Comments on: Paint, Paper, and Pencils

By: Dani

Dani — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:45:10 +0000

Ross – You can minimize bleeding by painting with thicker paint and with quicker strokes (i.e. don’t rub in the paint a lot). It gets harder to minimize bleeding once you have a lot of paint on your painting. Because of this, you kind of have to plan ahead and work with thinner paint in the background, to thicker paint as you get further along in the painting. It also helps to use a more absorbent surface, like paper or board, instead of canvas.

By: Ross Dunstan

Ross Dunstan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:50:15 +0000

Hi Dani,

Enjoyed viewing your site.

I am starting out painting and have been experimenting with gouache and appreciate an artist skill to apply paint to canvas :). I completed a background scene with gouache and want to apply detail over the top, ie a flower with stem, etc. I noticed how the background bleeds into the paint on the new outer layer, is there a technique to minimise this occuring? Much appreciated Ross

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:08:29 +0000

I would LOVE to share with you: Caran D’Ache cake gouache! (sorry about the vendor link, the link to the Caran D’Ache page is wonky)
It’s the most premium and convenient gouache I’ve ever seen. Water-based, super-pigmented color, highly opaque, stretches/thins well, in convenient dry cakes… comes with a wet tube of white for mixing. I learned of this on the artist’s retreat I attended at Cavallo Point, San Francisco (I won from your contest last year!)
Just passing along a good thing. Thanks Dani!

By: Dawn aka sleep_pea

Dawn aka sleep_pea — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:57:24 +0000

Thanks for the list Dani!! All those links must have taken forever!! I appreciate it :)

By: Eddy Crosby

Eddy Crosby — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:28:05 +0000

hi Dani
thanks for this post. i use a few of the tools you mention here.
i particular like the blue col-erase pencil. very easy to get rid of the line in Photoshop.
Love the Hunt 102 but another nib i can recommend is Hunt No.22.

Recently i came across these tombow pencils
called Tombow Mono 100 Professional Drawing Pencils
http://ecofugal.blogspot.com/2009/06/tombow-mono-100-professional-drawing.html
I have heard good things about them

cheers
Eddy

By: Rogerio Caetano

Rogerio Caetano — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:43:48 +0000

Great List, dude!!! Unfortunatly here in Brazil is difficult or expensive to buy some of this material, but sometimes I could spend some money with good material. Some good and great illustrations here used this kind the material, for me it isn’t normal to get it, but when I could work only with Illustration I’ll probably give the same kind of material…I hope in a close future! hehe Thx a lot to share your experience!

By: StudioXIII

StudioXIII — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:04:52 +0000

Love the list! Makes me wish I had room to do traditional media in my tiny apt. I miss oils so much.

Not only is the Turpenoid Natural have less odor, but its SO much better for your brushes. Turpentine/mineral spirits really dry out your brushes and makes them brittle.