quasi cradle
Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well. I'm looking for a painting expert ^^ I'm having a really hard time making smooth, even coats of paint, as you can see. Here, I'd like to have a solid background, but it's not at all. Do you have any advice: should I dilute my paint more, dilute it less, work with more paint? Thanks in advance : )
ornate pagoda
Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well. I'm looking for a painting expert ^^ I...
idk what medium you are using but u should just use more layers of paint
and it will look even after ehh maybe 3 coats?
depends on the paint quality too
quasi cradle
idk what medium you are using but u should just use more layers of paint
using gouache, thats what i did but it still not perfect
ornate pagoda
if ur using guache then i think u definitely diluted it too much
guache isnt watercolour
its like acrylic
with a different base
quasi cradle
so i definitively need to use lot of paint to have opaque layer
torn dagger
You need to use a lot more paint. Just finished a color theory class where we used acrylic guache. I had to use lots of paint to get it opaque
quasi cradle
You need to use a lot more paint. Just finished a color theory class where we us...
it will become expensive all of this ^^
torn dagger
it will become expensive all of this ^^
Unfortunately 😔 have you tried oil?
quasi cradle
Unfortunately 😔 have you tried oil?
Never, would you recommend it?
torn dagger
Yes, definitely. It doesn’t dry as quick. So if you make a mistake you can just wipe it off. You won’t need to use as much paint at all like with acrylic or guache, so you’ll have the paint last longer. Also, because it stays wet longer, you are able to blend easily. However, note that it does take a while to dry. You can use certain oils and stuff to speed up the process though. Also, the paints aren’t exactly cheap. But they last longer than acrylic and oil. You don’t need to keep mixing the same color every two seconds bc your acrylic or guache immediately dries. I used it for my life painting class and it really really helped since we were painting the human body, which takes time to learn as we did our nude models. So i didn’t feel like i needed to rush.