You Asked – Painting Water Rings

Todays question is from Rauel:

“I am trying to paint water rings like you would see if you dropped a pebble in water and am having a difficult time finding any teaching on this. I have a water “mound” in the center of the water rings. I am painting on a 4×8 foot mdf using acrylic paint. Thanks for your help.”

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You Asked – Capture Fog in a Mountain Landscape

Today’s question comes from Linda:

Linda Writes:

“I want to capture fog in a mountain landscape….I have sprayed fixative several times, but I am still having leakage of previously done pastel color….any suggestions???”

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You Asked – Prismacolor Colored Pencils

Today’s question comes from Carol:

Carol Writes:

“Prismacolor colored pencils have a variety of greys that are various values and various shades of grey (or gray). I understand that one would use a cool gray on a cool object such as metal, and probably a warm gray on a portrait (?), and a slate gray for water perhaps. However, that’s about the limit of my understanding. Please explain the temperatures and also when one would use the French grays.”

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You Asked: Drawing Reflections

Today’s question comes from Karthika:

Karthika Writes:

“I would like to know how is it that i can acheive the smooth glowy refelction on the surface of sunglasses. I’m doing a graphite and charcoal portrait where the person is wearing sunglasses with a reflection of a lake. I’m confused !”

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You Asked: Pen Drawing on Canvas?

Todays question comes from Veronica and she asks:

“I love drawing with inks ,but I want to know how should i prepare my canvas ,i used gesso,and when it dried I used PITT artist pen and micron but my pens got ruined in less than an hour !Is there other material I can use because I dont want to draw on paper and frame my drawings ,thats why I tried on a canvas”

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You Asked: Speed Up Drying Time

Today’s question comes from Maryann and she asks:

“Is there any way to speed up the drying time for paintings that have been underpainted with Magic white? It’s taking two weeks for my paintings to dry to the touch.”

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Thanks!

You Asked: Protect Drawing on Stretched Canvas?

Sue Writes:

“I drew a still life in charcoal on a streatched canvas. I was planning on painting it in oil but I love it in charcoal so much that I want to leave it alone. Is there a way that I can protect it on the stretched canvas?”

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You Asked: Unfinished Oil Painting…

Today’s question comes from Joyce and she asks:

“I have an unfinished oil painting and haven’t worked on it in about 5 years. It is painted in the old master’s tradition and already has about 27 layers of glazing. Is there anything I have to do to the painting in order to finish it. Do I need to treat it with oil or something else. It is a portrait and I need to re-do the nose and eye area. I am 71 so my “need” is pretty much “do it now or throw it away.” My daughter wants to frame and hang it.”

Do you have any information that might help Joyce?  If so, please leave your response in the comments box below.  Thank you!

You Asked: Fat over Lean & Glazing…

Today’s questions comes from Dominic and he asks:

“We are told that you should paint lean, then fat in oils. Meaning, thin paint first, then paint with more medium or thicker. But if you glaze (glazing is very thin transparent paint) over the thick paint won’t that be upsetting the norm? Glazing helps being out things that impasto can’t.”

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You Asked – Painting Over an Oil Painting

Today’s question comes from Frances :

Frances Writes:

“I have been painting in oil and hate what I have done, can I paint over it and if so what do I use to do so. Thank you”

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