Frequent questions about dry brush
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drawing tools
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How to dry brush using oil paint? What is a black oil paint I can use to dry brush? - You can use any black paint, no matter what it has a tone, enough 0.5 cubic mm of black paint for a portrait, this is a very thin layer of paint that is not absorbed into paper. It is desirable to have a black paint that does not dry out quickly. You can at random, pick a more interesting black paint according to your taste. At the moment I paint by oil TIONDIGO this is my old stock, this oil has nowhere sold, therefore, as this oil paint was removed from production
How to dry brush using oil paint for color portrait? -
You may use any not quick-drying oil paints, tints of color paint of your choice
At drawing by a dry brush i never use in this technics: charcoal, charcoal powder, pastel or pastel powder, graphite powder, ink, acrylic paint, shoe polish and so on.
Which is better of watercolor paper texture to use to Dry brush? - The porosity of watercolor paper has an important role in dry brush. Due to relief surface of the paper, we get a nice effect of dry brush. A large texture is not desirable, since the pores will be a lot of useless paint as a result portrait will turn out dirty and not accurate. So for beginners better to use watercolor paper with small-grained texture. Now i draw on paper the company Fabriano, It has middle-grained texture. Pick a more interesting watercolor paper texture according to your taste
What types of paint brush do you use for Dry brush portraits? Many year-old practice of drawing in dry brush showsis that the best to use- flat bristle and synthetics types of paint brush with different size, thinner synthetics brushes used to draw small details of portrait, such as eyes, lips, nose, and other small parts, the wide bristle brushes used to draw a portrait of large details, such as the shadow of face, hair, clothes and background
What type of pencil you use to sketch a portrait? - Any ordinary pencils HB.
What the magic rubber eraser you use, and why do you use it, after you are drawing with oil paint? - This is a simple rubber eraser, but very soft. a rubber eraser applied for highlight details of portrait. For one black and white portrait is enough very little paint, 5 cubic millimeters of black oil paint
What you add to mixing black oil paint when drawing a portrait? - When I draw black and white portrait, I add 2-3 drops of domestic sewing machine lubricating oil and mix it with black oil pait on a palette
How can I to correct a blot on portrait? - If you drew a dry brush portrait, I inadvertently smeared portrait with paint on a white area, so get the Blob. - You can be corrected only slight blot by rubbing it with an eraser, if the spot is very tight and it is located directly on the face, you probably will not be able to remove this blot, so the next time you should be very careful
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Why is my portrait with a dry brush turns dirty and not accurate? I saw your video , and you have as a result is more accurate portrait. - Well firstly you're probably in a hurry, when drawing your portrait, do not to hurry. On my videos it seems that I quickly draw, in fact the time of my portrait takes 4-6 hours
How long does it take to draw a live portrait in dry brush technique? Usually 1-1,5 hours. Dry brush is a fast drawing with excellent quality, if you decide to make money by drawing portraits as a streetartist, better than a dry brush technique, i do not know. If you are very interested, Read more here:
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For what purpose do you use a scalpel? - Interesting drawing tool. Certainly using a scalpel in drawing a portrait seems strange, nevertheless purpose is simple and it is somewhat like to the role of an eraser, only difference is, a scalpel is necessary to do bright glare, such as glare on eyes, teeth, earrings, rings, etc., where an eraser for this purpose would not have managed. To use a scalpel not desirable, if you are not using thick watercolor paper. However scalpel you can not use at all, to create different reflections in portrait you can use regular "Correction Fluid". In this case, small brush, soak in the Correction Fluid and make small glare where you want
What Drawing materials do you use to draw a dry brush portrait? I would like to see the variety and sizes of brushes, you work with. - Well, I am often asked such questions, my Drawing materials or drawing supply are shown in this photo below. Here, collection of art brushes for dry brush portraits, oil paint TIONDIGO, a scalpel, and lubricating oil and of course a very important tool of dry brush is usual eraser. Ironically, many call it a magic eraser ): All of these drawing materials for dry brush are sold in the art drawing supplies store, At your discretion, you can use more expensive professional paint brush or cheap paint brushes, for dry brush is not so important.
Are brushes and accessories expensive to buy? very frequent question - a brush is $1, a tube of paint $2, watercolor paper 20-50 cents, eraser 20 cents. Can be expensive, only work of artist:)
Dear friends, pay your attention, most recently on some forums and blogs, there was incorrect and sometimes false information about dry brush and working methods of artist Igor Kazarin. I did not give anyone some more info about methods of my work. In addition to this, pay your attention, I do not cooperate with dealers, that use unlawfully my video drawings for their own gain to sell their book for drawing portraits. If you see someone offering to buy video lessons in drawing portraits and in this video demonstrate my drawing, this is a lie |
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