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In this video I go over the basics of dry brushing and also show a very cool technique to get smoother finishes
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As a trained Artist and Miniature painter I find it funny how focused a lot of miniature painters are on "correct" technique. Of course there are things that work ultimately better than others but I learned in art school that what ever gets you to the result you want to achieve is the correct technique. For the longest time I did not even use miniature paints but fine art acrylics and mixed a lot of the colors myself because it was what I already had at hand and I got many weirded out faces at painting sessions (and a lot of mansplaining) when I unpacked my big paint tubes and started mixing on an artist pallet adding water to thin paints and so on but the results spoke for themself. So thank you for this very refreshing video. :) :)
Same! I still use the same few types of paints that I have since art school 25 years ago: Pthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue (no not the space rangers), Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Titanium White, Mars Black. Once you learn some simple color theory and mixing techniques, you really don't need anything more. Sometimes it's nice to have some other tubes for convenience sake, but it isn't necessary.
I still cringe when I see people with these massive collections of wargaming paint pots. That's a lot of money! I can paint hundreds of models for years on end without needing a new 2oz tube of highly pigmented, 10 to 15 dollar paint.
It's cool that there's something of a standard language and palette for wargaming painters who want to use Citadel or Army Painter stuff, but it's a lot of re-creating the wheel and it's costly. There's a standard for traditional painting as well and it's a lot cheaper!
My better half is also a much better artist, and formerly trained. She told our daughter, who was getting frustrated with the constraints of art lessons. "It's important to properly learn the rules of art, and why they exist. Only then can you properly decide when they need to be broken to get the result that you need. If they need to be broken, break them good and hard."
@@Bishop0151 That's a wonderful comment from your SO. One of my favorite teachers said something similar.
as a self taught painter, i say that's the sign of a good hobbyist! making the tools work for your needs and crafting new techniques as you go. Cheers!
'trained artist' lol
I love this. My drybrush palette is the inside of my Army Painter wet palette lid. I scored it with sandpaper and then covered that with wood filler, and then used a grout trowel to make little peaks and valleys. Works great and it's super cheap (if you don't buy the Army Painter wet palette; you can just use an old cutting board or something).
When I first started painting regularly back in the 80's, my other painting friends thought I was crazy because I used the sponges packed with the minis to protect them as my "drybrushing" palette, instead of a paper towel. I discovered this totally by accident, but figured out that the paper towel was removing TOO much moisture, leaving my drybrushing "chalky."
Back then, it was so hard to learn new techniques or share them. There were probably many other painters out there that also figured out that "dry" brushing still requires a small amount of moisture, but we really didn't have a way to share our knowledge.
That's what so cool about the painting community now -- channels like this one that can expand knowledge for everyone.
Those blister pack sponges were the best
Artist Opus didn't invent these brushes - like every other brush they offer, they are rebranded. And, like many of the tools we have in the minipainting arsenal, they are borrowed from fine art (like kolinsky rounds, which are originally for watercolor). These drybrushes are simply dome stencil brushes, used forever for scumbling oil paints and other things. You can find good hog bristle stencil brushes for much, much less than Artist Opus is charging.
I wish I remembered the interview (maybe with Painting Phase?) but I thought Byron from AO talked about how he'd had Rosemary and Co specifically use a denser fill of bristles on the AO drybrushes versus the standard Rosemary and Co drybrush. Commenters on reddit that have both bushes agree with that assessment. I dislike the the one hogs hair stencil brush I have, with the big bristles making very obvious streaking. I like my army painter dry brushes (goat hair), good shape, sizes and pricing.
My favorite drybrushes have been makeup brushes. I went in every makeup section until I found ones checking all the boxes: very dense fine bristles of the right shape, length, and softness. Like $3 or $5!
New to mini painting
Yep just a dome stencil brush
Don't forget the mileage you can get from make-up brushes.
These soft round brushes are great for stippling soft edge camouflage patterns on tanks etc if you don’t have an airbrush. Start with a dense centre “blob” ,wipe paint from brush and brush/stipple around blob.
Love these videos! Much clearer instructions for a beginner than other tutorials I’ve seen. Keep up the great work!
Recently, I have been using a small cork tile to remove excess paint instead of paper towels when I drybrush. Between that and keeping the brush damp, it's been a game changer.
I use the EXACT same technique. Stipple then blend (with circular motions). It's really very simple and it's astonishing that I came to use the same procedure through trial and error! Bravo!
I love all of these videos about technique and a method for using the dry brushes or just mini painting. As someone who paints and prints minis for a living I can say it depends on the outcome you want. Dry brushing is great for quick blending, and shading or highlighting which I love. Never use a paper towel that alone will fix the outcome, the dryness or powdery texture is from that, it's lint you are picking up from the paper towel. Also, as far as damage I got a set of 5 dry brushes for $16 (includes brush cleaner and a moisture sponge pot), they work just as well as the Artist Opus set I have, and I don't fear ruining the brush. I also use a brush cleaner and conditioner after every use which can extend the life. As far as the texture palette, I actually use cardboard sheets or a clean lint free cloth, they are easy and prevent the dry texture. The moisture level is usually due to the brush being too dry as you mentioned. Just dip it onto a sponge like you suggested and dry it off a bit until it is mostly dry. Good video good advice - I agree there is no real wrong way as long as you follow some basic guidelines.
I made my own texture palette with different things, like dirt, pin heads, thin bamboo dowel... but in the end all I really used was the section of sandpaper I glues to it (it was covered with a couple coats of spray and a coat of mod podge to round it out a bit so it does not chew up the bristles. Now I have I just use a square of cork for floors. I painted one side with white, and one with black, this way I can see what it will look like on the model.
My sponge is just a piece of the fine yellow dish washing sponge in a round container from Safeway for aircraft travel.
I recently bought the Artis Opus brushes and I do now always slightly moisterize the drybrushes. It really helps for creating smoother blends.
The Artis Opus Brushes come from RoseMary & Co.
Series 33 from RoseMAry&Co is serie S From Artis Opus
Model Dry Brush is srie D
Series 323 is serie M
With a différence : the price. RoseMary&Co is something like 2 or 3 times cheaper...
@@mentoryoda They're manufactured by Rosemary and Co but to a different specification.
I'm saving this one to my playlist so I can review it when I next work on my drybrushing. Thank you!
I'm new to the hobby I didnt know that we could do this with dry brushing. This is sick. I never thought of layering with the drybrush like that. I only knew about stipple glazing and glazing. This is cool cause I like drybrushing, it's just a lot more fun for me.
Thanks.
I noticed an immediate improvement in results when I stopped thinking of drybrushing as having very little water in the brush, and instead having very little paint. I'd absolutely say it's still drybrushing, a medium of some kind is essential when it comes to getting your paint to behave the way you want
All Artis Opus brushes are rebranded Rosemary and Co Brushes. They are producing them for Artis Opus.
I've never used a completely dry brush when drybrushing. And I agree with you that this is a drybrushing technique.
A great video! Super informative. Will be using this technique as soon as possible.
Your results are awesome. That inspires me to try not-so-dry-but-actually-slightly-wet-brushing as well!
I use AO drybrushes and stand by them! They're very sturdy and definitely worth the money in my mind. I do take care of them however; using brush soap to clean them when i'm finished using them for the day.
I like dry brushing and this has helped. Thanks 🙏
Easily one of the best dry brushing videos I’ve seen, especially for getting started. Well done.
Thanks so much I was kind of confused about the dampening pad before your video!
Great that you practice and teach a new technique. Looks a lot like a airbrush effect and I like that. Will try it out.
Thanks :)
Thanks for the video. Nice. As a old scool painter it is always fun to learn new things. I have been painting for 50 years now. Won a lot of competitions here in Belgium. But the new techniques now are very intresting. So Thanks to all the young people that are lifting this hobby to a higher level. Thanks. 😁
Great video! I too found that drybrushing can be elevated to some nice surface blending and can get you along way with edge highlighting when carefully applied.
No anger here. Great technique. Is have to call it - dry.... blending? Semi-dry-blending? When I was introduced to day brushing (early 90s) it was mostly an edge highlighting technique. But your vid has really rounded out my thinking on this. Zenithal strokes vs circular (you should say omni-zenithal just to pass more people off 😇 A wetter vs dryer brush. Flat vs round. Thank you for continuing to push the edge of the envelope!
Also, I thought of this the other day- use variable grade of texture on your dry brush palette. Say... paper towel, then sand-paint, but something in-between. Something to approximate your target surface, so you can get a peak before applying.
I use 3d printed failures parts to do my "texture palet". The infill of a 3d print is gyroid, zigzag or whatever. You see the result of the drybrush on it very clearly.
The cork board people use for basing works as a texture pallet as well
What’s funny to me is that the acrylic paint has more water in it than what you add to the brush, yet for some this means it’s no longer dry brushing. Dry brushing is just the techniques name. You are lightly brushing the paint on thinly so that it dries quickly. That way you can continue building the color without tearing. If the brush is too wet, then it doesn’t work, but slightly dampening the brush to make it smoother doesn’t make it moist brushing, lol.
Thank you for the tutorial have lovely day my dear
Great video. I just obtained drybrushes myself and I can see what you mean about a learning curve. I've been trying to master techniques with the airbrush and have gotten better but it is certainly a challenge to aim properly. Will definitely be following your suggestions as I practice more with this technique. I really didnt know this type of blending was possible with drybrushing until just recently when doing a review of the Artify dry brush set on my channel. They're definitely great tools to have.
I can try to answer those questions.
Is it easier than airbrushing? It depends on what you mean by that. If you're just starting out and you just got your airbrush in he mail yesterday, then dry brushing is easier. Airbrushes require learning how to do the right ratios, how to clean them, how to disassemble and reassemble them, proper PSI for each paint, etc. If we're talking about just in terms of laying down paint and base coats, airbrush is way easier and faster. Especially if you're laying down your primer and base coats with lacquer, that stuff is sorcery.
Is it less expensive and less of a hassle to clean than an airbrush? Absolutely. Getting into airbrushing is costly. A good airbrush costs about $80 and up (GSI Creos FTW). Then you need a compressor (probably a hobby one if you're short on space, which is about $100), a particulate mask so you don't huff paint and destroy your lungs(about $20ish or so), and if you want to be able to do it inside and not be at the mercy of the elements, a paint booth (which can be around $110 or more depending on how good of a booth you want). Airbrushes are also a pain in the ass to clean. Especially if you need to remove the nozzle (unless you have one with a floating nozzle). Compare all of that to a dry brush set. The highest end one is like $80. Cleaning it is just... Like cleaning any brush.
So honestly, I'd tell any new comer to learn dry brushing (and painting with brushes in general) for a year or two. And then if they really want to, they can get into airbrushing. But starting with brushes is cheaper, and you learn a SHIT LOAD of useful skills that you can use even if you do eventually get an airbrush.
That's itneresting, i never thought of using drybrush like that.
I don't own an airbrush an di've been avoiding the big flat minis in my collection for a while cauz i'm scarred of messing them up. I think i'll try that !
Artist Opus has an awesome video explaining basecoating with a drybrush. It's definitely not drybrushing because you don't remove the paint, but who gives a shit anyway. I say use every tool you have in as many ways as possible. I've been using it for blends and textured like she is in the video here.
Very much enjoyed your video. Pros are you general attitude. Love your personality. Cons are your pronunciation of pallete lol.
TBH I've found that not drying out the moisture gives me less ideal results, because the paint becomes 'streaky'... admittedly I'm still rocking make-up brushes, not a 'proper' dry-brushing-brush ala ArtisOpus. I've specifically noticed that I really dislike cleaning the brush between colors b/c the dampness from the cleaning makes the brush harder to control. I just can't grok adding moisture with a damp sponge, that just seems like a recipe for disaster regarding paint control.
Instead, what I've started to do recently is correct for the chalky texture with a varnish layer of matte medium, & washes. These actually do a decent job of blending & smoothing while keeping that iconic stippled drybrush look
I will still use make-up brushes, sometimes the softer brushes like those are better for large surfaces.
controlling the moisture/dryness relative to the finish you're trying to get can be tricky sometimes. I go dryer for texture surfaces and slightly wetter to get flat/round surface blends
I agree, it is and I sometimes get a little chaos into my paint work, but the real world is full of chaos so I feel it fits. @@jorel80
Whatching your videos, great job and hope you succeed with this...
Brilliant
That's a great video thank you
Thanks for the fun, funny and informative video. 😸 It's the first of yours that I've ever watched. I will look at your library and perhaps subscribe.
What bike model is that?? Looks cool.
Nice vid. BTW, there is also this revolutionary office item from the 60/70 that helps you with not having to lick stamps or envelops: its a big, yellow (somehow they are always yellow) songe in a green plasic container, that you can moisturize. Its exactly the same thing you described here, but usually double the size, for around 3-4 bucks in the office section of any retail store.
Using a paper towel will almost guarantee a grainy finish, use a soft make up brush and a dry palette for super smooth almost semi gloss finishes.
Great video! I like the darker blue that you used, what color was it?
Welcome back from the holidays. Hope they were good.
Aw thanks! Hope you had great ones too!
@ataraxiapainting I did, thank you! Looking forward more chaotic hobby energy in the new year.
I just use cheap make up brushes and synthetic brushes and work just fine. I don't feel like upgrading anytime soon.
I'll make my own textured palletes and dampeing pads too
I've had an air brush for over 2 months now and as yet have still muster up the courage to actually put paint in it, so I figure I'm gonna give this a go and see how long it takes me to ruin my new dry brushes instead. Cheers :)
So, this is only my second video I've seen of yours. And only being able to see your right ear in the other one was driving me crazy. Because my brain was like, "What if her other ear isn't gauged at all?" And I kept thinking to myself, "well, that would be kinda weird, wouldn't it?" Lo and behold, there we have it. And it's actually really cool. I dig it. 😂 Anyway, just my brain going nowhere at a million miles an hour while I learn about miniature painting so my BattleMechs can stop bringing shame to my table.
Thanks for the video, but at what step do you moisten the brushes? Before ever touching paint? And can you re-moisten once there's paint on the brush?
Yeah moisten and then paint.
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100 percent agree with this video.
I also feel either drybrush or airbrush really depends on the person and what they prefer to use as a tool.
ur videos are rad
Maybe its less so the brush, but more the technique. Keeping the tip of any brush im using while dry-brushing has worked wondering, dome, fan, beat-up Starter Gw brush, etc. Cheap makeup brushes is a hell of a way to save $ tho vs the Artist Opus.
I used makeup brushes for dry bushing 20 years ago.
Smart!!
Byron from Artis Opus is a master of this technique, but I couldn't get it when he explained it. You seem to be at the level that I am but at least I can follow you because we struggle with the same things. The almighty Duncan has a video on this technique and eve if he has not mastered it like Byron, he was the best explainer I found. IF you have not watched his video, do it since it will surely help you.
I believe the Artis Opus brushes are made by Rosemary & Co. Whether they’re actually different from the company’s own range of brushes is to be seen
yes they are. The thing that gets me is why would R&Co make brushes for Artis Opus better than there own brand>? I use R&Co brushes and find them generally pretty good but prefer my Davinci and Raphael brushes..
That's so weird, I've had the opposite experience! My friend's Artist Opus brushes are falling apart, while my Rosemary and co ones look as good as new even though I paint a lot more than he does 😅 It's a mystery @@robbie_g8308
If you’re doing large models makeup brushes are really nice.
Nice video and I like cats too! 🐈
Artis Opus
Been preaching this forever now
Contouring makeup brushes and a damp sponge. And if you don't clean off your plastic palette, you'll find it becomes textured by itself before long... 😜
And you'd be surprised how well drybrushing _can_ work on smaller figures; as with not-dry brushing, you can easily lay on your broad highlights with a big brush, then switch to something smaller for more control.
I will say. If you get very proficient with the tools, you can very much get smooth blends on small surfaces using a smaller drybrush, but the level of difficulty goes up
Esselunga jar cap!!!
I love when grown men that build and paint toys think they are gatekeepers of any hobby. 😂
Love the sarcasm.
I like it. To me (for the most part) I find that airbrushed models tend to look like they have been airbrushed. Which is okay if that's a style you like but I don't really like the look of airbrushed models personally.
Never consider using drybrushing this way. Might have to give it a try.
Artis opus selling circular pieces of foam for 6 euro ana a little re-purposed make-up pad to put it in for 15 is so dumb. Same for the price of their texture palettes, its literally just laser cut MDF, byron is a total charlatan selling that shit.
Also, Rosemary and Co series 33 is exactly the same as Artis Opus brushes, Rosemary and Co MAKE the brushes FOR artis opus and then byron sells you the white brush premium price by labelling it "Brush made for minis!". Uh... no, it's a watercolour brush dude, it's been made for hundreds of years - we aren't stupid.
I've tried artis opus brushes and every one i got was not good quality, 3 times i gave them a shot and 3 times the brushes were not good. There is a reason why companies like Windsor and Newton and Raphael have been in the industry for a very long time - they don't cut corners. If a company is trying to sell you foam in a rebranded make-up pad from china then you have to wonder what other things they're trying to scam you on.
Weird thing is, all the actual Rosemary & Co brushes I've bought have been really nice! But I've seen my friend's Artist Opus brushes and yeesh. Clearly the same build and materials, but the Rosemary and Co branded ones are visibly nicer.
Very much reminds me of fishing, you'd have products that fishers would use for years that were sort of 'bodged together homemade solutions' that spread via word of mouth. One of them was this plumbing supply that instantly froze things for a short time, great for making a bait ball you wanted to stick together when cast but start cumbling when it was in the water. Fishing companies realized this and begun selling their own branded version that was marketed as 'specificially for fishing' when all they really did was just relabelled the same thing and slap on a much higher price tag.
It's the same with the little carts used to move fishing supplies, you can get them pretty cheap but the fishing branded ones are hellaciously expensive and no better than the cheap ones.
I have no idea why people have such a problem with the dusty look. It's iconic and amazing.
Because it has a time and place for it. It is more situational and not as general use.
I just switched to oil paint and I cant believe I spent so many years wasting time with acrylic... glazing,dry brushing, etc. What a fool I've been. Now I drag the colors around. I feel like I paint artistically instead of using "technique's" to try and get the paint to do what I want while still trying to keep my vision of the big picture. God. I wasted so much time on acrylic. I don't know why it even exists. spending 1/4 of the time to paint something 4x better looking now
What kind of oils do you use ?
I typically use both mediums. I basecoat with acrylics and establish a highlight sketch. Mainly because of the short dry time. Then, I change to oils for all blending and glazing. Using oils is much less of a fight than acrylics, and the colors are typically more vibrant and have more depth.
@BarryPilkinton Windsor and Newton artist oils. I've been watching a lot of James wappel streaming his oil painting. He's so good. I'm avoiding some of the colors that have heavy metals like cobalt and manganese colors but they are prolly okay once they dry. Ive not tried the newer extra non toxic colors out there. I have like 20 older tubes from painting Bob Ross stuff during isolation lol. Didn't want to buy the newer stuff with all I had but honestly the artist oils are so dense with pigment it's more noticeable on models than on canvas. Been experimenting using walnut oil to clean my brushes and some other stuff to thin the paint. Walnut+alkyd. I'm still using odorless spirits for washes but I just mix and apply the wash in the garage real quick for most of it rub off the stuff in the house when it's giving off less fumes. Wish I had a big room with ventilation though.
Yes, me too and I feel like an idiot that I never asked an artist painter, which I have two in my social circle, how to use the brush properly in the first place!
...need ....more .....brushes ....!
I use damp paper towels lol
I've heard people call this technique "wet-brushing" at my FLGS, and it feels like an appropriate name.
Here we go lol
I just borrowed an old makeup brush from my girlfriend for drybrush
Oooooooohh, so maybe this can be named «SmudgeBrushing» or «MoistBrushing» :D
20 years? You started painting when you were 1 years old? Smiley Face.
Aww omg you’re saying I look younger than 30 yo thanks lol
Great video, thank you!!! There are two other disadvantages using skin as a texture palette:
- Human skin is covered with a thin greasy coat that protects your skin. Wiping off your paint on that mixes the paint on the brush and that affects the quality of the expensive brushes.
- It also affects your skin, because the protection is destroyed. Especially when you wash your hands over and over again.
That's why I would always recommend using a texture palette.
nice name
What a hustle. It's been said a million times over by others but treat yourself with an airbrush instead of dry-brushing everything. Learn how to be efficient, dry brushing is amazing for heavily textured surfaces but the gal in the video is using a spoon to eat a steak. No matter what you do, belding via airbrushing leads to uneven blends, the pigments that come off the bristles are too thick, that's where the airbrush comes in which atomizes the paint, allowing for smooth transitions.
Great tips, will be controversial and try it out.
I bought myself the Artis Opus dry brushes, but haven't used them yet because they're so expensive. I should just bite the bullet and use them because it looks like fun.
Nevermind the naysayers!
Moist Brush ?
Sry this is still not smooth. You still see texture. Its a good beginner technic and it has evolved over the years, but nothing to get a good smooth result.
I unsure you, in person you couldn’t tell. I took the pic with a professional camera and a macro lens.. sometimes that’s not the best thing. But I unsure, it looks really good!
@@ataraxiapainting I've seen a lot of the stuff Artis Opus does in person and you could tell all the time, that it was drybrushed.
@@aXzSporbut it's artist opus' not mine; I've never seen their stuff so i can't judge the difference as you can't! Anyway, is it super smooth like if I glazed 100+: no
I would not call it dry brushing you are doing, more just a mixture of the different mediums you combined really. Great video thanks
Stay controversial, keep thinking outside the box and there are no fixed rules in painting only your own
Let me tell you my opinion of this, but before I tell you my opinion let me tell you about… 😒
Semantic arguments are less relevant to technique than for conversations about technique.
6 minutes into the video and nothing much about dry brushing. Complete waist of my time.
these constant cuts in the video are absolutely psychotic, i'm about to have a seizure
It’s like free drugs yay?
I like your thinking 😈
Another biased opinion on the opus brushes because they got them free 😂
But… but… bro, I just said they are too expensive and to use whatever 💀
@@ataraxiapainting you did I apologise on that
Those ears are broken.