Inking Shadow on Yellow?
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ejsaunders
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Have you looked on the colour wheel for a best shade for your particular yellow?
I know its a really \'gimpy\' thing to do and you might think its a waste of time but its always a good idea when your stuck to consult the font of knowledge that is a colour wheel.
I personally choose a liquid orange or brown, not an ink, more of a glaze, which you can recreate by mixing about 5ml of light brown ink (or 2ml of dark brown) with about 15ml (or 18) of Future Floor Finish/Klear or any other acrylic medium that is suitably fluid. I find this will give the FFF just a tint of brown, which allows you to build up the shadows gradually by applying more and more glazes of brown.
You could also try a medium orange for a more \'sun\' yellow, or go for ochres or green-grey-browns for more muted colour yellows. I\'ll whip out a copy of Coreldraw or something and try to get some colour chips on the sorts of colours I\'m thinkin\' of, gimmie five mins and I\'ll see what I can come up with.
If you can let me know what type of yellow you want to shade that would be a great help too?
I know its a really \'gimpy\' thing to do and you might think its a waste of time but its always a good idea when your stuck to consult the font of knowledge that is a colour wheel.
I personally choose a liquid orange or brown, not an ink, more of a glaze, which you can recreate by mixing about 5ml of light brown ink (or 2ml of dark brown) with about 15ml (or 18) of Future Floor Finish/Klear or any other acrylic medium that is suitably fluid. I find this will give the FFF just a tint of brown, which allows you to build up the shadows gradually by applying more and more glazes of brown.
You could also try a medium orange for a more \'sun\' yellow, or go for ochres or green-grey-browns for more muted colour yellows. I\'ll whip out a copy of Coreldraw or something and try to get some colour chips on the sorts of colours I\'m thinkin\' of, gimmie five mins and I\'ll see what I can come up with.
If you can let me know what type of yellow you want to shade that would be a great help too?
I\'m shading pure yellow. Well, I\'m using Delta Dreamcoat \"Yellow,\" which is a nice, rich, bright yellow. Probably the equivalent of somewhere right between GW Sunburst Yellow and Golden Yellow.
I love Delta Dreamcoat, btw. Great paint, comes in a big old bottle, and mixes so smoothly it makes you wanna cry.
I\'ll try the purple method. What I\'m really doing here is trying to figure out what color to basecoat with so that when I blend up to pure yellow, the part actually looks yellow, and not brown highlighted with yellow...
I love Delta Dreamcoat, btw. Great paint, comes in a big old bottle, and mixes so smoothly it makes you wanna cry.
I\'ll try the purple method. What I\'m really doing here is trying to figure out what color to basecoat with so that when I blend up to pure yellow, the part actually looks yellow, and not brown highlighted with yellow...
ejsaunders
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Here ya go, knocked up a Coreldraw demo of the types of yellows I personally use when shading yellow. The one (right) side caters for the more \'green\' end of the yellow spectrum, and the other (left), for the red/orange side. Hope it helps somewhat. What I like to do is print out these things onto acetate sheet or onto paper and then laminate it and then mix up paints over the top, which you can wipe off later with some rubbing alcohol.
Infidel Castro
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It\'s a simple and lazy way but it may just do it
Could you simply start with a mustard basecoat and then later up from that to the neat yellow? You don\'t want it too dark as you say, so it may be worth a try. If not mustard then maybe a very light brown/orange similar to a flesh tome but a little darker.
Otherwise I mix a little yellow/orange/chestnut ink and give it a good old watering down.
Could you simply start with a mustard basecoat and then later up from that to the neat yellow? You don\'t want it too dark as you say, so it may be worth a try. If not mustard then maybe a very light brown/orange similar to a flesh tome but a little darker.
Otherwise I mix a little yellow/orange/chestnut ink and give it a good old watering down.
