Oh so pretty. I'm so glad you explained that because everyone is so anti opaque colors. I've always been sure they are good for something but I've only just started. Now I have a direction to head when experimenting. Thank you 😍😘
Thanks a lot for this short but convincing demo. I tend to keep away from opaque colours . My problem is to get luminous darks , I mean not muddy ones. I'm looking forward to your next demos.
I have to ask a question that is ignorant and therefore typical of beginners like me: Is there a way to tell whether a particular tube of paint is opaque or transparent BEFORE buying it and applying it to paper?
Chris, most manufacturers will show on th tube whether a paint is transparent or opaque, but best way to find out is to go to the manufacturers website where they generally list each color with details of whether the color is transparent, opaque or granulating. Daniel Smith gives all these details on each of their colors on their website. Hope this helps.
this was informative. although, I wonder, if anybody uses opaque in a mix somewhere and not on top at the end. I know an local artist, whom I watched using them for details in a town picture. he often sais, the opaques are helpful to whom, who know what they do and what they want to achieve :-) unfortunately he didn't show any other way of using them. this one here with the tree is very interesting. one get's ideas, on ather motives.
