Painting Hair

[Larry Bev]

I have seventeen angles to paint, five or six of them need blond hair some one please tell me how to accomplish this.Brand colors and mix. Thank you.

[susieq]

Hi Larry,
I am sure that you don't want the angels to have a "brassy blonde" look. I suggest painting white first, then go over it with a transparent yellow. I am pretty sure Americana colors have a transparent yellow...yep, just went to my paint rack, the color is Cadmium Yellow (transparent) #DA10. If you can't find that, Americana also makes a beautiful pale yellow called Taffy Cream. DA05. I buy the Americana brand acrylic paints at Michael's, a big chain. Don't know what's near you but you could probably get them on line with no problem. You could mix colors and I do on rare occasions but since there is such a wide variety of colors available, this is usually not required. I try not to make it any harder than it already is...LOL. Good luck with your angel painting.

[Larry Bev]

SUSIEq Thank you very much for solving my problem followed your advice, worked out very well. Thanks Larry

[susieq]

Larry, thanks for letting me know it worked out for you. Glad it turned out to your satisfaction.

Thank you for your sharing!

[Lynn O. Doughty]

To me the problem with blonds (insert joke here) is that they'e so transparent! By that I mean the hair color not the gender. To get around that I always underpaint with yellow ochre then come back with straight yellow and then maybe a white drybrush to highlight it even more. This three color effect gives the hair a richness that you just can't get with one color.

[Tom Ellis]

Larry,
For blonde hair, I have found that by leaving the basswood unpainted, paint the rest of the carving, then brush on a coat of satin Deft, a dip in some golden oak stain, and a final coat of Deft, and that is the most natural looking blonde that I have come up with. It also antiques your carving.

Good luck, TOM

[Larry Bev]

This web site is the greatest because of people like Susieq Lynn and Tom. If i have a problem i can get answers. Thanks to all. Larry