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Leanne Milhano
CDA
Leanne Milhano
CDA
This page contains lots of useful tips for Successful Painting.
Genesis Artist Colours are my preferred paint. They are colour fast, non toxic, non allergenic, wash out of clothing in normal cold wash, never dry on palette, never dry in brush, have no colour shift from wet to dry, come in pre mixed tonal values, brushes can be washed in detergent and water or turp if you prefer, endless open time, they dry when you want them to.
What more could an artist want?
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The Pro drying box is excellent for studio, seminar and professional use. It is large and allows many smaller items at once or one very large one.
Paints are easily dried with a Genesis Heat Set Gun. The gun has two drying speeds. The heat gun is best held at a little distance from the surface and angled so that it blows across the surface. Hold the heat gun in one place until that area is heated and then move slowly across your painting Do not waft it around as this will only take longer to heat the painting. Hold the gun steady in one position and move gradually across the painting. A large area may be heated at one time in this way and facilitate faster drying.
Paints will not heat set with a hair dryer.
You may use a domestic oven heated to 130 degrees celcius to heat set paintings. Place the painting in the oven for approx 10 minutes for thin paint and 15 minutes per 1/4 inch thickness of paint for thick paintings.
Once you have taken paint from the Genesis jars, it is best stored on a glass or ceramic palette. Genesis storage jars are available on this site from the paint page. They are the same size as the 1oz jars and are excellent for storing mixed colours. Available in boxes of 12.
When I have finished a painting session, I place my palette into an A4 plastic document box to keep it dust free.
To paint on glass or porcelain, it is recommended to paint a little Genesis Gesso under the area you are going to paint to give extra adhesion.
Surface preparation is vital for any painting. Do not use any sealers or binders under your painting, simply give a coat of Genesis Gesso and proceed with painting. You may add a little acrylic colour to the gesso or paint over the gesso with acrylic before commencing your painting. It is recommended not to use pore prepared basecoats as they are often not well mixed and contain sealer. Bottle colour and tube colour are fine.
It is possible that yellow or pink patches may appear in your painting. This is due to the metal content of the acrylic paint used under your painting. Some brands of acrylic paint contain a lot of metal. With no derision to the products, Deco Art Burnt Umber and Delta Greens and yellows tend to do this.
The only reson that Genesis will ever bubble is poor adhesion to the surface. There are a few reasons why:
Sealer in the acrylic basecoat paint
Too much painting medium in the acrylic basecoat paint
Acrylic basecoat not dried for at least 24 hours or allowed to cure as per the brand instructions
Handcream on the original surface
Sealer used on the surface
If paint is completely dry it is easy to use Tolin Station transfer paper.
You can also chalk the back of a design, blow off excess chalk dust and then transfer the pattern. As you paint, the lines simply disappear.
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