Dry Brushing

I used Ice blue wash over a white base coat to do the snow on my TTE Oderus base. That was over a dark brown bottom coat with a drybrush of Vermin Brown for the rocky terrain underneath.

Yeah for a ''snow effect''...suuurreeee...lol j/k

I meant white for a snow effect, but a really light shade of pink on top probably would make it look more real.

I agree with Doc here. I used dark green as an example for an evergreen effect. Whatever color you want the finished peice to look like then you'll want to go a few shades darker for a base coat. I'm not sure if I'd use white though, depends on how much contrast you want between your base coat and your finish drybrushing.
-Wyld

I don't know, if it's peach then you'd probably undercoat with a darker pink, then dry-brush lighter pink, then lightly brush the white on top. It depends on how realistic you want it to look really.

Hiya Wyld

Thank you for the information...much appreciated...I am going to dry brush my tree Peach...it is beautiful when done. Just needed to know if I should undercoat it first.


Hugss

Cindy in Florida

Hey there Saphire,

It really depends on what color your going for. If your going for an evergreen:
( 1 ) Base coat in a dark green.
( 2 )Then lighten the color with a little white and do a heavy drybrush.
( 3 ) Lighten color again, but this time do a lighter drybrush.
-Repeat step 3 until you have the desired effect.

Remember, if you use a spray paint for the base coat then it is best to go with either a flat or a semi gloss paint. When you use your brush-on paints for the drybrushing then it is best to use flat colors as well. Also, until you get more practice at drybrushing, then I wouldn't want to go for more than 1-3 shades of drybrushing.
I hope this helps, its easier for me to do it then tell someone how to...lol.
-Wyld

I'll take the snow any day lol...yeah u think I'm crazy but I loveeeeee snow....I am in Sebastian, Florida

you must be crazy.

where in FL?

I guess it would depend on how much depth you want to give the tree.
none= nah dry brush it
yeah = go for it, worst case scenario base coat it white or whatever color it is and go at it and ill trade you snow for warmer weather

Yeah stuck here in florida, sigh, I want snow wahhhhhhh lol

yay another Floridian!

I'm not wondering on a special paint, I just wanna know if I need to do an under coat before I start dry brushing


Cindy

ceramics shouldn't need a special paint

Hope that elps

I'm not normally this helpful, I just need something to do while my pizza gets here :P

Wow I am so glad someone is here to be willing to help ty so much...Ok need to charge my cell to get the picture lol, how do I put a picture on here lol...gosh I sound like a blonde and I'm not lmao


Cindy

Heh, well, I've never painted ceramic before, do you need any special paint for it?

It's usually a good idea to put a base coat before dry-brushing so it sticks better. Also, it depends on if you want the tree to be shaded, but we have to see the tree to give you any specifics...

Hi thank you for your reply but I been there and I don't think I should undercoat the tree. My Christmas tree is 17" high and ceramic, I want to Dry Brush it Peach, I was in ceramics so long ago but cannot remember if I used an undercoat, helpppp lol


Cindy in Florida

Behold out wonderful tutorial section! http://www.figurerealm.com/customtutorial.php

More specifically, a dry-brushing tutorial http://www.figurerealm.com/customtutori ... view&id=14

Some pictures of what you're painting would be helpful so we can advise you properly o_@