MnM with oil painting

darkeldar70

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hi to all
any one can help me to use oil to make a metal non metal paint
wich colour can i use to make gold or silver?? thank you
 

freakinacage

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bluey greys for silver, black and whites for the highlights. paynes grey is a nice blue-grey

gold, you'll want browns. maybe ochres. never tried with oils and i'm colour blind so i can't help too much.
 

Shellshock

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I use winsor and newton titanium white, ivory black and indanthrene blue for silvers, burnt umber, yellow ochre and titanium white for golds.
 

Einion

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darkeldar70 said:
hi to all
any one can help me to use oil to make a metal non metal paint
wich colour can i use to make gold or silver?? thank you
In English we say NMM, for non-metallic metals; by looking for this instead of MNM you'll be able to find info more easily.

There's an entire section on NMM in the Sticky Thread.


Shellshock said:
I use winsor and newton titanium white, ivory black and indanthrene blue for silvers, burnt umber, yellow ochre and titanium white for golds.
Hey, don't see many recommendations for that here!

Einion
 

darkeldar70

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In English we say NMM, for non-metallic metals; by looking for this instead of MNM you'll be able to find info more easily.

There's an entire section on NMM in the Sticky Thread.
thank you i see it but nothing with oil paint use !!


Hey, don't see many recommendations for that here!

Einion

thank you i see it but nothing with oil paint use !!
 

Einion

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thank you i see it but nothing with oil paint use !!
Most will of course be for hobby paints so just use them as a starting point - as guides to where to place the highlights and shadows, any reflections etc., then simply adapt the colours.

Even a guide using oil paint might not use colours you own, so it's not much different from adapting from one of those.

Yellow metals:
dark browns could be done with Van Dyke Brown, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, or any mix that's suitable like Burnt Sienna + black, Burnt Sienna + Cobalt Blue, Cad Red Light + a green, Dioxazine Purple + Cadmium Orange;
medium browns could be Burnt Sienna, Venetian Red + a little green, Cadmium Orange + Dioxazine Purple, Raw Sienna + Burnt Umber;
midtone mostly in a yellowish colour, so maybe Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, white + Raw Sienna, white + Chrome Titanate;
final highlights could be pure white, or white plus a dot of Raw Sienna or Cad Yellow Deep.

White metals:
blue-greys are easy, just add white into any black and it's nearly always going to give you one of those;
if you want bluer greys simply add in some blue to a black + white mix, or alternatively mix white + blue + a small amount of an earth colour;
if you want true neutrals black + white + a little Burnt Umber;
final highlights in pure white.

Einion
 

Einion

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