tootskater
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So I was goin thru some tips over the web and they said somthing about Highlighting And I was wondering if Highlighting was the same as drybrushing just more cotrolled?
Highlighting VS. Drybrushing
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Highlighting is more a term for the finish achieved.You can highlight by dry brushing lighter shades over smaller raised areas.This nearly always looks rough compared to layering which is a more controlled application of colour of lighter shades over smaller raised areas.
I hardly ever dry brush now.Even fur and hair is done with thin layers using the side of my brush,I call this controlled dry brushing but the brush isnt \"dry\" cos it will ruin it and they are too dear.
I hardly ever dry brush now.Even fur and hair is done with thin layers using the side of my brush,I call this controlled dry brushing but the brush isnt \"dry\" cos it will ruin it and they are too dear.
tootskater
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Ok ok, So when Highlighting it\'s just precicly drybrushing kinda, Right? and where could i find a good article on layering I think I have a good Idea but I\'m not sure???
Theres plenty articles in the article section ,also try this link
dr fausts paint clinic
It all depends how experienced you are really.
dr fausts paint clinic
It all depends how experienced you are really.
Drybrush crazy...
When I first discovered drybrushing, I had thought I found the key to mini painting. I used it to highlight EVERYTHING...Much later I realized the problem is, it tends to look chalky, rough, uneven.
As I start to learn more of the layering process, I too find myself drybrushing less and less. I still don\'t understand how you can layer fur without drybrushing, but I know that to achieve smooth even results, I am going to have to find out.
When I first discovered drybrushing, I had thought I found the key to mini painting. I used it to highlight EVERYTHING...Much later I realized the problem is, it tends to look chalky, rough, uneven.
As I start to learn more of the layering process, I too find myself drybrushing less and less. I still don\'t understand how you can layer fur without drybrushing, but I know that to achieve smooth even results, I am going to have to find out.
Valander
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There\'s a couple of ways to do this. You could do it the same, typical way you\'d layer everything else, but you\'d need a really fine brush, and a helluva lot of patience.
Or, what I usually do on furs is a multiple-glaze thing. I paint the whole area the lightest color I want, then start making glazes that are each progressively darker and thinner. Depending on the model, I\'ll finish it off with a highlight of the original color, very carefully applied with a fine brush.
But... that was before I discovered tweening (yes, Supervike, I\'m going to follow you around and say it everywhere!
). I haven\'t had a chance to use it on hair/fur yet, but it\'s most definitely on my list of things to try as soon as classes are done for the quarter.This is how I do most of my highlighting!
Like some others, I find that the drybrushing looks a little too rough, but some light drybrushing with a very light colour, I find, is easily smoothed out by a sort of wash in a bit darker colour over the drybrushing.
I take a colour a little darker than the drybrushing, and then make sure the paint is fairly thin. Then I take only the slightest amount onto the brush, and give it a test swipe on my pallet to make sure a whole bunch won\'t run into areas I don\'t want it too, and then I lightly stroke it over the dry brushed areas. I find that this smoothes out the rough look of the original drybrushing.
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t_haye2
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**Tammy puttin g her teacher voice on**
highlighting is a term used for creating shadow and lighting effects on a model by painting raised areas with a lighter colour then the depressed areas(i.e. folds and stuff, not the prozac needing depressed kinda thing).
Several highlighting techniques include drybrushing, layering and wetbrushing(sometimes calledoverbrushing).
Now, drybrushing means that a brush has been laden with a lighter colour than the basecoat, wiped from excess paint, and carefully drawn over the raised areas. The pigment will catch on these.
Layering means that you start out with a darker basecoat, a sub basecoat if you will. Then, you build up layers of paint in gradually lighter tones, concentrating on the raised areas. If done correctly, this will give the impression of a smooth blend from the darker colour in the hollows, to a lighter colour on the highest raised areas.
Wetbrushing is a technique used to paint highly textured areas, like fur and chainmail. It involves the same technique as drybrushing, only the brush is notably less \'dry\' then with the aforementioned technique.
An advanced way of highlighting is to paint a dark colour into the recesses, and a light colour on the raised areas. Then, before both paints dry up, the two are blended into eachother with a moist but clean brush. This is called wetblending.
there are a lot of magazines like Harbinger and White Dwarf that explain these techniques, and even though I don\'t articularily like the GW painting book, it is a good recourse for beginning painters.
**teaching voice off**
hope this helps a bit, but feel free to experiment, because nobody paints exactly like \'the book\' says they should...
highlighting is a term used for creating shadow and lighting effects on a model by painting raised areas with a lighter colour then the depressed areas(i.e. folds and stuff, not the prozac needing depressed kinda thing
).Several highlighting techniques include drybrushing, layering and wetbrushing(sometimes calledoverbrushing).
Now, drybrushing means that a brush has been laden with a lighter colour than the basecoat, wiped from excess paint, and carefully drawn over the raised areas. The pigment will catch on these.
Layering means that you start out with a darker basecoat, a sub basecoat if you will. Then, you build up layers of paint in gradually lighter tones, concentrating on the raised areas. If done correctly, this will give the impression of a smooth blend from the darker colour in the hollows, to a lighter colour on the highest raised areas.
Wetbrushing is a technique used to paint highly textured areas, like fur and chainmail. It involves the same technique as drybrushing, only the brush is notably less \'dry\' then with the aforementioned technique.
An advanced way of highlighting is to paint a dark colour into the recesses, and a light colour on the raised areas. Then, before both paints dry up, the two are blended into eachother with a moist but clean brush. This is called wetblending.
there are a lot of magazines like Harbinger and White Dwarf that explain these techniques, and even though I don\'t articularily like the GW painting book, it is a good recourse for beginning painters.
**teaching voice off**
hope this helps a bit, but feel free to experiment, because nobody paints exactly like \'the book\' says they should...
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t_haye2
Guest
giggle.
When you\'re using the layering technique, you can use feathering to achieve a smoother blend instead of just letting the layers dry up before you apply a new one. In practise, this is what lies inbetween layering and wetblending, and works as follows:
When you apply a highlight, instead of letting that layer dry before you apply the next one, you wash out your brush, and dab it untill it\'s moist, but doesn\'t hold a lot of liquid. Then, you simply draw the brush into the still wet paint, and by using quick sideways ,movements, you \'draw\' the paint outward. The moisture in the brush will dilute the paint slightly, and make it slightly transparent at the edges, which then creates the blending effect. It takes time to learn to do this properly though, as with most techniques, and the most important thing is brush control. also speed of painting is important.
When you\'re using the layering technique, you can use feathering to achieve a smoother blend instead of just letting the layers dry up before you apply a new one. In practise, this is what lies inbetween layering and wetblending, and works as follows:
When you apply a highlight, instead of letting that layer dry before you apply the next one, you wash out your brush, and dab it untill it\'s moist, but doesn\'t hold a lot of liquid. Then, you simply draw the brush into the still wet paint, and by using quick sideways ,movements, you \'draw\' the paint outward. The moisture in the brush will dilute the paint slightly, and make it slightly transparent at the edges, which then creates the blending effect. It takes time to learn to do this properly though, as with most techniques, and the most important thing is brush control. also speed of painting is important.
hmmm...
@Tammy Your teacher voice sounds exactly like your normal voice....Maybe you need to change the font!!lollol
@Valender I am becoming a desciple of your \"tweening\" (yes it is fun to say!) It is really helping me. I have only used it on spot applications, but I will be starting a new fig soon, and it will using this technique almost exclusively. I\'ll let you know how it works out.
@Tammy Your teacher voice sounds exactly like your normal voice....Maybe you need to change the font!!lollol
@Valender I am becoming a desciple of your \"tweening\" (yes it is fun to say!) It is really helping me. I have only used it on spot applications, but I will be starting a new fig soon, and it will using this technique almost exclusively. I\'ll let you know how it works out.
Cerridwyn1st
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Geeze, I\'m a featherer and I didn\'t even know it! Thanks for explaining it, Tammy. I\'m also a fan of \"tweening\", but I find that to get the transitions smooth on the final blend, that I\'ll lay color and then spread it out with a damp brush while it\'s still wet. Just like the feathering Tammy discribes.
Cerridwyn1st
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Grff, LG, that\'s BAD. :|~
Well it seems I have my uses after all........lol :flip:Originally posted by dauber22
HOooHa! COngradulations, Tammy! See! Argueing with DragonsReach has it\'s pluses
Congratulations Tammy, but seeing as you\'re a senior, should we be using your full name now?
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