Some quick blending

[Starks333]

i donno if the quality will bother you but i just did this last night:

link to video:
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Star...nt=100_4745.flv (http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Starks3333/Tutorial/Videos/?action=view&current=100_4745.flv)

Im using just a couple layers, heavier layers, to blend faster, it just wont be as smooth...to glaze its usually thinner layers because you are trying to blend two areas so if you use a heavy glaze its gonna just mess it up

Shading heavy wash (drag towards darkest)
highlight: heavy glaze (be soft on the brush)
blending joint lines or tinting: thin glaze


for an idea on consistency:
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Starks3333/Tutorial/Videos/?action=view&current=100_4732.flv

i never go by ratios, so dont assume its 1 drop of water to 1 drop of paint, test your consistency with the paper, and memorize what the paint looks like(dragging some out and away from the puddle will help show you how transparent it is)

because p3 paint is already quite liquidy it doesnt take much to thin it so:
the 1st line would be heavy glaze/wash, its thinned, transparent but still has a lot of pigment
2nd line is thin glaze for tabletop, its thin enough to tint
3rd line is thin glaze for blending...this is what you would paint with using successive washes, to build up transition and super smooth blending

The less contrast you have in a piece the smoother you can make the quick blending, because i have high contrast it will look a bit rougher upon close inspection, but very nice at 12"+.. your usual tabletop viewing distance

The light source(zenithal) is what allows me to place the highlights and shades so quick and easy because i already know where hey are going because light has a predetermined angle...the head is brighter so the piece has a focal point...all the while painting a tabletop mini, quickly


this is the end result

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Starks3333/Tutorial/BnC%20Tuts/100_4746.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Starks3333/Tutorial/BnC%20Tuts/100_4747.jpg


you can use red, or green, or brown, or purple and green, or red and green, or whatever colours you want to shade the yellow, i just chose purple cuz i could :P


http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/Starks3333/Tutorial/BnC%20Tuts/

Starks

[SocietySoldier]

whoa
thats amazing

[Cymrych]

Absolutely brilliant thank you so much!
I've been looking for a direct video of someone doing exactly this for ages, thank you so much you made it very clear :jig:
And it looks beautiful to boot! Love your work.

[Starks333]

let me know if theres any other things that could help with, or things i could show explain further

:)

[Dr.Know]

What colour purple do you shade most of your models with?

[Starks333]

liche purple....sometimes mixed with black or brown or other colours...i dont often use purple to shade though, i prefer blues and reds...which ironically, create a purpley tone :P


Starks

[Dr.Know]

Now I want to paint minis in a "cold" tone. What I know i should stick to cool colours like purples, blues, and greens. But first of all is there a way to make something like red or yellow look like a cool colour? What should I shade with and should I add white to brighten up colours?

[Starks333]

you can cool down warm tones yes....generally the colour needs desaturation in some form, because an intense red will always be warm...where as one glazed with blue, will be much cooler

so if you use less intense "warm" colour, you can cool it down easier, or at least control it so that you dont get overwhelming warm/cold contrast

yellow is tricky to cool down while keeping it yellow and not muddy

for shading, you just need to add colour that will create a darker result...whether its mixing or glazing blues, blue+brown...blue+black, purple, red over green, green over red or purple, browns by themselves, or whatever

for brightening you wanna avoid white for the most part, and use other tones like yellows or beiges, or greys or blues or tones like that, white has its place, but generally it will desaturate your tones too much, and its too intense a contrast

however that being said, there are some artists on deviant art who can use white, yellow red and black to paint a very very nice skin tone, its all in how you mix

[Dr.Know]

Oh your videos werent working for me earlier, theyre great on controlling consistency. Im going to make a few modifications to my painting table now. Please make more vids, those are great.

Anyways. So now can you shade with ANY of those colours for any paint colour?

[Starks333]

its hard to describe colour in a few words, it goes from very simple to very complex

the only way to learn colour is to teach yourself by looking at the world around you...others' art, and experimenting

[Brother Alexos]

I was wondering about blending red to make it brighter but not pink or orange
also what do you mean by saturating and desaturating?