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[slushy muddy water]

^thanks much

Slushy-
I like painted furniture and have tried to paint a few pieces but the paint never turns out right......
what kind of paint are you supposed to use?

it depends on what the furniture will be used for really
but if it's a simple table or shelf, i use acrylic then a gloss

if the paint isn't as vibrant as you want, try painting it white first
or just use more than one coat

 

[ocean]

Alright - thanks!

 

[jimmyblaze1]

WOOOW Slushy you rooock!! :D I love the first and 3rd pics - wow o wow...


Right Ive not really done any art in almost a week...girl distraxctions...uh oh...lol

I'd love that first one on my wall - go nicely with the color arrangements..

 

[slushy muddy water]

NSFW:

i love this!
amazing talent
is this blind contour?

 

[justsomeguy]

^^
i would say semi-blind contour. i looked up quite a bit.

 

[slushy muddy water]

i imagine

it's an amazing piece

 

[jam uh weezy]

^ohhhh WOW. I'm crushin hard on yer work slushy. I want a table too. is it all freehand? it's fantastic...seriously i wanna pay for you to make me one! hah how many sharpies did you have to use?

 

[slushy muddy water]

yea it's all freehand
pretty easy when you start in the middle then move outward
it took a look of sharpies though
i'd have to alternate them because the paint would mess up the ink flow, even when dry

thank you

 

[justsomeguy]

there has to be a better medium than sharpies.

 

[coelophysis]

I'm still searching for something better than sharpies. Something that won't bleed as much as sharpies. No matter where I go I just can't find what I'm looking for though.

 

[Max Power]

Looks like I came late to the slushy party, all the good compliments are taken.

Loving the detail on that table though.

 

[justsomeguy]

letraset and prismacolor are great for what you are doing ceo, but i they don't make a very good mark on something like what slushy is doing.

 

[QuestionEverything]

micron pens might work for what slushy is doing. i've never tried them on anything like acrylic paint, but as a general rule they're not as transparent as sharpies and don't bleed. they're widely available from any art supply store.

 

[slushy muddy water]

^ im going to have to check those out
im tired of having to go over my lines

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

I think I might scan some of my work and post it in here. I've only just started a design course and have been slowly teaching myself to sketch, amongst other things. I'm finding it all to be incredibly enjoyable and definitely cathartic. Nothing like sitting down to draw your hand in various poses 10 - 15 times. It's amazing how much detail you can find in something so simple! :D

 

[justsomeguy]

i don't think youll have much luck with microns on acrylic paint, but microns are really nice anyways.

slushy, have you tried just a really fine brush and painting on your designs?

 

[slushy muddy water]

actually no i havent but i was going to try it on the one im doing now.
i just bought the finest brush i could find to do it with, along with an assortment of other sizes.
using the sharpies started because i had no black acrylic when i did my first one, then it just became habit.


COTB you should scan your stuff!

 

[jam uh weezy]

try these. http://www.business-supply.com/sku_images/large/SAN63601_1_1.JPG
they're opaque, they wont bleed, and they come in fine, medium, and bold.

you might wanna double check, i dunno about oil paint on acrylic but i don't think it would matter much. they work over each other just fine as long as you don't go over a darker color with a lighter one. the fine tip paint brush would work just as well!

i'll take an oval one please

 

[lystra]

wow, slushy your artwork (esp. the table) is amazing. i love that sort of art, that takes forever with detail upon detail until it's so intricate that really you know better than anyone how beautiful it is.

detail:

 

[n3ophy7e]

Oh wow lystra, I love it! Way cute
Someone's in lurrrve whoooo :D