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19 Aug 2012
21 Nov 2011
Oils step 1 - shopping:D
I just pulled my act together and went shopping for oils. I decided to literally go to the shop (Atlantis), not buy online, because I had no idea what to buy and I was hoping that someone will help me to choose the right stuff.
But apparently I've choose the wrong store, because no one even paid any atention to the lost girl between the shelves. Well, maybe they've just assumed I'm an artist in a different state of mind or something... it's an art store after all:)
Anyway after a short struggle I managed to buy:
Colours I bought should give me quite a lot options when it comes to mixing, at least at the beginning:
And now I'm just staring at this stuff and have no idea what to do next....;p
Here is a handful of links about oil painting, to make this post at least a bit useful:
Oils with apes
Painting oils (thx Rob)
Painting horses part 1 (thx Phill)
Painting horses part 2
cheers
'eM
But apparently I've choose the wrong store, because no one even paid any atention to the lost girl between the shelves. Well, maybe they've just assumed I'm an artist in a different state of mind or something... it's an art store after all:)
Anyway after a short struggle I managed to buy:
- Daler - Rowney Georgian oil paints - starter pack and few additional colours
- Winsor & Newton Drying Poppy oil - bright colours doesn't yellow when using poppy oil
- White spirit
- Few cheap brushes
- and 3 not oil related dry pigments:)
Colours I bought should give me quite a lot options when it comes to mixing, at least at the beginning:
- Some 'primary' colours: white, black, yellow, red, blue, green
- And few fleshy, reddish, brownish.
And now I'm just staring at this stuff and have no idea what to do next....;p
Here is a handful of links about oil painting, to make this post at least a bit useful:
Oils with apes
Painting oils (thx Rob)
Painting horses part 1 (thx Phill)
Painting horses part 2
cheers
'eM
1 Sept 2011
New arrivals
Today I received my first mr. hobby paints. And they are no ordinary mr. colour, but mr. colour super metallics;]
I really hope they'll be worth the price and effort to get them in my hands.
As you can see the bottles are around the size of P3, so more or less 18ml. And they look fantastic. Metal pigment is really tiny, so they should give smooth surface and cause no problem when used with aerograph. The only drawback is that they need special solvent to dilute them: mr. colour leveling thinner and that can be slightly inconvenient while painting with acrylic paints.
And well... there is the smell... not entirely unpleasant, but quite intense.
Anyhoo, can't wait till I'll be able to use them. It makes me almost eager to prep 5 of my raptors (old GW metal and not really great casts).
cheers
m
I really hope they'll be worth the price and effort to get them in my hands.
As you can see the bottles are around the size of P3, so more or less 18ml. And they look fantastic. Metal pigment is really tiny, so they should give smooth surface and cause no problem when used with aerograph. The only drawback is that they need special solvent to dilute them: mr. colour leveling thinner and that can be slightly inconvenient while painting with acrylic paints.
And well... there is the smell... not entirely unpleasant, but quite intense.
Anyhoo, can't wait till I'll be able to use them. It makes me almost eager to prep 5 of my raptors (old GW metal and not really great casts).
cheers
m
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