tweaking and wet blending

[richilincez]

What does this techinque consist of?
Instead, using wet blending, is it necessary to use as many colour passages as with layering and then they\'re blended togheter or it\'s based on the use of only very few main colors that blending togheter create the middle passanges?
Thanks, richilincez

 

[Einion]

Did you mean tweening by any chance? If you use the search feature you\'ll get about a half-dozen threads to look at that mention it in Painting & Conversions.

If you did mean tweaking it\'s just from the word tweak - to adjust, modify.

Originally posted by richilincez
...using wet blending, is it necessary to use as many colour passages as with layering...

No, the wet blending takes the place of the transitions done with many layers so you may not have to do more than a couple.

Einion

 

[Valander]

Heh... I hope you mean tweening, because that\'s my favorite. (Most of those posts you find in a search will probably wind up involving me at some point).

Anyway, for wet blending, the big thing is that you apply both colors (usually done 2 at a time, but could be more I suppose) to the model, then while they\'re still wet (hence the term), you blend them together on the model. Generally, this takes a lot of practice and some drying retarder, but it can give very nice results. And, as Einion said, you generally don\'t need anywhere near as many colors as you would with layering, which can actually speed up your painting once you\'ve gotten the technique practiced enough.