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| Subject: | Re: dry brushing with oils. Why and How? |  |
| Date: | Aug 28, 2002 |
| From: | Andy Herbert | |
Hi Josh
If you like drybrushing kits, then oils are a great way to go.
Their main advantage over acrylics like Tamiya is that they take a long time
to dry, and they seem infinitely spreadable. So you can get a bit of paint on
your brush, get it on your kit, and then move it around. If you get too much
paint on, use a clean brush or cloth, and you can remove it.
Of course, the long drying time means you have to be careful handling the
kit.
Oils are very easy to mix too. I don't drybrush much, but when painting
figures, I squeeze a blot of each color oil onto a sheet of shelf paper
(cheapo discardable palette). You can then mix the paints on the palette with
no difficulty. The paint stays wet for hours and hours, so you can work at
your leisure. You can also buy oil painting medium to help with the
"workability" of the paint. Grumbacher Oil Medium #1 helps make the oils dry
matte (although that's relative, oils are shiny when drying, eventually
drying to a satin finish for some colors. Other colors appear to stay shiny
forever!!), and helps the paint flow. You don't want to use thinner to mix
the paints unless doing a wash.
Anyway, that's probably more info than you wanted or needed!
For drybrushing, any old brushes (including something big and flat tipped)
will do. You can buy cheap oil paints and use those for drybrushing and
washes. The more you use oils, the more you will find the better (= more
expensive!) tubes will suit you.
Cheers
Andy
Josh Gray wrote:
> I have read in a lot of reviews that models have been dry brushed with oil
> paints. I have been using my Tamiya acrylic pains for this with mixed
> results.
> I have the following questions
> Do the oil paints give a better result?
> Do you thin the oil paints before use?
> WHat kind of brushes do you use?
>
> Thanks
> Josh Gray |
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