cunning lotus
Trying out a gradient from dark violet to very pale lavender. I keep finding that the glaze tends to pool like a wash rather than go on as a thin layer, even if I practically wring out my brush before painting it on. I think I'm also having issues with the white pigments going on a bit grainy. Anyone have any advice?
carmine fable
IMO you’re bringing in too much darkness and not enough pure white. You want the spectrum to go from pure black to pure white. Up the contrast. This can be done by layering first, then glazing between the sections. Layer in 20% sections then glaze between them to smoothen them out. If your paint is too liquidy, make sure to dab the brush on paper towel before glazing.
With regard to white, are you using citadel whites? They are notorious for having large pigments. I recommend using AK whites as they are very smooth
I did this today with an airbrush, while not perfect you can see that the dark area goes to pure black but doesn’t take up more than 25% of the length of the blade. Try to look at it in 5 sections: black, dark purple, purple, lavender, white. Blend between those in 20% chunks each.
cunning lotus
After doing some reading, I think one of my mistakes was trying to achieve the light lavender purely through glazing. It was also in trying to glaze up to the highlight, instead of down to the shadow. I'm going to try airbrushing on my highlight layer and glazing to smooth out the gradient.