Palette drying too fast

[Linda Brandon]

Originally Posted by Joan Breckwoldt

Linda,

You put this so eloquently!

Actually, I didn't. I brusquely summarized some quite technical painting terms. (Marvelous Marvin knows this and is kindly not pointing this out. He is very knowledgable about scumbling and layered paint effects.)

Technically speaking, as I understand the terms, a scumble (which contains white) lightens what is underneath it and a glaze darkens it.

Reasonable minds have discussed the terms at length at http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...ight=scumbling and elsewhere on this Forum.

[Joan Breckwoldt]

Hi Linda,

Thank you so much for that thread. I actually did read that about 2 weeks ago but now I've printed it out. So much to remember!

I do have one question. With a scumble, should I be paying attention to whether I'm using transparent colors or opaque colors? I've read a lot of Karin Wells posts and with glazing, it seems very important to glaze with transparent colors. But, does it matter with scumbles?

Thank you,

Joan