Dry Brushing |
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Dry brushing is a very simple technique: you just drag a
brush with very little paint on it across the surface of your paper, leaving
behind sheer streaks of color. To dry brush, you'll need some acrylic paints
and a cheap bristle brush---I usually use a large one for this. A good tip
about brushes: always use the largest brush you can. For this technique, a
smaller brush has to be reloaded with paint many more times than a larger one
to get a full page covered. This really shows up better on
my black test piece than the finished book sample---that's because the paint
I used for both is gold Lumiere with a very bright
shine to it. Any acrylic paint will work for this. The Lumieres
are pretty dense, so to get my text to show through, I had to be very careful
not to load too much color on the brush. I usally
do this by pouring just a tiny bit of paint onto a styrofoam
plate, dabbing my brush into it lightly, and then dabbing it directly onto
the plate a couple of times to leave some paint behind before applying to my
surface. This is a technique that takes a little practice, because too much
paint on the brush creates a very dense application, while too little creates
uneven streaking. |