Another thread about help with thinning paint

[worthy jetty]

Hello, I need help with thinning paint (again).
I know about the video from Brushstroke Painting Guide, and I've followed it in my experimentation, changing the Army painter sheets with parchment paper to have the shrinking effect that you see in the videos.
However I'm noticing that still I can't get quite the same thing, it still seems more "immobile" or too much transparent when shrinking.
I've decided to make some videos on my wet palette and the paint I've thinned/how and a test on my hand.
Any suggestion? Is it good enough? Too liquid?
I'm going crazy! Attached the images on the "finished" miniature

[tranquil swan]

Everything looks fine to me. Are there any specific problems you're running into?

[worthy jetty]

Sometimes I feel that the paint don't cover enough but I guess is also due to the light colors used.
Like I said, since it didn't exactly react like in the videos, I was wondering if it was actually ok since when testing on the hand it seems to do what it should do, flow and cover without obscuring the details.
Do you think it's good the color on the miniature? In thickness

Or if you have feedback on the work per se

[balmy nexus]

Hi, I can comment on a few things about what I saw in the video.

Some colors have a more translucent coverage, yellow, red and orange are especially known in this particular, some blues and purples as well.
Many things cannot be considered right or wrong, but depending on the objective they may be more or less appropriate. The brush is made up of a tip, which is the part we use to paint, most of the time, and the body, which is where the paint is deposited. I notice that you are leaving this part without paint, it is probably full of water. In some situations this may be undesirable, in your case I noticed that it discharges very quickly and it seemed to me that the paint was diluting throughout the work. I live in a country that has a very intense summer and I sometimes use it in a similar way when necessary. But it's not standard usage. The most common thing is to let the paint occupy this receptacle.
I use AK paints and I practically do not dilute it or very little, of course for a base coat.

I hope my comment helps you!

[worthy jetty]

Thanks for your feedback, I too use AK paints, forgot to mention it.
I cover more the point than the body because I'm afraid of having paint going into the ferrule and damaging the brush.
So you're suggesting to put more paint in the brush? Or is the paint too much diluted?

About the fast discharge, are you talking about what you see in the video with the brown color on the paper? Because in that case there's seem to be paint in the belly of the brush, but I think it's too diluted?

[balmy nexus]

I understand your concern about preventing the paint from accumulating in the ferrule, I usually wet the brush in water, eliminate the excess and then load it on the palette, the important thing is to prevent the paint from drying on the base of the brush, but if it is constantly being moistened in paint and water makes it difficult for this to happen.

I talked about covering a little more because it seemed to me that at the beginning it covered better than at the end, one thing that can help if you want to eliminate excess paint on paper before applying it to the surface to be painted is to use damp paper, which will absorb your paint less.

I believe that experience is everything, you will have to experiment with how the paint behaves with greater dilution and also with more paint on the brush, analyze and see how you adapt and when you will use one form or another in your painting process. There is a learning curve and experimenting is part of it.

[worthy jetty]

Thanks I'll experiment a little bit more!