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Peaceful Reflections

rafadias 15 Sep 2024

Nice painting for beginners, still strugling with making the paint break.

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How many have you done?
This looks fantastic. Wouldn’t say “beginner” by any means

You've only been here a month and you're doing great! Paint breaking can be a bit hit and miss. It's all down to loading your knife correctly, using a firm paint, on a dryish background, no pressure on the knife, and practice - then your paint breaks, if you cross your fingers and don't step on any cracks in the pavement of course.

I think you did a beautiful job!

Great job and beautiful mountain ✌️

Bob, Thank for your comment.

i think i did around 10 paintings, but i also work with smaller canvas to improve some specific technique.

TheLandscapePainter, Thanks for your comment.I Started working with Bob Ross Titanium White, but i don´t think that it is firmer than winsor and newton's.

excellent work

I know what you mean, I've had some pretty runny Bob Ross titanium white at times. You can drop a dollop of it onto a piece of card and leave it for a few minutes, the card soaks up some of the oil leaving you with a firmer paint, but don't work it on the card, it will pick up fibres. It helps also to keep the underlayers of your mountain quite dry. Hope that helps.

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