I have some cloud paper that I want to paint on. I want to use oil paint and (not sure what product, I should use) And when I paint over the paper, I want the oil pant to have the same cake icing like texture, but remain transparent. I want to use a spatula to spead the paint or whatever medium over the paper, remaining transparent so the cloud paper background can still show through. What should I use? Should I use some type of transparent glaze? Or Gesso? Should I mix something into the oil paint?Transparent oil technique/ transparent painting, please help.?
First off, I would not recommend using oil paint on paper. The oil will soak into %26amp; destroy the paper, causing your paint to powder up from lack of oil. If you insist on using this as a substrate, adhere the paper to a canvas or sealed panel with matte acrylic medium. You can paint over this when dry.
Caution - do not mix acrylic mediums with oil paint as the first poster suggests. Use them under, but never with, and never over oils.
To make your oil paints thick but transparent, you can use a heavy gel intended for oils such as Winsor %26amp; Newton's WinGel, or Grumbacher's Zec (fast-drying gel) to mix with your paint. These products retain the thick consistency of the oil paint, but if you mix a small portion of transparent paint with them, they will remain transparent. Try 5% to 10% paint to 90 - 95% gel, increase paint as necessary. Remember this thick layer could take months to cure before you can add more paint.
An alternative would be to use acrylic paint instead - added to Gloss Heavy Gel or Gloss molding paste. This will dry much faster. Your paper should still be adhered to a support first, or it will shrink %26amp; ripple.
Note: check your paint tube to be sure you are using a transparent pigment, not an opaque colour.
Have fun!Transparent oil technique/ transparent painting, please help.?
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Liquitex makes gel products, some are to add to paint, some dry transparent
Suggest just checking out Liquitex gels
Transparent or translucency of paint is governed by two things. The first is the pigment, the second it the pigment to vehicle ratio (Vehicle is the binder used in paints like oil or acrylic).
For what you are describing, you should avoid using any opaque paints, while you can thin these down substantial to look transparent, it does not take much to get very opaque and thinning paints down too much usually results in other problems. Examples of transparent pigments are Ultramarine Blue, Alizerine Crimson, Indian Yellow, Pthalo Green, Sap Green. Some pigments will be more transparent than others.
In oil paints, you can add more oil to the paint to reduce the pigment to oil ratio resulting in a more transparent/translucent paint. The more oil you add the thinner it gets. Using Stand oil instead of regular oil can help keep the paint thick, a wax medium can also help but you will get a more matt finish. There are other addative you can add, though some are not too easy to find except in pigment supply spots like Sinopia, Kremer , Natural Pigments. There you can add transparent fillers like, glass, aluminum hydroxide, or other transparent pigments.
PS_You can paint on paper and not worry about it deteriorating so long as you size it. I brush rabitskin glue over my paper and it works great.
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