SkaldinShadows Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Hi all, I'm working on prepping a white dragon. I've decided I want to underpaint it with blues, pinks, and yellows so that I can give the paint more dimension. I think that I want to glaze over top of the underpainting slowly with white so that I can deaden the intensity of the colors without losing it entirely. I've experience with glazing other colors, but not with white. Do any of you fine folks have any recommendations? I figure that it's going to take a long time to get where I want it to be, but I think that glazing might be the best option. I don't want to apply the undertone colors as a wash because I think they'll be too vibrant for what I'm trying to achieve, but I've not really seen much online about glazing with white. Anything that I'm overlooking? Things to avoid? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZeebub Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 No experience glazing with white. But I am not sure it's the best idea. The outcome I foresee is tinting or making your other colors look dim and cloudy, rather than subdued. You may want to do a basecoat of the white, wash with your vibrants, and just highlight with white over that. With a thin wash, the colors shouldn't be too intense. You could even mix them to more subdued tone--mix blues with darker blues or a medium grey, yellows with a light, warm brown, pinks are probably safe as they are. Just my thoughts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I recommend a practice piece, one of the small dragons or a Rocky. Reaper's white is pretty opaque and it tends to go chalky if you try to thin it. I think you want to lower the intensity of the colors to begin with, put soft subtle colors over your base coat of white. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmorse Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Also haven't don't much with white glazes, but just from how the pigments behave you probably want a zinc white rather than a titanium white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazzmolytic Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 What medium were you planning on using? For white I'd suggest you use a artist ink and as suggest practice piece and a non-titanium white. If Titanium is all you have or can get your hands on, it most definitely can be used however you may need to glaze back & forth between your colours & white to achieve your desired effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samedi Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I've heard it helps if you use acrylic varnish for thinning rather than water to avoid chalkiness. Have never tried it myself, though, so I don't know if it really works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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