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Location: Trollhättan, Sweden
Painting in layers (and mixing colors)
I wanted to ask you this question for some time now, but as I saw these beautiful oils it raises the question again to my mind!
Which are steps to best mix paint?
Is it possible to control amount of paint (material) brush carry to the canvas in order to paint over in layers (you can see many strokes on these paintings as layered with various mixing props)?
If I want that my paint mix more or less with paint on canvas, which props are best to use, instead of fluidity only?
Can you maybe export some of fluid options so we could tweek them to achieve aforementioned properties, and at the end a bit closer look and feel to the real oil paintings?
Or there is some other completely different approach?
Best I can get is to lower build up and rise fluidity (up to 50%).
Then with more agile brush strokes I can get some layering and color mixing (see attachments).
These are some of real oil painting as eventual references.
Love colors here....
And here...
These are kinda weak for my taste, but also great (as it's a night scene).
www.artstation.com/mirza