Archive for October, 2008
This Week in Painting 10/30/08
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Well, it’s been a slow week. I work retail at a toy store and business is picking up, which also means so are my hours. And I ended up farm-sitting for my folks during a week-long trip out of state. Upside, I got a variety of animals to eat right from my hand, from a chicken to [...]
Basic Painting – Palette or Pot? Part 3
Monday, October 27th, 2008There is yet another option when deciding how to manage your paints during a session. The Wet Palette. Basically what it does is keep your paints moist for a long time, so you no longer have to worry about the biggest downside of a dry palette – paint drying out and changing consistency [...]
This Week In Painting 10/23/08
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Alas, I have not made the amount of progress I might have hoped for. You see, I play City of Villains (an MMORPG), and the Halloween event started this past week. So there I was, playing my little evil necromancer, when suddenly zombies that aren’t mine start popping out of the ground all around me! [...]
Basic Painting – Palette or Pot? Part 2
Monday, October 20th, 2008So we’re back with another round, this time going over dry palettes. These come in all sorts of varieties, but basically you’re looking for a smooth flat surface to mix paint on. I like to use ceramic tiles like you can buy at any home improvement store for about $1. The sealed [...]
This Week In Painting 10/16/08
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Ok, so it’s end of week 1 and time to see what we’ve got. I already had a bit of a head start on this first week with some work on the Harbinger, but the bulk has been done recently.
The main body is done now, complete with shoulder pads.
That leaves the 3 acolytes and the [...]
