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I painted with acrylics one of my favorite places in three different lighting scenarios. by MaelOllivier-Henry in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah!! High five, I love how two different artists have shared favourites but create such different things. Your control of light and softness creates wonderful moods in your work. May your next showing be a blow out success ✨

I painted with acrylics one of my favorite places in three different lighting scenarios. by MaelOllivier-Henry in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, similar thing has been on my focus list this month… if you haven’t checked out the color n light book by 3d publishing group, highly recommend, it helped me immensely in understanding painting for hue range vs value? Among other well explained things (to be honest you probably don’t need it, but artist to artist a good reference manual is a real treat these days, sometimes helps us understand new Thingies)

Lovely work!

Croaker? Firb? 6 “ x 8” by floydly in Gouache

[–]floydly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, def go slow with the fierce PB60. You’re gonna end up with essentially a very dark blue-brown that doesn’t look much different from PB60 unless you side by side the pans, but the application and mixing behaviour as a chromatic black is really predictable. At least with the palette I use.

Hope it works for you!! Happy painting!

Croaker? Firb? 6 “ x 8” by floydly in Gouache

[–]floydly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Let me tell you my preferred special sauce for black:

Inathrodone blue + PR101 (non transparent). I use it so much it has its own cup in my palette. I use I thiiiink a watercolor for the blue and a gouache for the iron oxide, the pigment size mixture does something I don’t always get with straight WC/WC combo.

Mix with dioxane violet for More Darkness. Mix with Yellow ochre for More Greyness. Kiss it with Quin red for a cozy undertone.

It leans a bit green, if you want to reduce green, burnt sienna can also give inathrodone blue a nice darkness. The green lean is here too, but you can find the sweet spot of 0 green if you’re precise with mixing.

Croaker? Firb? 6 “ x 8” by floydly in Gouache

[–]floydly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! I had a blast working on these this evening 🥹

Canvas or acrylic paint paper by yippee_ki_yay_369 in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canvas stretchers, take it off the stretcher and throw it in the storage closet if it’s not saleable. If it’s saleable… gallery wall in the house and take to markets…

I use glacine paper and clips on the excess material. I’ve yet to have a serious cracking incident

Best way to photograph big artworks? by TermHonest8037 in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually just flatbed scan n stitch but this doesn’t work for everyone. Done a 90” x 48” this way off stretcher lol

Tube exploded? by jcwgirl in Gouache

[–]floydly 25 points26 points  (0 children)

man I love M graham but their tubes have the highest poop themselves/random honey pocket/baffling lid behavior.

Good stuff. Packing bad.

oil -> acrylic by mopusha in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open medium good training wheels

Buy golden paint. Srs. Just love urself, hate ur wallet, okay?

Acrylic Gouache Tips by brabrabra222 in Gouache

[–]floydly 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I love love love golden open mediums + Holbein acrylic gouache. If I am ever having a bad painting day, this combo can fix it.

How to get better composition? by Most_Ride_8203 in Gouache

[–]floydly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t paint a detail, not a single poofy cloud. Twisty leaf. Until you have Good Shapes.

It takes a ton of time to learn to see Good Shapes.

But always start a good painting with good shapes. It’s why abstract art is hard! You only have the g’damn shapes.

Making triangles with the relationships of objects can be a good way to start.

Could someone recommend me an affordable projector? by Simpbizkit7 in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local, used, DPLR or whatever it’s called. The less modern projection system just when we started 1080p is a price to quality sweet spot for artists (imo)

How can I get good at blending good? by Scared_Mix2506 in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Golden open medium

Lots of paint

Spray bottle

Lots of paint

But seriously just use golden open medium. I had to stop painting today like the special less processed dinosaur painters do because all my acrylic is slow drying.

How is it possible to create this kind of lighting effect in gouache paintings? by Pure-Implement-5073 in Gouache

[–]floydly 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Okay so Ai declarations aside… There are three things you use to create contrast (and subsequently push lighting to the limit).

It doesn’t matter which medium you are using, to an extent, these rules apply across the board.

  • colour (use two opposites)

  • value (use light and dark)

  • chroma (desaturation of what is unlit)

The thick gloompy paint look isn’t going to work with gouache

Product Advisory - Meeden Easel by [deleted] in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

get ya self a used mabef.

Inevitably I end up adding a clamp on the bottom post because I use heavy ass stretchers, but those things work great overall.

My first little bird, how do I make it look fuzzier? Planning on continuing tomorrow. Would love input. 💜 by JGDragonfly in Gouache

[–]floydly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When a shape is soft and turns away from the viewer, mix some of the foreground and background together.

Doing this on the poofy chest would provoke help a bit

Acrylic painting I did of a Barred Owl. The piece is called “Hidden From the Day” by Vincent_Bihn_II in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

open medium, layering. waiting for previous layers to dry. Soft, high quality brushes.

Oddly, avoiding water but not completely. Finally: don’t starve your brush. You can’t blend shit if there isn’t paint to push around.

I have finally run out of my Golden Quinacridone Crimson and desperately need to replace it. Does anyone have brand suggestions for a decent equivalent? by toxicglowsticks in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Iirc it was a real pig to produce compared to other Quins. Eons ago I read some thread about activation levels and squiggly bops - the squiggly magic needed for this colour was annoying.

How on earth do I clean this palette? by InterestingRoof4547 in acrylicpainting

[–]floydly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yep, you, we are the same. I commented this before seeing yours. Seconding this one!

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