colouring

[Carnifex]

what mediums do you use to colour your pictures?

[OLSEN]

If i have a pen or pencil sketch id like to colour i go digital, i scan them and then i rework them on the computer. When i need a traditional media original in colour, i usually go for a mix of acrylics and oil. Acrylics for the basecoat and large shapes. Then the oilpaint on top of that for highligts, smooth gradients and glazes. I might use my super rare kickass white crayon i found hidden in an artshop a year ago for the extreme highlights and detailing. If im in a hurry i skip the oil and just use the acrylics.

I have a ton of other colourpens and pencils, and different crayons around, but i never use them unless i really have to.

90% of all my work is done entirely digital. Painter and photoshop.

[Carnifex]

what are acrylics like to use?can you just paint over the pencil sketch or have you to keep within the lines?do you need a canvas or any special paper?
thanx in advance

[OLSEN]

Acrylic works sort of like watercolour if you water it down, but i try to keep the paint rather thick and opaque. It dries really quick though and it took me quite a lot of practise to get used to as i started out with oil. But when you learn to use it correctly its a fast and easy way to work.

For acrylics i use aquarelle paper when i train and experiment, or a canvas if its going on the wall or if someone is paying me for it. I never use it on ordinary drawing or sketching paper, as the paint makes ordinary paper bulge. If i have a pencil sketch or drawing i like to colour i either scan it and colour it on the computer, or i transfer it to a canvas and work on it there. You can make perfecly gorgeus paintings with just acrylics as it is as versatile as it is cost effective. But as i mentioned earlier i prefer to use both oil and acrylics as they work great together, just make sure the acrylics are completly dry before you add oil on top of it. Oil is more expensive but its also alot of fun to use and very different to acrylics.

Im not sure what you meen by keeping within the lines, but if youre after a neat finnish i suppose thats a good idea, if you meen if the paint will cover the lines or not, it will, aslong as you keep it opaque.

One last thing, ive seen some gorgeues colouring done with artmarkers and\or pencils, its not my prefered medium, but perhaps you should give that a try also.

[Carnifex]

thank you so much:)
one last question: are oils only to use on canvas only or is there any paper useable without bulging it?









how about the others?

[OLSEN]

np, glad i can help :)

...and the answer: You can use oil (and acrylics) on pretty much everything. I believe we had a paper treated for oil when in my artclass, but i havent seen it since then. I know that thick(heavy) aquarelle paper works fairly good for experimenting and such.

[DragonGX]

I love oils.. ive been trying out acrylics lately, but thye dry way to fast for me, and i jsut like the overall experience of oils better..

aw for digital.. i suck at digital painting.. im trying to learn but I like having alot of control like i do with traditional methods, so its harder for me..

[DragonGX]

for oils, you can do a few things... some art stores have pre-primed and stretched canvas ready to be apinted on for vey cheap prices.. you can also get MDF board, or CanvasPAper which is paper that is textured like a canvas... but really you can use ANYTHING including bristol board if you like a smooth painting surface..

[Chromo48]

If you're interested in getting a start on acrylics over your pencils, here's a step by step from Glen Fabry the artist from Preacher.

Fabry's Work In Progress (http://www.glennfabry.co.uk/workinprog.htm)

Good Luck!

[Carnifex]

ah thanx,that's very helpful.:)

so basically you just apply a basic colour to your picture and then define darks,highlights and other colours?

i suppose this doesn't work very good with watercolours though,or?

[Elwell]

Originally posted by Carnifex

so basically you just apply a basic colour to your picture and then define darks,highlights and other colours?


Yeah, basically.:rofl:

Also, tightrope walking is basically just putting one foot in front of the other and not falling off. ;)

(In all seriousness, that's a great step-by-step. Thanks for posting it, Chromo.)

[WildSpruceMoose]

Anything medium that can colour that I can get my hands on. Acrylics, oils, pastels, pencil crayons, markers, but I do have a liking for the whole PS, Painter idea of free materials! Unfortunately I'm working with traditional media right now, so it'll be easier when I try computer colouring again.