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moonwolf88 In reply to moonwolf88 [2012-12-28 20:37:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm going to start working with paint I've seen a lot of good art work with paint like your art

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screwbald In reply to moonwolf88 [2012-12-26 21:19:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It's watercolor. :]

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screwbald In reply to SnowSnow11 [2012-11-11 00:21:32 +0000 UTC]

I ink with a small paintbrush and Speedball brand ink!

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SnowSnow11 In reply to screwbald [2012-11-11 10:23:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks c: I have problem with good lines, but your are great <3
and second question: which scanner do you use to scan it? my scaner is old and bad, my paintings have awful watercolor texture x.x how do you do, that your pages are without this texture?

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screwbald In reply to TheKarelia [2010-06-07 22:37:51 +0000 UTC]

It is in fact ink! However, I use a mix of black speedball ink (very sharp and permanent) and some sepia Sennelier shellac based ink (which is brown and fairly translucent) so it softens the lines a bit and adds a brown hue to them. Also, all the watercolour washes tend to make the ink fuzz at the edges further. I actually wish it would stay more sharp through all the paint abuse, but oh well, what can you do? ;D

(other then re-ink parts frequently, which I end up doing a lot!)

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TheKarelia In reply to screwbald [2010-06-08 13:35:55 +0000 UTC]

Ah okay, that makes more sense! It sure did look like ink, and I was surprised you´re able to make it look that soft. I think it looks great that the inking isn´t too sharp, and it fits perfectly with your colouring.
And thanks a lot for answering. Now it´s no longer such a big mystery ;D

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screwbald In reply to keefengrind [2010-06-07 05:19:09 +0000 UTC]

I have only ever added water to acrylics for the comic, yes. I hear there are other things you can add to them to make them dry slower and such, but I have never tried them personally.

I have used acrylic dispersion polymer in the past with acrylic paint for a more transparent effect (for mist and snow and such), but for the comic work I tend to try and pull off the same effect with watercolours instead since the bulk of the comic is done with that.

I occasionally mix watercolours into my acrylic paint if I need a more solid variety of one of the watercolour hues I'm using (or I need to fix a mistake) but mainly for ease if I am feeling too lazy to mix the same exact colour again strictly with acrylics. ;]

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keefengrind In reply to screwbald [2010-06-08 21:14:07 +0000 UTC]

Interesting, mix of watercolor and acrylic - I shall have to try that out.
A friend who paints houses gave me a couple of quarts of some Latex X-Tender that I've started fooling around with. It seems to behave just like adding water to the acrylic, except that it keeps it wet for longer and when you really dilute the mixture the pigment spreads more evenly. It also seems pretty good at reviving semi-dry bits of paint that need better blending (or even removal).

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screwbald In reply to StarYoshi [2010-06-06 23:09:00 +0000 UTC]

Yup! Sometimes I re-ink lines throughout the painting process if they get lost.

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StarYoshi In reply to screwbald [2010-06-06 23:10:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I could pick out a few things from that.

But now I look and I'm wondering: did you do the lightbulb and the glaze/glare effect on the glasses solely with acrylic? I only ask because I've not done too many art courses and it baffles me that you could seamlessly add a white/yellow tone on top of a watercolor black/bronze (or even right on top of inking as appears to be the case with the glasses and bottle).

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screwbald In reply to StarYoshi [2010-06-06 23:36:55 +0000 UTC]

The whites/yellows which have been added on the dark tones are indeed acrylic paint. Acrylic is basically made of plastic and therefor can be applied very opaquely on top of pretty much any undertone. If it's not watered down none of the below colour will show through. You can achieve a similar opaque effect with gouache, tho unlike gouache which will re-liquify when water touches it (even after drying) acrylic is waterproof and stays fast even if you add additional washes of watercolour on top of it.

Hope this helps! :]

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StarYoshi In reply to screwbald [2010-06-07 00:07:05 +0000 UTC]

Incredibly! Thank you, mate. Plus, thanks for always putting up with my constant questions XD

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screwbald In reply to StarYoshi [2010-06-07 05:21:06 +0000 UTC]

Anytime! I am always happy to help when I can. Anything to help promote the use of traditional paint mediums!

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StarYoshi In reply to screwbald [2010-06-07 19:21:27 +0000 UTC]

Oh so true.

While on the topic, I'd love to ask a quick question. You made a couple of pieces using both watercolor/acrylic as well as colored pencils. Are there any things one should remember when transitioning between more than one medium?

I only ask because the pictures you do seem so similar it's hard to tell that they're two different mediums.

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screwbald In reply to StarYoshi [2010-06-07 22:33:07 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, lets see. Well watercolours and acrylics usually work pretty well together because they are so similar. It isn't seamless, you can still see where the acrylic is if it is thick and opaque on the original art, but that's the point of it after all! I guess the main thing would be the order. You'd want to use all the watercolours first, because acrylic works fine on watercolour, but painting watercolour on top of dried acrylic does very little, it almost just wipes right off! ;D

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StarYoshi In reply to screwbald [2010-06-07 23:13:04 +0000 UTC]

Kay, thanks again, mate.

Looking forward to seeing more of your fantastic work, by the way!

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