I got my Nu-Wave oven, and used it yesterday. I put a layer of acrylic paint flesh color, diluted with a lot of distilled water, using a LOT of my air dry varnish. (More than I usually use of the varnish). It came out great. The next 2 layers of paint went on very nicely, leaving a nice "matte" finish. I plan on using the oven again on the very last coat of thin paint with lots of air dry varnish (Plaid glass & tile medium). I like the way the finish is (very matte) so far.
Wow, this was seven years ago. I am new to this hobby. I purchased a couple of dolls that I had been admiring so I could have something to use as examples to give myself some kind a guide for when I buy some kits to try my hand at painting. I've watched two or three other videos, but I definitely learned more about color details from this video. Thank you.
I enjoyed watching your video.. I'm very to the reborning. I just spent quite a bit of money on the Genesis paint & Nuwave oven. Thank you for sharing this information.😊
Thank you so much for this video you gave get advice and tips ! I going to getting everything you showed I want to my 3 niece's reborn fairy's first Christmas.
I've just seen this video now and I can't say thank you enough I'm just about to start my first reborn and I'm so excited and scared. Your video has really helped me thank you 😊
Great tutorial i started painting my own dolls a few years ago too using air dry paints as i find them more natural and realistic looking than GHSP plus im allergic to GHSP and rubbing alcohol both give me severe migraines, the air dry paints i use are Lillian trigg from the UK as thats where i live and i love to mix my own shades and tones to get the right colour xx
Thank you so much for this video. I have wanted for a long time to reborn with my granddaughter. I am disabled on S.S. and a very limited budget. I was thrilled to see I could use the acrylic paints. It may take me months to afford even the discounted kits from Bountiful Baby, but I am working on an Ashton Drake doll she had. Taking her glued on hair off was the hardest part! I need to get her a new body, since this one is weighted down with sand. So I need to get a new body and glass beads etc for this one before I can even think about purchasing a kit. When I priced everything I would need going with the Genesis heat set, my husband rolled his eyes. Since my medications and things cost so much, I can afford this way a little better without hurting our family budget. So it was a very helpful video. I will be referencing it in the future. My plan is to work on the Ashton Drake and each month perhaps, purchase paints, brushes, etc. This is not a sob story, just an explanation as to why I may be asking more questions in the future. You a so very sweet and patient. God bless you, Michele
Theres no reason to switch from sand to glass beads.. it's just a way for reborn artists to drive up the price plus glass beads can crack causing glass dust, not healthy to breath in..white, sterilized playsand is just glass before its melted anyway lol . Pour it into balloons, don't overstuff, tie it up and wella!
@@buckiannscreations9089 if sand gets wet, mold and bacteria will form and destroy your dolls. Glass beads in pantyhose tied off and inserted will weigh your baby, with poly fill to block the limbs entrance. All limbs/head needs weight to imitate a real baby. Artists get touchy about others using sand, marbles, metal pellets, or other similar items that would damage and show or feel when holding them. There’s no set standard for reborning supplies at the moment. You can get glass beads and poly Phil on Amazon, in bulk and cheaper than you may think. It’s taken me a year to buy everything monthly to start reborning, including kits on sale and reborn painting needs because I’m on a fixed SSDI budget. I splurged on a better kit or bulk items if it’s on sale to afford them. Once you start making $$$$ from selling them, you can buy a better item like acrylic versus glass eyes, which aren’t that much more in cost IF you want, or to make your dolls look more authentic to collect or sell. I bought glass eyes for my two 28” kits in case I sell them. . You need to know if you like this artistry before going further in price and material costs. I paint Crafts so these Apple barrel paints/brushes are already in my paint area. It overlaps into other painting projects I love to do. If I don’t like apple barrel to do reborns, , then they will be used for other painting, and my Arteza brand will be used instead, after my reborn air dry starter paints are finished up. Nothing will go to waste, but this hobby is very pricey to start and maintain supplies. I saw a video about using Apple Barrel and Folk Art to paint, then I realized they could work more professionally instead of using super expensive, reborn paints to start.
I wish I was young when I started. Now I'm getting old and my fingers have arthritis, but I'm never giving up, because even with this, every reborn I do gets even better! I wish you all the best. Stay in touch. Blessings, Sharon x0x0
I LOVE this. The Genesis paints are just so expensive (I love that the paints you chose can be found at any craft store) and that it won't kill my allergies :X How long do you allow each layer to air dry between painting?
Omg!! You are so amazing. You gave me a lot of hopes with those paints. I were so sad because paints are so expensive for my pocket and now I can buy acrylic paints. !!! I wanted to start my reborns babies but prices uff!! Thanks a lot for shared this video. Now I can start!!! Blessings!!!
I don't like pre-mixed air dry paints. I use Folk Art acrylics mixed with distilled water and Folk Art Glass & Tile Medium. They work better than Luminaire. (In my opinion).
Hi I love you for sharing this tutorial about painting with acrylic paint i purchased a kit from Temu and I'm using acrylic paint Rich Art and some folk art paints
hello gee I would like to let you know that I just started I am a new reborn mom and I only have one his name is Isaiah he is about 15 inches he is a berenger doll and I don't know much about the reborn born I am wanting to learn more my fiance's sister got me started so I don't have much for him I have maybe 5 outfits for him and I am hoping to get more babies in the future I don't know how to email people but please inbox mw
I am unable to send you a message because you don't have the "about" tab on your channel. If you want to enter my reborn story giveaway for baby clothes, you need to send me your reborn story to my email address. You need to be a subscriber to my channel and be 18 years of age or older. The only way to enter is to email me your story at sharonbollmann@verizon.net. I hope you can figure out how to email me. Sharon
Hi Sharon,it's Beth. You've been helping me a lot. I just wanted to tell you. After my 4 various layers and shades of flesh. I did my first motteling layer. And WOW. it totally brought this baby to life!! I impressed myself. Lol...I did veins on the head. But not on the limbs yet. They are hard. No idea where they go. Newborn veins are different than my 63 yr old veins. Haha. I'm glina start the creasing. I'm going to send you a photo when it's done. It's going to be bald unless I try to paint or pencil hair. Going to root eyelashes. I have an art background so I'm comfortable with a lot of the aspects. I thought snout buying cheap women's false eyelashes and root and trim down. Whats your thought on that? You so very helpful to me and I appreciate it so much!!! Thank you p.s. I also to needle felting with wool would this needles work on hair routing? They have barbs on them tho..
Yes, a felting needle would work to root hair. The drug store fake lashes look too thick and have too dark of a line. I would go to Bountiful Baby when you have enough things to buy from them since their shipping is $14.95 flat rate.
Hii love Your videos love Your Babies .I have a question for You please I got all my acrylics paint want to do a reborn .I can't not afford to buy one so that's why I will love to do my own....The question I have for You is about the Glass & Tile Medium and the Floating Meduim ? Can I use the Floating Meduim or what please answer Me Thank You !!
You can use just glass and tile medium. You don't need distilled water. Just pounce it on evenly. You have to keep changing your cosmetic wedge so it leaves a matte finish - use every surface of the one sponge.
This helped a lot can u please make more videos bout making reborn realistic dolls with tips and tutorials and kit reviewing please cause I love this channel keep up the good work
Black cherry red, blue, and a little purple. I end up using a final coat of red in the creases under the eye, sometimes a brick red, and sometimes a cherry red depending on the overall color of the baby.
Hi sweet Sharon……I know this is an old video….but I’m learning so much from you! I have a question…..if you mess up and need to strip an area, should you only strip the messed up part? Or strip the whole head?
hi I got the skin colour then I put another flesh colour on top until I get the skin tone that I want is this right and then veins I just use purple or blue to see which colour I like for the veins.i love the way you stack the colours I have them colours cause I di ceramics you r the best for explaining the paint to start ty. God Bless.
I wanna learn how to paint sooo bad but I don’t think I ever will first of all I’m not artistic at all second of all I am young so I have no money and I don’t think my parents will buy me anything
Excuse my ignorance. What other brands besides FolkArt carry the glass medium? Or what other names does it have? I ask because currently it is sold out and the company (Plaid) isn't shipping either. Thank you so much! Greetings from Mexico!
Folk Art Outdoor Sealer Matte is also good. Other than that, I would only recommend Genesis Thinning medium and Genesis Matte Varnish but you would need to bake that layer at the end in a Nu-Wave oven - let the vinyl cool and re-bake. You can use the heat set products with acrylic paints. I have done that many times with success.
this is amazing i have made one doll with this method and its amazing! tysm! reborn paints cost so much and this is so cheap and easy for beginners! i also can answer some questions if anyone needs anything have a wonderful day!
sorry for he late respond but no you do not have to bake it at all! but after doing a later f any lkind let it dry for maybe 30 minds or 2 but just make sure you let each layer dry
Raelei Romero Hi! Sorry to bother you, but I have a quick question. What colors of paint did you find necessary? I am wondering what I need to buy to start out as a beginner. Also, what brushes did you need? The video didn't name exactly which ones you needed. Thank you for your time!
Hi sorry for the late response.. but colors i seem necessary, Red light and dark, blues, mint, pink, skintone,white,brown ( if you want to put hair and eyes brows ) and i just bought a big brush set from Wal-Mart it was easier for me :) thanks for the questions
@@Dollsandfairytales I'm so sorry. That is a cute kit for sure. Maybe you can find one on ebay or another site. Sometimes people sell discontinued kits there
Yes, I do all those things after flesh tone. I add as many layers of flesh tone mixed with various other colors as needed. I use watery washes if the color is too orange or too blue (using the opposite color on the color wheel). I add layers after the mottling, veining, creasing and shading too. I try to achieve a translucent skin tone with lots of undertones for realism. I like the hands and feet to be a "warm" color like the lips. I study human flesh a lot, to see where the blues, purples, yellows, greens, browns, and other colors are! Hope this helps. Sharon
Yes it does. Thanks so much for the information. I’m driving into this craft. Everyone seems to feel I’ll be good at it so I’m taking a stab at. I’ll keep you posted. I currently have a beautiful reborn that I purchased but ll my friends said I was foolish because they said I could have made my own. We’ll see..... Thanks greatly appreciate all you knowledge. Take care...😚
Thank you this was a big help!!! I have ordered some kits on Amazon and got some paints at walmart and the glass and tile medium on Amazon!! This will be my first attempt at reforming a couple of kits but I'm going to take my time and relax and do a very good job for my first time. This is so I can have some reborn babies😊 I have a couple I naught off Etzy but Etzy has a virus or something because everyone I go to look at the babies it freezes up. But that you again😍❤
hi sharon! your tutorials are so amazing ! do you have to bake the dolls when using acrylic paints? and what do you use for the matte and gloss varnishes? x
You just take a video with your camera or phone, and go to youtube and click the "Upload" box. Then you find your movie wherever you stored and named it on your device and click upload. You can put a description as to what your video is about. It's so simple! You'll be amazed. Hope this helps. Sharon
Sharonnn. Help! Lol.. my 3 layers of flesh settled in the toe cracks...my creasing color will be too dark to cover it! I tried a wet qtip and light scraping with an exact knife. Nothing! Also. This pic looks yellow. It is not yellow. You can see my motteling layer, but. It looks blotchy underneath. Keep in mind, this is my first doll! What do you suggest? I thought I could add a photo. Guess I can't. Lol..
Are you using acrylic paint? What are you putting in your mix? You need to work in small sections at a time with very good lighting and inspect your work so you can catch the pooling in the creases as it is happening. Take your time. Use toothpicks dabbed in rubbing alcohol and see if you can loosen up the pooled paint. Then find those pointy q-tips and wipe the paint away. Hope this helps.
I nèèd your help because I couldn't find glass and tile medium I bought 2 other products for the medium would any one of these I am making my very first. One is called Ed folk art PRIMER CLEAR TRANSPARENT MULTI SURFACE FLEXIBLE PLAID OR folkart enamel glass paint clear mediùm what should I do
Try finding Folk Art Outdoor Matte Varnish. It's the same as their glass & tile medium. I would not use the 2nd one you named. The product should say matte somewhere on it and it needs to be water based. Hope this helps.
Hey so previously i painted 12 inch dolls such as barbie , monster high ect and the red paint always stained no matter the brand . I was wondering if youve ever had that issue and how to avoid it
I always thought it was a "good" thing that the paint actually stained the vinyl! It means it's working! Don't put it where you don't want it, and if it's too dark, use more water and add pink to the mix.
No, I simply add the folk art outdoor sealer in with each batch of acrylic paint with a bit of distilled water. That acts like a sealer and helps each layer of paint stick.
Sharon. You've been so helpful...I thi k I ruined my first doll...I used folk art satin finish. And it looks glossy. Idk if it'll dull as it drys or did I ruin it.
I always recommend folk art matte - sorry about your doll. If you have folk art outdoor matte sealer, try putting some of that on. I have a tutorial on how to do that. It may not work, but then again. it just might. Good luck!
Hi Sharon. Question. Im.on my third layer. After pouncing. Is it going to have an almost like texture? The sponge is giving it a blotchy finish. I paint the area then I ponce. The pouncing leaves marks on the paint so it's not smooth. Is that normal?
You don't need to heat if you use an air dry matte varnish to seal. I suggest Folk Art outdoor matte sealer. It's getting harder to find however. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Hello from Greece in crete..My name is afroditi and I am.going to start try to make my first doll...I love you so muchhhhh for.this video...please if its possible can you write me which one is the name of it which you use to make the collor dry...because I cant see it very well...can you write it here....I send you my love an respect and my love from Greece...God bless you
I'm expecting an ashton drake newborn doll to be here any day now and I'm thinking about eventually giving it a realistic makeover. I've never done this before and I never bought anything like these before. Not sure why I wanted one all of a sudden, I think because I'm getting sad about the future (I want more children and I dont see it happening...I'm 31). So I thought doing this would make me feel a little bit happier? Anyways, I've been watching videos lately and I came across someone turning their ashton drake doll into a reborn? So I wanna do that when I get all my other projects finished. Glad you mentioned that the genesis paint gave a chemical smell, I really don't want that smell. Happy to know it can be done with acrylic paint. I also plan on using human hair extensions to use as the rooting hair and eyelashes
I'm in South Africa do you have any idea where I can get a cheap reborn kit that ships out to South Africa...??? But thank you for this tutorial . There's absolutely no way I can afford Genesis paints here they're astronomical...
Did you ask Bountiful Baby if they ship to your country? Or try ebay in your country? Those are the only recommendations other than finding facebook reborn groups in your country that sell their dolls. Hope this helps somewhat.
If you used your PERSONAL oven even once to heat set your vinyl babies, it’s ruined because vinyl is toxic and it leachs into all your oven food. Your food will always get that vinyl smell and toxicity in it…It’s very dangerous. The vinyl will burn or melt without a special oven used. It’s why you need a separate Nuwave/similar brand oven to use, and totally vent your paint area where it’s done. Most artists use their nuwave outside their door or patio with an extention cord, since its well ventilated. Painting in a room needs fans to try and drive the smell/taste out of the area and toward the open window. It’s why I will never use an oven to heat my vinyl. My asthma/breathing would send me into a dangerous situation.
Yes, I know this. I use a Nu-Wave oven out on my lanai. I used to use my kitchen oven, and I actually had 2 canaries die on me, several years apart, but I think that might have been their demise. It is quite a bad thing to use your kitchen oven. Thanks for reminding everyone (including me) of this.
Hi there, I’m from New Zealand and am considering this alternative. I’m new to this and brought a sugar kit which was already done, had him for 4 years and just sold him. I have the Sydney kit by Pat Moulton sitting in my draw and was thinking of trying to paint it. Can I use any acrylic paints from my local store? And also do I need the glass and tile medium liquid thing, will it still work with just distilled water? Thanks
I like folk art acrylics but you can use any higher end acrylics. I recommend the glass & tile medium mixed with distilled water. You can get it from Plaid Folk Art's website. Good luck!
I'm 74 and want to paint a doll or two! but, I'm afraid to start?? I have everything that I need, but I keep putting it off? any advice please? thank You in advance
It's only paint. You need to be good with color; you need to work in good lighting; you need to start with a cheap Wal-mart soft vinyl doll. You can wipe off the paint if you don't like what you did; nothing to worry about! What's the worst thing that can happen? You end up re-painting a cheap wal-mart doll that you might find great value with the 'practice'. Hope this helps. Sharon x0x0
Will this work? I only have regular acrylic paint, but I do have the medium and distilled water. If I get my reborn wet will the paint come off? She is a full body unpainted vinyl.
I’m trying to learn how because reborn dolls cost to much so I’m going to make some and sell them on the app weebly for only like $90 or $100 that’s not that much lol 😂
My older bountiful baby open edition kits don't sell for much, so don't feel bad - I've been painting for 8 years and still just got $150 for my last reborn!
Go to my channel and click on "videos". Then sort by "most popular". Chances are you will find a video of me painting with acrylics in that grouping. Hope this helps. Don't be scared!
I just painted a full baby with these for hours and hours only to have the paint start flaking off my hearts so broken, what did I do wrong ?? is it because i didn’t prep my vinyl or because of the outdoor matte sealer or the cheap paint ? please help ):
Those acrylics stick and don't crack or peel off ???!!! That is awesome. I have a ton of those paints in my craft bag . I was reading up on acrylic and all I have seen is people saying you have to get special acrylic paint yada yada yada . This will save me a ton of money ! Do you put anything on the doll before you begin painting ?
I don't seal my vinyl first. I use many thin layers of paint, just like with Genesis Heat Set Paints. You have to mix the acrylics with distilled water and Plaid Folk Art Glass & Tile Medium (this helps the paint stick to the vinyl). I use about 1 tsp. in each batch of paint. My last coat is Genesis Thinning Medium applied with a cosmetic wedge that I rip the top off (to make it rough and give texture). I bake this layer in my Nu-Wave oven at power level 6 (250 degrees F) for 9 minutes. Hope this helps. Sharon
I use a script liner that is actually for nail art. It has long and thin bristles. The bristle is about 1-1/4" long. I got them from ebay. They came in a 3 pack. One had a blue handle, one a red, and one a green. Hope this helps. Sharon
You don't need an oven if you are using acrylics. If you seal the baby with Folk Art glass & tile medium at the end, that will serve as the sealer and matte coat. I particularly like using Genesis Matte Varnish mixed with Genesis Thinning Medium and baking it in my Nu-Wave oven, but you don't need to do this if you seal with the glass & tile medium. Hope this helps. Sharon
