Painting techniques and preparation

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Painting techniques and preparation

Posted on22 November 2009. Tags: genesis heat set, painting, reborn dolls

Technique description: Pouncing

A lot of the base color is applied with a technique that is known as pouncing. It is a slightly odd name and I am not sure where the term comes from. However, do not think of it in the terms of a cat pouncing, it is much more delicate than that!

This is almost like dabbing, or blotting the doll with a cosmetic sponge that has paint on it.

Preparing the paints

To prepare the paints, you will need to use the spoons to measure how much you are putting in.

These are clearly labelled as detailed below – dash, smidgen etc.

To prepare the paints, cut a small amount of the Pyrole 08 paint into the smidgen section of the spoons. Put this into one section of the ceramic paint tray and add to this 2 dashes of the thinning media.

Mix this thoroughly with the Kemper tool.

Wash the spoons, and then do the same for the following colors;

Pyrole Red 07
Flesh 04
Flesh 08
Phthalo Blue 02

Mix one smidgen of the Burnt Umber light with one dash of thinning media and mix well.

Finally, Mix 3/4 Smidgen of Pyrole Red 03 paint and 1/4 skimp Smidgen of Pthalo Blue to One Dash and One Pinch of Thinning Media. Later on in this guide this color will be referred to as bespoke mixture.