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Anyone have any step by step tutorials for PYO – newbies? Like from beginning to end? I don’t think I’ve ever used all acrylics before, I’ve always been a watercolor girl!
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Not currently open for PYO commissions.I haven’t seen anything like that. I think because each project is so individually planned it’s probably not an appealing prospect. But actually, I haven’t even seen any really good tutorials on Youtube for basics like mixing the paint (ex: ratio of paint to medium, wetting the pallet first with pallet spray) all-together in one tut. Then again, I stopped looking after a while and just decided to dive in and, if I messed up, use remover.
There *is* a tutorial out there for how to paint a horse using pastels that seemed decent, but I think honestly that with your experience with water colors (working light to dark and with thin washes) you’re probably better prepared than you might realize.
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Actually there are several PYO painting tutorials for Windstone PYO pieces that were done by Forum Members as one of the ‘Quests’ – I believe it was Quest 9 or 7, or something like that…Anyway, I stumbled upon them when I was cross-referencing something on YouTube, and again on some of the older Forum posts. Here they are as a collection on YouTube, they’re very informative and fun!
Kiya, the ‘Quest Maven’, and of course the Authors of these wonderful PYO Painting Tutorial Vids – THANKS SO MUCH! They are still teaching us Newbies! 😀
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I did a step by step that includes blending. I’m by no means the expert, but it can help 🙂 I realize now that I kind of skipped steps with the antiquing, though – it’s only a set of pics.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmThank you for the link, checking it out now! I actually didn’t know you could remove any paint/boo-boos/etc. since gypsum is so absorbent, do you use alcohol?
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Not currently open for PYO commissions.Wow, they’re still up? Neat!
I did a step by step that includes blending. I’m by no means the expert, but it can help 🙂 I realize now that I kind of skipped steps with the antiquing, though – it’s only a set of pics.
I’ll take pictures too, anything to help!
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Not currently open for PYO commissions.Anyone have any step by step tutorials for PYO – newbies? Like from beginning to end? I don’t think I’ve ever used all acrylics before, I’ve always been a watercolor girl!
I should make one. That would be fun with mini video clips and step by step photos. I might try at some point.
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Always open for pyo commissions, repairs and fine artwork! Email me for current prices! awier(@)weaselsoneasels.comI know that some people use alcohol or acetone and a q-tip. I’m not sure what the stuff I used is/was made of; it’s Liquitex’s proprietary remover. I managed to get a little statue clean by soaking it in the stuff and then using a stiff brush to scrub the paint off. The statue is a little bit stained, but then, I wasn’t counting on getting the color 100% off and I’m still planning to use the same general color scheme just hopefully with more even blending, so I think it will be fine.
Windstone offers a tutorial as well:
http://windstoneeditions.com/sites/default/files/pyo_tutorial.pdf
(comes from here: http://windstoneeditions.com/paint-your-own-windstone)
That is what I started with 🙂@Ela_Hara
Thank you for sharing these videos. I’m not sure if I’ve ever been so glad to be wrong! It’s really great to see how other people do the work, and it makes me realize I probably wasn’t doing some things right (and explains why I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.)@Dragonmedley
I just finished watching your video on blending, and I wish I’d seen it before I tried painting the first time. I feel fairly certain it would have helped me to make the wash more graduated. Out of curiosity, when you’re painting a slightly more complex statue, say with two different color areas, do you paint one color area gradient first and then the next?General…
Some of these tips and tricks I honestly never would have thought of but seem so very helpful–like the lighted reading glasses! So clever. I really wish I’d gone ahead and tried painting with a glove the first time around. I’d had the idea but kind of dismissed it and now I wonder if I’ve managed to get the statue greasy as well.@Dragonmedley
Out of curiosity, when you’re painting a slightly more complex statue, say with two different color areas, do you paint one color area gradient first and then the next?What I did for the wolf was to do the first coat on one section first, let it dry, then worked on the second color area, let it dry, and did the last area. It allowed me to make sure I wasn’t missing any bits – there’s nothing more frustating than finding out you missed a spot right in the middle of the gradient! I did the same thing for all the coats.
Plus, I get sick of always working with the same color 🙂 so it gives me the variety.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmMy video is still up. It’s ab insanely fast paced tutorial on painting a basic fire phoenix from start to completion
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http://www.how-to-paint-miniatures.com/
However, it seems he only uses water to thin his paints (something often not recommended by other painters).
For that reason, here is a link to another page where some miniature painters give their formulas for thinning down their acrylic paints.
http://www.reapermini.com/Thecraft/15
I think both are excellent resources.
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https://www.redbubble.com/people/prezaurian?ref=artist_title_nameI thin down my paint with either water or a product that thins down the paint without compromising its opacity (forget the name, I’ll have to check at home). I depends on what I want to do, really. Jennifer said that the thing with water is that if you put too much, it can break down the paint itself.
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