The whiter side of white

Ok, I've been thinking on this and having never actually bothered to try I'm
at a loss as how to do it. How do you give cotrast to white? You can use a
light or dark grey for shadow but what do you use to reflective edges?

Jaime Tiampo

How do you give cotrast to white? You can
> use a light or dark grey for shadow but what do you use to reflective

What I've done in the past is this:  Instead of white, use an off-white
like Bone or ivory for your base. Then use a VERY light tan color (Like tan
mixed with white.  Yellow or brown-based tans work better than pink
ones) or light grey for your wash (Depending on the look you want). Then do
your

dry-brush in white.  It doesn't come out as pristine white as a cruise
liner, but it still gives a white effect and does bring out highlights.

2B^2

G'day

> Ok, I've been thinking on this and having never actually

I actually paint the body of it in off-white that way pure white on the
edges looks right.

Cheers

> On 2/28/02 4:21 PM, "Jaime Tiampo" <fugu@spikyfishthing.com> wrote:

> Ok, I've been thinking on this and having never actually bothered to

Use a light brown or rust for "warm whites," and a light blue or grey for
"cold whites."

IIRC, there's an article here:
http://www.paintingclinic.com/clinic/white.htm

For a metallic object a touch of bright silver can work

I use Floquil RAAF Sky Blue for the base and highlight with a pure white. IMO
the blue tinged white looks better than brown tinged. Looking at the figure
you really don't think "blue" at all.

Bob

> Robert Minadeo wrote:

> I use Floquil RAAF Sky Blue for the base and highlight with a pure

I'm wondering if a Soviet Aviation undercarriage blue would work too....

> IMO the blue tinged white looks better than brown tinged.

That depends.  For a "New" looking fig, yes, blue/grey is better.  if
you
want an aged look, brown/yellow works nicely for aging.

2B^2

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Jaime Tiampo wrote:

> Ok, I've been thinking on this and having never actually bothered to

Depending on the sort of material I try to represent, I use either a very
light blue-ish grey as a base, shade with darker blue-grey, highlight
with white, OR use a light buff, white and darker buff colour.

Cheers,