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Recently I tried to tweak one of my medicore acrylics paintjobs with some oils. I had some Chrome Yellow Hue and Titanium white from W&N Artists Colours range on my pallet and decided to try them out on a finished paintjob.
I took my recently finished Daoying Hacker (https://www.beastsofwar.com/project-entry/1593694/) which was not highlighted enoughand, and simply smeared the oil yellow where I thought highlights should be. It took me 10 maybe 15 min to do whole model (she’s rather tiny) and effects are rather good.
Compare them yourselves.
Both photos were taken in natural light, however, white balance is a bit different on each of them (see colour of the backdrop), in real life I think difference is more spectacular, but even on the photos I think it looks better.
Before
After
Great job! Both look good but the bottom one really does have more contrast and pops more.
Do you think the oils are just making blending easier, the more restricted pallet is making the highlight path clearer or the high pigment of the medium is just better for you than acrylics?
I do use enamels and oils a little and I love them for certain tasks, but not licking your brush would be to much of a sacrifice for me.
Great job! Both look good but the bottom one really does have more contrast and pops more. Do you think the oils are just making blending easier, the more restricted pallet is making the highlight path clearer or the high pigment of the medium is just better for you than acrylics? I do use enamels and oils a little and I love them for certain tasks, but not licking your brush would be to much of a sacrifice for me. Thanks and yeah, licking brush is a big no-no with oils, I’m not a licker myself so it wasn’t such… Read more »
Thanks, still on the fence a little but great to hear your experiences. I may look out for a project to do with them, I love oils but I think a stand alone project would be best to try them out.
Understood. Maybe start with something black in major part or some NMM, you need 2-3 colours only and oils lend themselves great to such extreme transitions.