ok so im in college and i have a color theory class.. and well i got to do this painting with alot of values but i cant seem to get them 2 blend right? any suggestions?
i dont have any money so i wont be able 2 by anything (college life=poor) haha
thanx alot guys
2007-10-31 05:56:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
If you are in color theory class and trying to do sort of like a color wheel or need to work on a limited budget so the less tubes of paint as possible, DO NOT use acrylic unless you have to. Because of how acrylics are made they are the worst kind of paints to mix in attempts to get accurate colors. They do bizzare stuff. I would invest in watercolors or guache (used clear through college myself) paints they actually follow the rules when it comes to mixing specific colors to accomplish a true color. Watercolors are probably the cheapest and you can get a small cheap box set at like walmart and still look pretty good. Watercolors are transparent so if you want a solid opaque paint go with guache (it wont be shiny though it has a matte finish to it like watercolor) and do not add a lot of water to them when you mix them. The less watery guache is the more opaque it becomes. The more water you add to guache the more it becomes like watercolors. Buy yourself a red, canary yellow or as close to a true primary yellow, and a primary blue. You can make all the colors in the world with just those three colors in guache or watercolor including brown, grey and black (in watercolor though I never use black, but instead a REALLY dark purple, black has no warmth or depth to it). If you want white for some reason buy a white. For white when using watercolor just leave the paper or board exposed. If you insist on using acrylic for a painting you will have to buy more colors (which is more expensive). You want a brown in acrylic buy a brown. You want a purple-red buy a purple red and you can get more of a range when you try to go in between. Oils still don't mix as well when it comes to getting true colors according to the color wheel but they do seem to do better than acrylic (but can be horrible expensive). So if your instructor does not have a meduim preference and money is the biggest issue I would go with watercolor but try it on illustration or water color board instead if you can spare 5 to 7 bucks for it. That way it doesn't wrinkle and less likely to get damaged in a school atmosphere.
2007-10-31 09:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two dabs side by side on a flat surface. Take a piece of cardboard and smear it out so you have the 'stripes'.
'Fold' the stripes into each other. Make a neat pile and repeat the process until a homogeneous color is made.
Takes only a minute.
For values paint the bottom and the top with the colors. Take the middle by mixing two equal portions. With small rotating moves fill in the rest. If the area is to big you can repeat the mix by taking the bottom (and later the top) and the middle to mix what is in between that.
2007-10-31 07:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a big difference! Gesso is used along with a base paint such as acrylic(or you dont have to use a base paint) It is used to thicken up the base paint and to add texture to a painting. When using acrylic paint it is already hard enough to get texture so gesso takes the guess work out(ha ha) no really it does!! It is sandable and it also preservses the painting for a longer period of time.
2016-05-26 04:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
um your question doesn't make much sence? u mix paints by taking a dab of like blue and red and just putting them together. but if there not mixing properly then u have to get new ones.but i u cant buy anything why did you even post this? seriously
but acrylics arent vibrant enough for proper colors, get oils or watercolors.
2007-10-31 10:15:03 · answer #4 · answered by Zetsu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you have to just keep mixing them.
Are you talking about doing value scales? If so, acrylic is not your friend. We used to do them in gouache.
I used to kill myself doing value scales by depending on my eyes, until one of my classmates who actually had a math and science background turned me on to those test tubes with the measurement markings on the sides...just start with a nice flowable mixture of one color, and keep adding black or white up to the next measurement, and then the next, and so on.
2007-10-31 06:38:37 · answer #5 · answered by helene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean that you can't buy paint?. What else did you want to buy to help ypu?
2007-10-31 06:59:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
how'd you get into college with that horrible grammar and spelling?????????????????????????????????????
2007-10-31 06:23:21 · answer #7 · answered by P B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋