What is feathering?! according to the descriptions people has given me, you are supposed to put dilluted paint on the brightest part of an area, and then \"drag\" the wet paint over the dark surface. when i did this, i used dilluted paints and only citadel colours. The colours i used was regal blue - enchanted blue - ice blue. And it turned out like crap. The brightest colour didn\'t cover and you could clearly see the regal blue, shining thorugh. Also, the blending screwed up and i ended up with three layers of paint! If someone could explain this matter to me, i would be forever grateful! Thanks!
Feathering troubles
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sebrushworth
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Yeah, this technique is a bit difficult to get a hang of at first. But you seem to have the theory right. Put the paint over the area you want to have the pure colour, and then very lightly and quickly drag it out in the directions you want.
I only use this technique when I have to because I screwed up and put too much paint on or created a too obvious transition that I need to smooth out before it dries (I always have a second brush handy for this purpose).
You could buy som drying retarder, which might help if the problem is that the paint is drying too fast.
I only use this technique when I have to because I screwed up and put too much paint on or created a too obvious transition that I need to smooth out before it dries (I always have a second brush handy for this purpose).
You could buy som drying retarder, which might help if the problem is that the paint is drying too fast.
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It\'s all about practice!!
It doesn\'t matter how much or what you read, you\'ll only master it by keeping on trying.
I apply the lighter pigment where I want it, suck the excess from the brush, leaving me with a clean, damp brush, then fade the edges by running the brush along them. You\'ll probably need several applications of the same tone to get a nice, even fade.
It doesn\'t matter how much or what you read, you\'ll only master it by keeping on trying.
I apply the lighter pigment where I want it, suck the excess from the brush, leaving me with a clean, damp brush, then fade the edges by running the brush along them. You\'ll probably need several applications of the same tone to get a nice, even fade.
Yellow one
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Wet feathering is very long technique. But my life is not so...Try to combine wet feathering and layering: not so diluted paints and more intermediate tones.
Einion
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That\'s it in a nutshell.
Ghaffasa, layering is your friend with acrylics and hobby colours, don\'t neglect him
You can combine a host of different techniques but almost always you\'ll have to build up to the finished result in layers in some way - I was just doing something subtle earlier today and it must have nearly a hundred layers on it but normally you can get away with much less than this and it goes pretty quickly since the paint dries so fast.Einion
Brokenblade
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I use feathering and feathering alone to blend, and yes i think it\'s all about prectice, the less change in paint colour in each \"stage\" should create smoother blends, and as said sometimes it is neccessary to do multiple layers of the same shade/colour to get clean coverage, but practising you will notice what is best to do/not to do and how you personally are best at doing it, if you can learn to do this without using your mouth to damp the brush - do it, as the taste of paint is irritating, but generally trying to keep the paint nice and thin and not varying the shades of paint too much between transitions should create the best effect.
Rune Kaple is releasing a mini painting cd which demonstrates this perfectly, so maybe that would be worth looking at.
Rune Kaple is releasing a mini painting cd which demonstrates this perfectly, so maybe that would be worth looking at.
Also the problem is that its not an exact technique, I know that when I paint I use a mixture of layering, feathering and wetbrushing (like drybrushing but wetter). Describing what I do exactly would be impossible, because it varies depending upon the colour, shape and size of the area I\'m working on.
You just need to find something that works for you.
You just need to find something that works for you.
My usual method of blending is glazing - layering with very thin paint. Too often, I manage to load the brush too much and a gob of paint gets on the mini. A quick wipe of the brush on the towel to \'dry\' it, then back to the mini to draw the gob over the surface in the direction I\'m working. Feathering it is, but somehow using the mini itself as the palette.
It\'s been said already; all these methods naturally come together, and a painter might have a preferred technique, but will actually use them all spontaneously.
It\'s been said already; all these methods naturally come together, and a painter might have a preferred technique, but will actually use them all spontaneously.
