newbie can you help me how to paint eyes
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Dimitrios,
For painting eyes i use oilpaint blue or brown. Then with a needle i put up some paint on the point and very carefully bring it in the eye.
Others use broken toothpicks or something simullar. Both works but i never get a good point on a broken toothpick.
marc
For painting eyes i use oilpaint blue or brown. Then with a needle i put up some paint on the point and very carefully bring it in the eye.
Others use broken toothpicks or something simullar. Both works but i never get a good point on a broken toothpick.
marc
My friend Dimitri, since I started using Windsor & Newtons series 7 brushes for eyes I never looked back. I personally use a 000 brush of the above brand. You put the tip of the brush on your tongue to make it as thin and sharp as possible and then you deep it in the oil... or whatever colors you are using. Always have as little paint as possible. After that it's all about your hand. Find a comfortable position and keep your hands as calm as possible. Don't make big iris and also the white bit should be not bright white. Add a bit of your flesh in white so you have an off white color.
I hope that this will help you.
Mhn masas file mou, kai dwstou na katalavei.
Xenofon
I hope that this will help you.
Mhn masas file mou, kai dwstou na katalavei.
Xenofon
Major_Goose
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Dhmhtrh hi and welcome to the dark side !!!!
U need good pointed brushes of 00, 000 sizes from Series 7 of Windsor and Newton , or Valejo brushes or Michalangelo brand.
Use an ivory - flesh mix for the white part. paint a dark line to define the upper eyelid and then with a dark brown do the internal spot. Some ivory tiny touch will add the cathclight effect and bring eye to life !
Paint always the opposite eye of the useful hand in painting , so when painting the other u can see the first one and align them parallel.
I hope i helped some
Costas
Thursday 29 of December 18.00 In Star Club of Athens i will do a demo on figure bases , with all effects and ansewr questions and discuss anything . Youre welcome , and its a free offer from Star Club of Athens
U need good pointed brushes of 00, 000 sizes from Series 7 of Windsor and Newton , or Valejo brushes or Michalangelo brand.
Use an ivory - flesh mix for the white part. paint a dark line to define the upper eyelid and then with a dark brown do the internal spot. Some ivory tiny touch will add the cathclight effect and bring eye to life !
Paint always the opposite eye of the useful hand in painting , so when painting the other u can see the first one and align them parallel.
I hope i helped some
Costas
Thursday 29 of December 18.00 In Star Club of Athens i will do a demo on figure bases , with all effects and ansewr questions and discuss anything . Youre welcome , and its a free offer from Star Club of Athens
Wasshead
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I've used toothpicks, needles, small brushes all with varying success. However my best eyes were done with a .13 Rotring Rapidigraph. They cost about $25 but the savings in time of redoing eyes over and over to get them right is worth the price!
thegoodsgt
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I paint the eyes AFTER I paint the face (and the flesh tones have dried). This allows me to lay in the white paint very precisely, and if I mess up, a little bit of turps will remove the paint so I can start over. Then, when the white of the eyes is dry, I paint the pupils using a dark blue/brown. (Again, if you mess up, swipes the paint away and do it over.) Finally, I lay in a dark brown line to represent the underside of the upper eyelid.
All is possible with the aforementioned W&N Series 7 #000. The bad news...it takes experience and practice to get to a point where you're totally satisfied with the eyes. There really aren't any "tricks" per se.
All is possible with the aforementioned W&N Series 7 #000. The bad news...it takes experience and practice to get to a point where you're totally satisfied with the eyes. There really aren't any "tricks" per se.
Blind Pew
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Ahh! The eyes, the eyes........
A succesful figure is all about the eyes. Some people try for years and are never satisfied with their results (I'm one of them!) :lol:
As you've probably already noticed, you ask 5 different people and you'll get 5 different answers. It's a case of developing a technique that YOU are happy with by taking a bit of everyone else's.
Don't forget, painting eyes in 54mm is very very difficult. You have no room for error at all. All I would say is be patient with it and concentrate upon the actual positioning of the eye on top of everything else. Start off adding a little paint and continually add more until you're happy.
Good luck & don't hesitate to get back to any of us.
A succesful figure is all about the eyes. Some people try for years and are never satisfied with their results (I'm one of them!) :lol:
As you've probably already noticed, you ask 5 different people and you'll get 5 different answers. It's a case of developing a technique that YOU are happy with by taking a bit of everyone else's.
Don't forget, painting eyes in 54mm is very very difficult. You have no room for error at all. All I would say is be patient with it and concentrate upon the actual positioning of the eye on top of everything else. Start off adding a little paint and continually add more until you're happy.
Good luck & don't hesitate to get back to any of us.
bwildfong
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Hey all,
I picked up a trick for more convincing eyes from my friend Mark Bannerman who moderates the Figure forum over on Missing-Links. He adds a "white" to only ONE side of the pupil of each eye, which has the effect of making the figure look like he's gazing to the side (or not straight ahead). To direct the gaze to the right, put the tiny off-white dot (applied with a needle or toothpick splinter) only to the left of the pupil on the left eye, and only to the left of the pupil in the right eye (or to the right of the pupil to direct the gaze to the left).
Besides adding a little more dynamism to the face, it's also easier than trying to get whites on both sides of the pupil of equal size to avoid the "Marty Feldman" look we're all trying to avoid (unless of course you're actually painting Marty Feldman :lol: ) - a win-win if there ever was one !
Anybody got any other variations on this theme - I need all the help I can get with eyes as well !
Cheers,
Brian
I picked up a trick for more convincing eyes from my friend Mark Bannerman who moderates the Figure forum over on Missing-Links. He adds a "white" to only ONE side of the pupil of each eye, which has the effect of making the figure look like he's gazing to the side (or not straight ahead). To direct the gaze to the right, put the tiny off-white dot (applied with a needle or toothpick splinter) only to the left of the pupil on the left eye, and only to the left of the pupil in the right eye (or to the right of the pupil to direct the gaze to the left).
Besides adding a little more dynamism to the face, it's also easier than trying to get whites on both sides of the pupil of equal size to avoid the "Marty Feldman" look we're all trying to avoid (unless of course you're actually painting Marty Feldman :lol: ) - a win-win if there ever was one !
Anybody got any other variations on this theme - I need all the help I can get with eyes as well !
Cheers,
Brian
KeithP
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I like painting in oils. I find that it is easy to trim with a thinner dampened brush.
My friend Costas has already mentioned painting the opposite eye first. If you are right handed, paint the figures right eye first. A key to alignment for me!
Toothpick, needles, pins, magic wands... practice with all of them and seem what works for you. Here is another trick from Phil Kessling. Add a dot of cyanoacrylate glue to the end of a toothpick. Let it dry. You have a nice round stamp to apply the paint! This worked for me 'til I got more comfortable with a brush.
Also, maybe try a larger scale. The eye is simply larger and you can get a better feel for the details on 200 mm bust or 120 mm figure!
Study photo's and drawings of eyes to get shapes and detail positions.
Look at Anders work bench for some of the best eye painting ever!
Keith
My friend Costas has already mentioned painting the opposite eye first. If you are right handed, paint the figures right eye first. A key to alignment for me!
Toothpick, needles, pins, magic wands... practice with all of them and seem what works for you. Here is another trick from Phil Kessling. Add a dot of cyanoacrylate glue to the end of a toothpick. Let it dry. You have a nice round stamp to apply the paint! This worked for me 'til I got more comfortable with a brush.
Also, maybe try a larger scale. The eye is simply larger and you can get a better feel for the details on 200 mm bust or 120 mm figure!
Study photo's and drawings of eyes to get shapes and detail positions.
Look at Anders work bench for some of the best eye painting ever!
Keith
Major_Goose
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So many nice answers and methods. But Keith this one with the toothpick and the CA glue stamp dot ..i have never tried that !!!!! Have u used it in all scales ? I will definately try on next figure !!!
Major_Goose
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thanks Keith , next figure first try of that !!!!!
