I've been playing around with the new paints I bought. My practice/learning piece is the Amur Leopard. Not that it matters what animal it is because I'm just learning how these paints work.
I'm pleased to say that the fabric has remained soft even after using the paint and extender Ink Potion No. 9. so that's a win. The paints also go on MUCH darker and lighten as they dry. I can see where I'll have to go over some areas 2-3 times to get the right shade. I'm also mixing colors a bit to get the right color hue so we'll see how that works out.
I can also see where I maybe working on 2-3 pictures at one time. If you add another color or layer down and your fabric is still just slightly wet then it will bleed everywhere. Not good. So there's going to have to be drying time accounted for during this process.
I wanted to add some yellow color to my leopard and had to order the ink. I just added some highlights to it and finished the eye area. I also used my black fabric pen to hopefully cover some of the black spot bleeding areas. I really needed to do the spots after I set the other colors but live and learn. I may do this one again at a later date once I get the hang of the inks.
I'm pleased to say that the fabric has remained soft even after using the paint and extender Ink Potion No. 9. so that's a win. The paints also go on MUCH darker and lighten as they dry. I can see where I'll have to go over some areas 2-3 times to get the right shade. I'm also mixing colors a bit to get the right color hue so we'll see how that works out.
I can also see where I maybe working on 2-3 pictures at one time. If you add another color or layer down and your fabric is still just slightly wet then it will bleed everywhere. Not good. So there's going to have to be drying time accounted for during this process.
My leopard is a nice golden beige but all the paints I have are no where near tan, golden or anything resembling the color of leopard fur. So I'm using brown, reddish brown, beige and white to get a lighter brown color. Seriously.
I discovered the bleeding problem when I added some black spots. I thought it was dry. It was not. As you can see the black spots are fuzzy in some places. I'm hoping I can fix it but I doubt it. It may work out though. Animals are fuzzy and I can't capture hair all that well so I'll have to ask my husband for his artistic opinion.
The background is just going to be minimal on all of my pictures. Its about the animal not the background. This particular background is supposed to be some dry grasses. Although my leopard isn't finished its close but I've already learned a great deal about using these paints, extender, bleeding and drying times.
Remember, this portrait is also going to be quilted and quilting can add a lot of interest and details that you wouldn't normally consider. But I'll wait until I figure out how to paint these portraits before worrying about the quilting.
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