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Dave Webb
 Jul 15, 08 - 10:52 PM |
Hello and help
I just discovered this forum and it looks a fun place. I have been watching Bob Ross for a few years now and decided to give it a go. I bought a few paints but couldn't get it to stick to other layers. If I "watered" it down with thinners it did stick. I think I may have overdone the base white? How much do you put on the canvas? Many thx Dave |
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Jim
Jul 15th, 2008 - 11:38 PM |
Re: Hello and help
Hello and welcome dave. Sorry I'm unable to help as although I've been around for awhile I have yet to get experienced. No matter someone will be-along-a-minnit  Perhaps you could put your image here for those to see?Cheers jim |
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AyoubArt
Jul 16th, 2008 - 6:51 AM |
Re: Hello and help
Hi dave, and welcome. Have you made your own white medium or have you used shop bought? Sometimes shop bought mediums need a good shaking up. If not, the top layer can look white, but in fact is very very thin, almost like water, so even if you have a thin coat, it's actually very 'loose' to paint on. if you find you're having to thin paints down for normal painting, other than highlights on foliage, trees etc, something is not quite right. a good test, when applying white medium, is to touch the canvas lightly with your finger, if you can see a profile of your fingerprint, you've got it just right. if your finger is almost solid white with medium, you have way too much. another good way to tell if you have too much is to simply look at your brush - if that is still holding a lot of white medium, chances are, you put on too much. a third way to test is to draw your 2 inch brush across the canvas, study your canvas, if your brushstroke has left a noticeable trail, again, you have applied too much. you can remove excess white medium by wiping the canvas down with kitchen towel, or blotting it with kitchen towel. hope this helps - have fun with your painting 
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Dave Webb
Jul 17th, 2008 - 6:17 PM |
Re: Hello and help
Hi, Thank-you. I think it was a combination of both. I was putting on too much of the very thin layer, more like wet on deluge Given it a good stir and it is a lot thicker.BTW thank-you for the dvd |
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jeannie
Jul 25th, 2008 - 8:29 AM |
Re: Hello and help
Dave - i had a class with Sue recently and i discovered that was exactly what i was doing wrong too. because its called wet in wet i was thinking like watercolour and my paints were sliding all over the place and picking up the white and it all looked awful. I reckon it should be caled damp in just damp :) Its why a class on a new meduim or technique is such a good idea, it gets you started on the right lines. If you can't get it right at the start there's no way you'll be pleased with the end result. |
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AyoubArt
Jul 25th, 2008 - 8:42 AM |
Re: Hello and help
you are so spot on jeannie. when you say 'wet on wet' top a total beginner, they have nothing to compare it to - when you say the same statement to anyone who has used watercolours, they immediately think of a heavy wet wash. when i know i have a water-colourist in class, i tell them wet on wet is really wet on moist
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Dave Webb
Jul 26th, 2008 - 6:24 PM |
Re: Hello and help
I also managed to get hold of some Bob Ross paints, only white and pthalo blue. I found these firmer than my Daler Rowney paints and everything is "sticking" quite nicely now. On Monday I am going to actually put something on canvas - my first attempt at a painting since my O Level art days |
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