From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:07:30 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] acrylic paint


Thanks David,
You've told me before, but I admit it slipped my mind.
Must be because I failed at using talcum powder before, but i just didn't 
know to dilute the paint beforehand.
Trying that soon!

Hobey, I do that already with the colored washes over the white highlights.
However, I don't understand what you mean about Titanium White popping more 
than gesso, especially since gesso is Titanium White, mostly.

I do dry brush with gesso as well (and other colors),  but it's easier to 
just load a dry, stiff but smooth brush (hogs bristle brush), then brush in 
a circular motion on a contrasting piece of paper, to remove the paint until 
all you can produce is a cloud. Makes for a very stubtle application, a true 
dry-brush technique.
Very nice as a blush application as well.
It's a stenciling technique I learned while working in a craft supply store.
Produces very sharp outlines, no paint leaks underneath the stencil, and 
happens to make most paint look matte. I guess I forgot to mention that one 
earlier.
It also makes, like Hobey said, an effect similar to airbrush.
Works with any color, not just white.


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