My Pipos Mari came home!

[MeltedCaramel]

^^ Again, thanks for tips. I'll have one can on MSC, but I am saving it for my DC dolls. But noted: future sealants will be MSC. (And I do my apllyinh sealant on outside, so I haven't used mask, but I can easily get one, too)

I also have large collection of brushes - mostly natural hair ones. I have been planning to get few syntetics too, as they aren't as pricey than natural hairs.

And for seeing my faceups. I have done all my dolls by myself, so.
Chandira's first fave up, and my first ever
Chandira's current face up
8url=http://moonlight-and-crystal.tumblr.com/post/77168074359/my-second-girl-came-home-pink-skinned-resin-soul]And Shalunia's face up[/url]

And as I said: any concrit wll be appreciated as outsiuder's view is good to hear. ^^

Ahh, 1/6 dolls take so little MSC, I highly doubt you'll notice it's gone!

Yes, high quality synthetics seem to stick to the materials better, at least in my experience. Natural hair brushes, for me, seem to drop high concentrated bits of pastel where it's not wanted, that sort of thing.

Okay, looking over the faceup links provided (thank you!) the biggest thing I need to specify is the sharpness of the pencils, and perhaps again reiterate doing things in layers. It seems the pastels have a habit of clumping up on you in the recessed areas of the resins like the lipline and eye folds. This can be eliminated with careful layering. With the pencils, you may also want to consider buying a beginner's set of Derwent or Prismacolour watercolour pencils and see if they're different in quality than the Koh-I-Noor. They may very well be, the price on the Koh-I-Noor makes me a bit suspicious, I can't find many reviews on them but I'm thinking perhaps (if anyone can correct me on this please do!) they might be what is termed "student artist grade" which in reality is quite a bit cheaper in quality (and price, you'll notice) than true artist grade. Most "student artists" usually just skip this category all together and go straight for the good stuff since that's what they'll be using in their careers anyway.

I hope this helps a bit! <3

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

I can't comment on Koh-I-Nor watercolour pencils (I have a selection of their non-watercolour polycolour leads, which I love - smooth to apply and nice rich colour; and I think utterly unsuited to faceups on any surface that will be affected by oils), but generally for watercolours student grade is cheaper for a large part because they use cheaper pigments blended to look like the more expensive ones. Which doesn't always work (Winsor & Newton, I'm looking at you - Cobalt blue and Ultramarine are two distinctly different blues with two distinctly different handling characteristics /end grumble ). And can lead you one step closer to mud (the more colours you blend together, the more muddy the result can be). For faceups, it probably doesn't matter so much (I tend to be less concerned about whether two blues that should be different are identical and whether or not one of them granulates if the colour is being applied in tiny to a doll's face than on a painting). I would also be more concerned about how smoothly the colour goes on, and in my experience price/pigment quality isn't always a guarantee of how smooth it'll go on.

I've largely given up using pencils to do lips and mostly use watercolour from the pans. I spray the paints with a small amount of water a few minutes before I start as it makes the first lot of paint easier to get off the pan, then use the brush very dry to apply the paint as I find it sticks better. I am, however, not that good at face-ups, so take with a pinch of salt

[MeltedCaramel]

I can't comment on Koh-I-Nor watercolour pencils (I have a selection of their non-watercolour polycolour leads, which I love - smooth to apply and nice rich colour; and I think utterly unsuited to faceups on any surface that will be affected by oils), but generally for watercolours student grade is cheaper for a large part because they use cheaper pigments blended to look like the more expensive ones. Which doesn't always work (Winsor & Newton, I'm looking at you - Cobalt blue and Ultramarine are two distinctly different blues with two distinctly different handling characteristics /end grumble ). And can lead you one step closer to mud (the more colours you blend together, the more muddy the result can be). For faceups, it probably doesn't matter so much (I tend to be less concerned about whether two blues that should be different are identical and whether or not one of them granulates if the colour is being applied in tiny to a doll's face than on a painting). I would also be more concerned about how smoothly the colour goes on, and in my experience price/pigment quality isn't always a guarantee of how smooth it'll go on.

I've largely given up using pencils to do lips and mostly use watercolour from the pans. I spray the paints with a small amount of water a few minutes before I start as it makes the first lot of paint easier to get off the pan, then use the brush very dry to apply the paint as I find it sticks better. I am, however, not that good at face-ups, so take with a pinch of salt

Ahh, yeah, I forgot to mention the actual difference between student grade and artist grade. Thanks for the clarification there!! If I had to recommend a brand it would definitely be Derwent. Nice rich colour and good smooth application, even on our tiny, frustrating 1/6 friends. Their 24 count set isn't a bad deal either, you get a nice colour selection and don't break the bank!

I commend anyone who uses watercolour for parts that I use chalk pastel for, because I find watercolour paint to be a pain in the ever loving ass to work with! My watercolour pencils are used dry.

Now I want to see your faceups ShortNCuddlyAm! I don't believe you're not that good at them. Whenever someone says that to me and then shows me their work it's always very nice!

[she_flame]

ShortNCuddlyAm, thanks for the watercolor tip!

And yeah. My pastels tend to stick in clumps, so I really think that synthetic brush ot few might be the next doll-related purchase of mine. ^^

[she_flame]

I re-did her face up. Any critique will be welcome. ^^



(Now with hopefully better picture.)