Pamir: Detail painting

To Jeff and others,

I want to apologies for all of the typos. I am stuck using a notebook and my stubby fingers find this a bit of getting use to.

Sorry to all,

Robert

Jeff,

 

Thank you.

This is exatly what I am talkig about. Because the wall and door are at such a samll scale, my concerning actually cutting the line. Am I just looking for a quick and easy way to do something which is actually very difficult?

I think I have 2 choices, but perhaps there are other ways.

1. Maske around the door and then paint. of course, this is not easy to due to the size.

2. Use a pencil as you mentioned I should do with the decking. (By the way, it worked) I have now only painted the decks 4 times. When I go for the wash, it just turns into blah. so oven cleaner and restart. I would love to try to drybrush. I read that "washing" is easy while drybrushing is more difficult. From my experience if it takes me 4 tries to "wash the deck drybrushing would take oh..... anywhere from 20 to 30 tries.

But man is this fun. Yes, I picked a difficult model, but I am glad I did. When I get finished, I will feel great.

It would never pass any IPMS scrutiny, but that is not why I am doing this hobby.

 

Thanks,

Robert 

Here's an age-old trick passed down from the figure painters – lining...

When you want to show contrast or a demarcation line between similar colors, use a fine line of a dark color, burnt umber, dark gray, or even black (but not on white) to create an artificial shadow line. It will accentuate the door from the frame and the frame from the wall.

Jeff