Suggestions for getting certain paint effects.

I believe it is a mixture of airbrushing on a basic color or colors, then enhancing the effect with washes.

enhancing the effect with washes.

I'll have to research the technique. I've tried similar effects before, but it's always amounted to 'put a small bit of paint on and try to smear it with the brush' - but it always looks very streaky. I guess it's the 'washes' that I'd have to research.

Thanks!

enhancing the effect with washes.

Or...try using oils...where such subtle blending is much easier.

Or...try using oils...where such subtle blending is much easier.

Wow - never heard of doing that - but I guess it makes sense; I imagine that the oil which floats to the top of a paint jar would be the stuff

- but can that oil be bought on its own in a standard hobby shop?

Thanks!

No. It is the oil paints you buy at a craft store like artists use to paint...paintings. It usually comes in small tubes. It can vary in price depending on the brand and the quality of the oil paint itself. I usually purchase the middle of the road priced stuff, watch out for the stuff made in China...it can have adverse effects with time.

Uhhh...no. "Oil" as in artists' oil paints...brands such a Winsor Newton or Grumbacher. They can be found at any art supply store, or craft stores such as Michael's and Hobby Lobby. Thin with standard, cheap, mineral spirits. Though, apply them full-strength, as they come from the tube. A little goes a *long* way. Place the "dot", and then blend it out using a completely dry brush (absolutely no trace of any thinner). Buy five or six colors, and mix whatever color(s) you need.

I think Greg was suggesting oil paints that you can buy at an artists' supply store. They usually come in tubes like toothpaste.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.