like will be successful as acrylics form a sort of skin.If the surface is dented you may be able to fill the dent with more paint.If you wish to draw on acrylics use the softest grade pencil you can find.Charcoal,pastel,chalk etc does not adhere to acrylics that are dried.I draw with very dilute acrylic paint using a fine brush.Technical drawing tools,like bow-pens can scratch the surface more than pencils.Water based felt pens and the ones for drawing on acetate workbut their colour fastness is not very good,also they bleed through overpainting.