Right, in his last post, Stephen challenged you to do it with one hand tied behind your back.
Undercoating, I mean.
And several people wrote how maybe they were heavy-handed, because no matter how they tried, their glass always spun away across the light-box.
So I reckon the best thing now is to show you what we mean.
Sounds good to you?
Good, so let’s get going.
Here’s an important tip for when you paint an undercoat or “wash” or “matt” (or however you call it) …
A colleague from the Netherlands asks us something really useful:
As a novice, I have a burning question.
Say I experiment with your technique: so I paint an undercoat and then copy-trace the main lines from the design.
Now what if I make a mistake during tracing. What is the best procedure for correcting this mistake without ruining the work I’ve already done?”
This is such an excellent question, we’ll approach the answer from several different directions.
First, though, let’s step back a bit and give some context to the question.