Painting Terms
Basecoat:
This is the first coat of paint. Sometimes it will take more than one coat. Use long, smooth strokes when applying paint, making sure to blend out any ridges.
Sideloading/Floating:
Dip a flat brush in clear water. Blot Briefly on a paper towel to remove excess water. Dip the corner of your brush in paint and stroke back and forth on palette until you see a nice graduation of color, fading to clear. Try adding a few drops of Color Float to your water to make this technique easier.
Shading:
Sideloading/floating a color darker than your base coat to add shadows.
Highlighting:
Sideloading/floating a color lighter than your basecoat to add highlights.
Double Loading:
Load a color on one side of a flat bush. Load a contrasting color on the other side, they should meet in the middle. Blend back and forth on your palette until you have a nice graduation between the two.
Dry Brushing:
Pick up paint on a DRY flat or filbert and remove excess paint on a paper towel. Softly stroke to add soft highlights.
Lineworks:
Thin paint with water to the consistency of ink. Load a small liner or script liner brush with the thinned paint and roll the brush on your palette until tip is pointed. Pull the brush towards you to keep the lines fine. Hint: a drop of color float in the paint/water mixture makes it flow easily.
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