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Are Your Paints Really Thin Enough?

EXERCISE Are your paints really thin enough? This week Kenny from Next Level Painting is helping with a glazing exercise. Don’t miss this one!

Kenny Usually does painting tutorials, but in order to paint you also need to practice! This week he tries helping us by adding a new tool to our arsenal. Glazing is hard to learn but easy to execute after you get it down-pat, a few practice runs and you’ll have it down for sure.

Are Your Paints Really Thin Enough?

preshading kennyFor this exercise get a smooth pre-shade with whites and blacks to prep the model for all the glazing you are about to do.

supa thin glazeWhen you are prepping your paint to glaze with, try to get it as thin as you are comfortable with. When you glaze, you can always add another layer, so keep this in mind when you begin your first coat.

robe glazedFor Kenny’s first color, he chose a nice bright red. However, you’ll notice because he made it so thin it’s not that saturated when he applies it. He actually goes over the red areas about three times!

skin glazedYou can even use glazes on the skin. The main difference here with skin tones is the first layer. You may not even see a difference immediately, however after the first, there will be some serious differences as the flesh tone starts to settle in. An important note is that the more layers you use the closer you are to just base coating with extra steps, be sure to take advantage of your pre-shade! Less is more!

inner robe glazedThe next color he tackles is blue. Just like the red, he keeps the saturation low by using fewer layers. The more layers you add the more saturated the color will become.

glazing doneUsing these ideas, he also glazes the hair and fire. Always remember you can make the areas as saturated as you want. The key is thin paints and being controlled with each layer you add.

With that, the exercise is finished!

You can support Kenny on his Patreon page, and stock up on all the great Chaos gear over on his Heretic Swag store.

About the Author: Andrew Schrank

College student, Lord of fluff, and Master of Ice Hammer