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So heres the deal. I know you need to mix the interference paints with a medium so it doesnt come off milky on the statue. I had asked what to get and I got Golden Additives Acrylic Flow Release, from a link an artist here sent me.
No matter what ratio/percentage I use mixing this medium with the paint, I still cannot achieve those darker rich metallic shiny colors like Windstone gets (such as say, on their Flap Cats). It still milks up too much. A little or a lot on the brush makes no difference, results the same.
What am I doing wrong?
And if this is in the wrong forum, can someone move it to the proper one please? Thanks for all advice in advance. It’s terribly frustrating since I LOVE interference paints and want it to work right for a change!
hmm…that’s weird…and you’re using golden interference?
I never dilute mine…unless it’s with water…just plain water and I only get the brush wet I never mix it…
also a darker base coat of paint brings out a brighter color in the interference….
No, Im using Liquitex paints but I was told by this professional artist that she has used the mixing of brands (in this instance too) with no problem.
She has warded me off mixing with water because of its flaking possibilities. But, what youre saying FROZEN, is for me to dip (do I blot?) my brush in plain water and then go right into the pure Interference- or go into the interference mixed with the medium?
I have tried doing this on light and dark base colors- results the same 🙁
Im really looking forward to more and everyones advice cause I can tell Im going to be an interference paint style gal. Thanks for jumping right in Frozen!
frozen is the resident expert here (bows to him), but even diluting it with water has never worked for me. I have to use the most minute amount of interference to get it to come out nicely…almost dry brushing it. 😕
PhoenixTears wrote:No, Im using Liquitex paints but I was told by this professional artist that she has used the mixing of brands (in this instance too) with no problem.
She has warded me off mixing with water because of its flaking possibilities. But, what youre saying FROZEN, is for me to dip (do I blot?) my brush in plain water and then go right into the pure Interference- or go into the interference mixed with the medium?
I have tried doing this on light and dark base colors- results the same 🙁
Im really looking forward to more and everyones advice cause I can tell Im going to be an interference paint style gal. Thanks for jumping right in Frozen!
hmm…yeah dip and blot the brush….
but I have to say I have never tried liquitex interference….
I honestly don’t like the regular liquitex paints because they tend to be too plasticy…and peel easily….
so I guess I’m not much help on that one…
you can try it like I said….but I can’t guarantee that will actually help
My one-and-only PYO (so I’m No expert! 😛 ), I used the Golden paints and interference on. I thinned it very slightly with the Golden retarder, then just brushed it on. It came out fine on both the black and white areas- it looked milky when it was wet, but dried clear. I also touched up a flake on my peacock sitting spectral with them- didn’t bother thinning them as the flake was so tiny, just brushed them on, and I can’t even find the spot now.
I supppose this doesn’t help, as it’s a different paint brand. I did buy the paints at my local Michael’s, if you wanted to try a different brand.I’ve only ever used Golden interference paints (though I have experimented with Liquitex- but only their normal colors, never interference). Are you using Golden interference? I don’t have any experience with Liquitex interference so I’m afraid I can’t offer much advice if that’s what you are using. :/
One reason that Windstone’s interference colors look so nice is that they are airbrushed on, meaning they are applied very evenly in thin thin layers. As a normal brush painter I’ve never gotten my interference paint to look perfect, but with patience and care it can be applied very nicely!
What color are you applying the interference paint over? Sometimes that can make a big difference.
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My art: featherdust.comI don’t even dilute mine. I just use straight for the bottle and I’ve never had it come on milky, no matter how many layers I use.
I use Liquitex as well.Kujacker wrote:I don’t even dilute mine. I just use straight for the bottle and I’ve never had it come on milky, no matter how many layers I use.
I use Liquitex as well.well I only dilute mine when I want it to be very subtle…
I’ve not even seen the liquitex ones….
I like how yours come out….
My local stores only carry Liquitex otherwise Id have to buy Golden at a shop online. Being that I have lots left in each little bottle, Im not ready to chuck the paint altogether.
Ive tried using it straight- but it is definitely white to milky no matter how thin I use it.
I tried the wetting of the brush and blotting it, then a very tiny tiny bit of interference (both with and without the flow release), and it still comes off slightly milky and it’s driving me nut bags! Figures I have to like the effect of something I cant get!
The color it’s going over is a hematite slate middle gray color (hmm, not unlike my kitty in my signature- hehe). Granted, I can see the interference however, they look more pastel than rich and I wanted them rich and bold like the Windstone interferences.
I dont have an airbrush and even if I could afford it, working outside in FL is not feasible unless dead of winter. We still have summer weather here in the 80s and Im getting ticked as our winter is slipping away and is SO very short to begin with.
I have a batch of more PYOs coming in, so I guess I’ll have to experiment more. Perhaps I’ll just jump to one of the stores online that sells Golden, and grab one of their interference colors and see if there is any difference. There are some colors I dont have so perhaps that would be a good chance to check out Golden (cant you tell Im talking myself into this)! 😈
Anyone else with suggestions, that would be great- even if youre having the same problems as me so I know Im not losing all my marbles. Thanks to everyone that has put in their advice thus far!
xoxoxoWindstoneCollector wrote:I’d love to have your 80’s…Beats the 20’s!!! 😯
Many say that, but when you have unbearable humidity all year round, most ppl living here just wait for the respite that is winter. It gets old fast when you sweat profusely even sitting in your AC house. You can only take off so much to cool down- you can always put more on to warm up (and other things too)!
I grew up in NY and never minded the weather (and that was back then when winter was really winter; not global warming such as it seems today). When I was healthy, I could tolerate FL weather. But when I fell ill starting back in 98, my tolerance for heat suffered. By the time 2003 came around, any form of heat just nails me (thyroid problems dont help and neither does the humidity which makes everything sticky). If it werent for the humidity driving up what the temp feels like to your skin, the weather wouldnt be so bad.
I apologize to myself for hijacking my own thread! 😀
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