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Bringing Out the Details

Color. My general rule for drybrush color is start with the base color and add 20% white. If you’re color is Interior Green add about 20% white or just enough to lighten it to the naked eye. I usually mix this in the paint lid with the paint that’s stuck up there. Usually you can just dip your brush in some white and mix it in and it’s just about right. You want a nice soft round brush, maybe a 0 or 1. Dip the tip of your brush into your color; just want paint on the tip. Take your brush and wipe it off with some tissue just like you want it clean, you can also wipe it off on some paper till almost no paint is left. Now you’re ready to drybrush. You want to use your brush as if you’re wiping dust off the details-very lightly. Move the brush back and forth across the details. The rough surface of the dullcoat will pull small amounts of remaining pigment off the brush. Remember a little is a lot. It may take to or 3 applications until the effect is apparent. You also may, at some point, need to use a smaller brush to get into areas that are surrounded by high spots keeping the other brush from accessing that area. The effect should be subtle. If you think you’ve overdone it you may drybrush again with the base color. This first drybrushing has brought out the raised details by making them lighter than the base color. This first drybrushing also encompassed the entire area, all the details.
Now we’ll drybrush again. This time we’ll add a bit more white, let’s say well add another 20% or so, bringing it to 40% white. Drybrush as before except this time even more lightly and only on the most raised areas.