That sir was a really great tutorial video, I don't think I will ever do buildings but I enjoyed your very easy style, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍
I think you mean "diluted" ... not "deluded" :) but other wise I LOVE your videos. Super well done. Great that you show the finished product at the beginning too. So many tutorials don't show you what they're working towards until the end. Thanks
Yes, shellac is a great idea to seal the balsa! I use a lot of balsa in my models and was trying to figure out a way to seal it before painting it, because as I found out, painting raw balsa tends to warp the wood, even with undiluted acrylic paints, so I was painting the front and the back to even out the warping. So just out of curiosity, washes and acrylics will stick to the shellac? That was my only worry when trying to figure out how to seal the balsa to avoid warping it with paint/washes.
Yes! The washes still stick to the shellac. Just so you know, the shellac doesn’t prevent the warping 100% so painting the front and back to prevent it is still good practice. You may want to test out some shellac on scrap pieces first. Thanks for watching :)
When I’m applying a wash to the entire surface, I don’t have any perfect ratios, but I’d say 3 parts water to 1 part paint is a good starting point. For the individual colors of shingles (using white, buff, deck tan) and the moss colors, I just load my brush with water and dilute the color directly on the palette. But I make sure the surface of the wood is still wet which helps the colors blend nicely (this technique is called wet blending) If I apply too much paint, I immediately apply clean water to the surface to dilute the effect. I hope this helps!
