Art Tip – Transparent – Opaque and changing Pigments

Quick tip on differences between Modern and Mineral Pigments.

I know a lot of people have problems with trying to blend and mix different colours, and especially having problems with coverage of transparent colours over opaque colours.

1st off  know what pigments you are painting with Modern or Mineral

Modern Organic – pigments are usually bright and Transparent

Mineral Inorganic – pigments are usually duller or more earthy colours and are Opaque 

Remember that if you are painting over a Mineral pigment Opaque)with a  Modern pigment (transparent) to change the colour dramatically then you may strike some problems!   To make your Transparent colour opaque  just add a Very Small amount of Titanium white to it. 

Handy Art Tips – Meths

My Art Tip of the Week – Meths

What can you use to get rid of those troublesome bubbles that can appear in your Gel Mediums ?

When applying gel mediums for example Self leveling gel and sometimes you get little air bubbles all through the gel… just give them a quick spray of Meths…. and wolaaa the bubbles will disappear ! 

Check out the latest Gordon Harris Newsletter!

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Art tip of the week- Gesso…

My Art Tip of the Week

What is and why would you use Gesso ?

Gesso is an acrylic undercoat / primer and comes in  White or Black

Using Gesso – gives a ground to your surface, thus allowing a layer between the paint and substrate surface. ( which means you ultimately use less paint)

- Gesso is Very Opaque so covers up painting errors very well.

-Gesso needs to be used on any Wooden Board before painting and acts as a undercoat which protects the boards surface from any dampness that could be effected from applying straight paint.

Just a reminder to check out my Creative Blog … :)

Hi everyone just a little reminder that if you are interested in checking out my creative blog you can see it by clicking here :)

 http://donnasteelsblog.wordpress.com/

“Transform “Playing around with transfering My Painting and Photography images to create…..

Transform - By Donna Steel

Playing around some of my Artwork Images and my own photography came up with this Image – Transform

cheers Donna

Check out my new Weekly – Art tip of the Week! Tip 1.

Donna’s Art Tip of the Week – Titanium Vs Zinc White ?

My Art Tip of the Week - Sunday 8th January 2012

Tip 1. Titanium Vs Zinc White ?

Make sure when mixing White to a colour you use the right one for what you are wanting!

Titanium White is more opaque and when added to a colour changes that colour giving it more of a Pastel Tone.

Zinc White is more Translucent and when added to a colour just slightly tones down that original colour rather than changing the overall tone of it.

See Below

Titanium Vs Zinc White!

Taylors Mistake – Mixed Media 4 Sale

 Below is some close up photos of the rocks and houses in original artwork above.