Question:
How can I blend Impasto texture? The Blenders' variants only blend
color.
Response:
You're right about the Blenders' variants only blending color as that's
what they're intended to do.
If you want to alter Impasto depth, or both depth and color (for brush
variants from any brush category that use Impasto depth and lighting),
there are a few variants in the Impasto category to use, depending on
the effect you want:
- Depth Color Eraser
(erases both Impasto depth and color)
- Depth Equalizer
(flattens, or erases, Impasto depth and does not affect color)
- Depth Eraser (uses
negative depth and digs a "trench" as you paint back and forth to
"erase" Impasto depth)
- Depth Lofter (raises the
area where you paint)
- Depth Rake (uses
negative depth and paints thin "rake lines")
- Depth Smear (smears both
color and depth leaving the area smoother with adjacent colors somewhat
blended)
- Distorto Impasto (paints
a line with surrounding color dragged along the sides of the line into
other colors or onto the white Canvas)
The
best way to see how these Impasto variants work is to open a new white
Canvas, paint some Impasto brush strokes using something like the Thick
Round Impasto 30, then test each of them to see how they affect the
existing Thick Round Impasto 30 brush strokes' Impasto depth or color,
or both.
©
Jinny Brown
June 8, 2007
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