Starting a new painting today and worked on getting my values mixed and as usual I never mix enough paint and have to go back and mix more so I can have enough to move to the values. Then of course you get to the light values and now you have a ton of paint. I am such a tight a*s I just can't help myself. Its worse than the curse. Dang
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Buy some one ounce sealable cups at an art / craft store.
Mix up a couple of generous teaspoons of pigment and store as numbered value strings.
Use as required and reseal the cups. This way they last for a few weeks.
Half step values can be mixed on the palette as needed using two adjacent cups.
When the painting is finished (and last minute adjustments made) mix all the cup contents together and tone/stain a few canvases.
In theory, no lost paint no wasted cash, and no frustrating remixing on the job.
Denis
Thanks again.
Confusing!!
Now using that soft paint, I do want to work as wet on wet but at the same time would like to have it dried quick enough so that I can get going working if I have to add details on the dress etc...
So my question is can I use liquin with the paint that is made soft as per Mark's method?
Perhaps I might need to read more on Mark's way of working on more links available on this site. I have just joined this group and reading more, hopefully somewhere I will get answer to my question !
In a hot and dry climate, touch dry in a week (skin formed), retouch varnish in two weeks and final varnish in six months.
Denis