04-07-2012, 06:17 AM
Southern Tuxedo Wrote:[... describe how you did the mortar and black washes on the building in the back....
Mark, the mortal wash is made with concrete colored (light gray) paint. Any acrylic paint will be fine. It is deluded 1:1 to have more time to work with a section with a size of about two hands.
A section is brushed with a wide brush intensive into all corners. Next is the section wiped of with a tissue paper. That should clean up 80% of the wash. All corners are still full of paint. I use two sponges. One dry and one moist to wipe the wash out of the corners, distribute it on the planes and wipe if off with the dry sponge. The deluded wash and the moist sponge will give you about 3-5 minutes per section to get the desired result. You can use a third wet sponge if you need more time.
The brown paint and the wash have a very porous texture. The black wash is therefor indian ink and water only. No alcohol etc. is required. Just apply as much layers as you like. There is no "wipe off" step due to the porous texture.
I test my wash on white paper. It should be light gray only. Apply more layers if required but do not put more ink into the water. It does not work when it becomes "paint" instead of wash.
Reinhard