Problems Galore
Posted: March 10th, 2013, 4:36 am
1: Crosseyed Goblins, 2: straying colors, and 3: touch-ups Oh My! I'm having some difficulties in getting eyes done without having all of them crosseyed or looking like they should be institutionalized.
1: I read somewhere that its best to start from the center and work your way out for the face. I'd imagine pupils, eyes, face, etc until the figure is painted. Has anyone had any experience with this?
2: I started using colors straight out of the container and has severe detail loss. I learned from there to water down the paints (I'm using an acrylic medium instead of water) and this has greatly improved the results I've gotten from before. My new problem now is when I'm trying to paint with the more fluid paint it seems the moment it touches a 'wall' it grabs onto it and pulls the rest of the paint behind it with it. I've had several times where I am painting a darker color next to a light color (Black next to white) and it just touches the side and now I have a dark stain. Is there a way to prevent or minimize this occurring?
3: I've had to do lots of touch ups trying to fix this #2 above and when its a dark color and a lighter there's a 'stain' that's left behind that never really is covered if you look closely at it. I'm of the opinion that if I chose my colors more carefully and followed more of a color scheme that would help this somewhat. Is there any way that has been a helpful technique for everything from small/minor fixes to major errors like if you sneeze while painting or someone bumps your arm while trying for detail work?
I'm still new and am trying new things and making mistakes to see what works best for me. Any suggestions can give me better ideas and/or possibly solve them.
1: I read somewhere that its best to start from the center and work your way out for the face. I'd imagine pupils, eyes, face, etc until the figure is painted. Has anyone had any experience with this?
2: I started using colors straight out of the container and has severe detail loss. I learned from there to water down the paints (I'm using an acrylic medium instead of water) and this has greatly improved the results I've gotten from before. My new problem now is when I'm trying to paint with the more fluid paint it seems the moment it touches a 'wall' it grabs onto it and pulls the rest of the paint behind it with it. I've had several times where I am painting a darker color next to a light color (Black next to white) and it just touches the side and now I have a dark stain. Is there a way to prevent or minimize this occurring?
3: I've had to do lots of touch ups trying to fix this #2 above and when its a dark color and a lighter there's a 'stain' that's left behind that never really is covered if you look closely at it. I'm of the opinion that if I chose my colors more carefully and followed more of a color scheme that would help this somewhat. Is there any way that has been a helpful technique for everything from small/minor fixes to major errors like if you sneeze while painting or someone bumps your arm while trying for detail work?
I'm still new and am trying new things and making mistakes to see what works best for me. Any suggestions can give me better ideas and/or possibly solve them.