Kim McCann
Mac-Valve Maestro!
As many places, my local area is effected by this current craziness, so I am kind of cut off from local art supplies and shipping is dodgy.
Thankfully, I have a great deal of paints on hand. I'm probably good for months.
The one thing that I am however low on, is the Illustration Colors transparent base. I however do have about a gallon of transparent base for golden high flow, and airbrush medium. I'm going to see how the CI works with the golden base when I run out. I'm curious if anyone else has tried it. I know @Mr.Micron uses Golden too, and maybe he might have tried this mix, and has any pointers? I've got autoair transparent base too... It works reasonably well but I find that it makes erasing techniques harder, as the open window is very short. The liquitex base worked well, but I only have a small bottle of it, and it will go quickly.
As many of us might be facing running low on some stuff over the next while, and most of us probably have a couple brands of paints on hand, mixing across brands or formulas might be the new normal for a while. At least until some of this chaos blows over and shipping returns to normal.
So I am wondering about people's experiences in mixing across paint brands, what they have found that works, what doesn't work, and any issues that they encountered.
Thankfully, I have a great deal of paints on hand. I'm probably good for months.
The one thing that I am however low on, is the Illustration Colors transparent base. I however do have about a gallon of transparent base for golden high flow, and airbrush medium. I'm going to see how the CI works with the golden base when I run out. I'm curious if anyone else has tried it. I know @Mr.Micron uses Golden too, and maybe he might have tried this mix, and has any pointers? I've got autoair transparent base too... It works reasonably well but I find that it makes erasing techniques harder, as the open window is very short. The liquitex base worked well, but I only have a small bottle of it, and it will go quickly.
As many of us might be facing running low on some stuff over the next while, and most of us probably have a couple brands of paints on hand, mixing across brands or formulas might be the new normal for a while. At least until some of this chaos blows over and shipping returns to normal.
So I am wondering about people's experiences in mixing across paint brands, what they have found that works, what doesn't work, and any issues that they encountered.