Question for those painting g on Dibond or board....
Do you leave any surface texture or paint marks when you paint on Dibond?
How thin do you thin down your paint?
when I paint in Dibond I notice some paint texture when I paint. I thin the paint down such that I leave very little brush mark but even then because one stroke of paint may lay on top another there is a slightly uneven surface.
I’d be interested in any comments on this.
Comments
If you are painting on a very smooth surface then I think you'd have to use a very fluid medium or liberal use of a soft brush to beat the texture flat.
No problems to report. Using ketchup consistency Geneva + odd pigment here and there on smooth ACM. Over acrylic under painting. Any layering is buried by the varnish.
Denis
I’ve noticed how getting the correct amount of paint/oil combination affects this on a panel and the marks can be minimized up to a certain point beyond which you can’t get enough paint cover.
Some paintings come out really smooth, some have a lot of brushmarks. I haven't completely figured that out.
If I'm varnishing using Gamvar, it helps to oil out sunken areas first, just like you said. Gamvar is my preferred varnish, because it comes off so easily, and doesn't yellow. It's also goes on in such a thin layer, it feels like a molecule thick, and yes, it doesn't solve sunken paint. Also there's no such thing as a second coat of Gamvar, the second attempt mobilizes and lifts the first layer, so it ends up being gummy. I've done that.
When oiling out, the idea is to put the bare minimum on, and scrub off all that you can also. Then leave it a couple of weeks. It's a thin layer, after all. By putting on so little, it's repeatable without creating a sticky never-drying situation. I've done that.
If you use Damarr, then oiling out isn't necessary, because it's like pouring honey over the painting, it's yellow and thick, and solves all the sunken paint problems.
A better solution, in my opinion, is to use Gamvar and stop using burnt umber. It's a terrible pigment in that it often creates these sunken areas. Try Asphaltum, it simply doesn't sink in. It's not the same color as burnt umber, but it is if you add a little yellow.
I just attended a realism exhibition today (masks, temperature taken, distancing, and only 5 people in the gallery at once). Walking around I noticed some many paintings with sunken areas, chalkiness, too much varnish and a lot of unvarnished works. Strange.
Getting out to one safely is a real treat.
i started using soft brushes on even surface and that did the trick. But still nothing beats painting on canvas.
https://www.workshop13.org/artworks-gallery/northeast-fine-arts-exhibition-2020-2
Gamblin.
Gamblin's is a mix:
Pigment: Transparent Mars Red, Bone Black (PR 101, PBk 9)