You will see the dry brush painting technique in a slower version of this video- www.youtube.com WE NEED A VISUAL ARTS CATEGORY ON YOUTUBE THREAD-www.google.com Facebook- facebook.com Twitter- twitter.com Website- merrillk.com (Merrill) Supplies I Use- http – Watercolor Paper – Bristle Brushes – Black Oil Paint – Mineral Spirits – Kneaded Eraser All music by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Thank you Kevin! 0 Right now I am blocking in all of the black shapes. I am NOT doing “dry brush” right now. My brush is quite wet. You can call this a “wash” of black. It is to speed the process up a bit. 0:43 Notice that I will use SEVERAL different brushes on this portrait. I try to use the larger brushes whenever possible so that I could block in SHAPES not LINES! Using bigger brushes accurately is a skill which is built over time. Even though lines BARELY EXIST on the human body, people seem more comfortable working with a fine point. If you want to be good at drybrush, break that habit (get used to rendering shapes NOT lines). 1:08 I am still using too much mineral spirits at this point. You want your brush to be relatively dry. DUH! Dry brush? 1:08 The watercolor paper is like QUICK SAND! It will separate the paint from the mineral spirits and the binder instantaneously and leave a charcoal like residue on the surface. Eventually, we will erase part of this residue to create the highlights. 1:28 Squint your eyes (if you have to) at the reference image (easy to find online) to see …
