Difficult to see where you have placed the wax marks, remind me of blind contour drawing. The wax successfully blocks the paper from picking up the watercolour, when the wax is placed on a painted ground you have to make sure the paint is completely dry otherwise the outcome is the same, the area covered by the wax does not pick-up the subsequently applied watercolour.
As far as I can tell there is little you could do to remove the wax once applied, so if you are using this technique in a painting you would need have a sure view of the final picture / end result you are after. Having said that watercolour doesn't allow for alterations in the way other painting mediums do.
Wax on paper
Wax on painted ground
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