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China Painting Tutorial
Lesson #1, #2 & #3
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Lesson #1
With this tutorial, I
will show you my technique of China Painting from how to prepare the
greenware, proper way to hold your doll, paint consistency and so on up
to how to enhance eyes. Everything of this lesson was learned thru a
lot of practice and observing what I liked on dolls and what I wanted
to modify. I paint from 1" scale to 1/2" scale in the same fashion and
all come out with the desired look
Tools & Paint
I use water base medium and matte (satin) china paint except for the pupil of the eye
Paintbrushes: -Small brush to smooth out greenware
- Modified (remove bristle until you
have about 10-15
left)Silver Spotter #10/0
- Silver Spotter #5/0
- Microbrush large (2)
Paint & Medium: - Seeley's Ultra Fine Line Medium
- Pompadour Red
- Whipped Cream
- Eyebrow #4 Dark Brown
- Satin Black
- Onyx Black (gloss)
Other: - Baby Wipes
- Magnefying glass
- Orange Stick
- Ceramic Tile
- Tap water
- A bit of patience, practice and
perseverance ;-)
Preparation of the greenware
For this phase you will need your orange stick, smoothing brush and tap water
   
Things to look out for. Correct with the Smooth down with Correct the ears with the Smooth down with
if the nose is clean and pointed side of a lightly wet brush orange stick making a lightly wet brush.
clear, eyelids are
the orange
stick ,
of the contour of the
equal
and the eyeballs exagerating the lines
ears, exagerating the lines
are
leveled.
Important
Tip: Never wash over your dolls face, you want to keep the details as
intact as possible, which makes it easier to paint and the end result
is very defined & beautiful face. If the features of the face are
right.. SKIP this step
Paint Consistency & How paint is loaded on your brush
Mix
your dry china paint with a drop of medium. The consistency of your
paint should be of toothpaste, smooth and free of clumps. Not too
thick, so you can make a fine line without bloshes; But thick enough
so it doesn't run and will be able to move it around.
These
are terms I will be using throughout the lesson, its very important to
have your paint loaded correctly for the task at hand. I have no idea
if there are better words out there to describe this but these will
have to do for now :-)
Spotting Scooping Dragging Blushing
Your brush straight Your brush laying in Your brush laying in With a microbrush.
in the paint, with a the paint, with a the paint, with a straight barely touch the paint
circulator motion it sideway motion it will motion it will pick up a then put a little spot on
will pick up a "bead" pick up a "blob" on very fine amount of the area to blush then
at the end of the brush
your brush
paint on your brush move your microbrush
sideways and blend in
the paint
How to hold your doll & proper position of brush
For each
and every line you paint, move the hand holding the doll to be
perpendicular with the bristle of the brush and not the other way around
 
Craddle
your doll in your hand like shown
Your other
hand holding the paintbrush:
the side of your hand should be resting on
the hand holding the doll, this way you will
have complete control of
your brush and
you will be able to make thin straight line
Now that I have bored you with the technical side of this lesson.... Let's paint!!!!
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Lesson #2
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Lesson #3
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