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Offline Jagannath

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Painting Denim?
« on: June 18, 2018, 10:48:58 AM »
Hullo folks,

Can anyone recommend a triad for painting denim - or at least any tips?

I've been tinkering, but can't quite get it right - feels like the final highlight should almost be a sand colour, for more washed out western denim. Tricky! Prefer to work in triads, but happy to hear any tips!

Offline Andym

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Re: Painting Denim?
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2018, 12:52:05 PM »
I'm afraid I can’t help you with a triad of colours, I use GW not Foundry, but I used GW Ultramarine Blue, washed with Nuln Oil, then after that it’s shadow grey/Ultramarine Blue mix up to pure Shadow Grey. I used the Shadow grey watered down slightly and painted quickly applied lines to give a material look....




Offline Jagannath

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Re: Painting Denim?
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2018, 01:12:07 PM »
Ah nice, OK thanks - so a mid blue with black and light grey at either end. That's worth an experiment.

Offline Andym

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Re: Painting Denim?
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2018, 04:01:59 PM »
Shadow Grey is more of a bluey-grey colour. I may have added some light grey to the mix, this pot looks very blue compared to my figure! ???


Offline Michi

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Re: Painting Denim?
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2018, 04:23:22 PM »
Shadow Grey is more of a bluey-grey colour. I may have added some light grey to the mix, this pot looks very blue compared to my figure! ???

Actually you can dull any mid blue to a greyish look by adding black and a dot of white to it. That's how I do it at least.





Offline Bugsda

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Re: Painting Denim?
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2018, 06:40:22 PM »
Get dark blue then add small amounts of yellow for the high light layers, then a little white for the final highlight.
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Offline Jagannath

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Re: Painting Denim?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2018, 08:20:23 AM »
Thanks fir the help on this everyone - when I can eventually rummage up some time to paint again I'll give this a go. There's some lovely painting there Michi and Andy