Only happy when it rains...*
Nov. 14th, 2008 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morslaNow that the cool change has arrived, I'm trialling something that's a bit new. I call it "sleeping during the night, and working during the day." It's a bit out there, but I think it's worth a shot. Now, if only I could get at the buttons and dials for adjusting the time on my body clock.
Yesterday I found myself wishing that I worked with oils, as the acrylic paints were drying as fast as I could mix them. There are a whole bunch of things that I need to finish by tonight or tomorrow, and I haven't made any real progress since some time last week... I'm going to try using a wet palette next time the weather heats up, although I think it might change the properties of the paints a bit.
Paint-nerd stuff: a wet palette (in the form I'll be using one) is basically a tray containing some water, a layer of sponge, and a semi-permeable sheet of paper. Paint goes on top, water wicks up from below via capillary action, and the paint stays wet. That's the theory, anyway. I bought one last year, but haven't used it yet as it's huge (A4 size) and I've never been able to fit it on my crowded desk.
Vallejo (VMC, VGC) paints: very short drying time, solid pigment base. Should benefit from the wet palette. Most of mine have been baked by a few hot summers and need lots of water added to them anyway.
Privateer (P3) paints: longer drying time, liquid pigment base. When thinned they abruptly lose opacity, which is usually a very useful property. If the palette feeds them too much water they could become too transparent for my purposes though.
Citadel paints: I only use a few metallics from this range, and I don't want flecks of silver mingling with everything else. Probably best to just add some more water to all the pots, and hope they last out the summer.
* Note: not actually true...
Yesterday I found myself wishing that I worked with oils, as the acrylic paints were drying as fast as I could mix them. There are a whole bunch of things that I need to finish by tonight or tomorrow, and I haven't made any real progress since some time last week... I'm going to try using a wet palette next time the weather heats up, although I think it might change the properties of the paints a bit.
Paint-nerd stuff: a wet palette (in the form I'll be using one) is basically a tray containing some water, a layer of sponge, and a semi-permeable sheet of paper. Paint goes on top, water wicks up from below via capillary action, and the paint stays wet. That's the theory, anyway. I bought one last year, but haven't used it yet as it's huge (A4 size) and I've never been able to fit it on my crowded desk.
Vallejo (VMC, VGC) paints: very short drying time, solid pigment base. Should benefit from the wet palette. Most of mine have been baked by a few hot summers and need lots of water added to them anyway.
Privateer (P3) paints: longer drying time, liquid pigment base. When thinned they abruptly lose opacity, which is usually a very useful property. If the palette feeds them too much water they could become too transparent for my purposes though.
Citadel paints: I only use a few metallics from this range, and I don't want flecks of silver mingling with everything else. Probably best to just add some more water to all the pots, and hope they last out the summer.
* Note: not actually true...
