Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Artist» paint pen tips http://drewbrophy.com Making Things Look Cool Since 1971 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:06:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Painting a Helmet with Paint Pens http://drewbrophy.com/painting-a-helmet-with-paint-pens/ http://drewbrophy.com/painting-a-helmet-with-paint-pens/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:39:15 +0000 Drew http://drewbrophy.com/?p=4142
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    • ]]>     The painting of a Helmet

    The painting of a Helmet

    Scylla wrote in that she bought the Paint Pen Techniques DVD but wants more detail on painting a helmet.  Here are her questions and my answers:

    1. Do you sand it first? With what? You gotta knock the gloss off of it so I sand the helmet with 400 to 600 grit paper.  Make sure you get all the glossy spots off.
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    2. What do you prime it with? If the helmets white, you don’t need to prime it.  Otherwise I’d get a spray primer, there are a lot of brands to choose from.  Krylon has a flat white primer that I like.
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    3. After applying then design do you clear coat it? Yes, but it depends on what kind of finish you want, and how much money and time you want to spend.  The helmet in the video I sprayed it with Polyurethane.  I sprayed it many times.  If you want a killer finish, you have to spray it over and over and over again.
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    4. Anything else I should know? It’s all about the experiment.  You have to try a lot of different things to learn what works best.  Don’t be scared, just go for it!
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    Here’s the video clip of my Helmet Painting:

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    • ]]>     setsWhen your painting includes people, you want to get a good flesh tone color on the skin, which is not easy to do with bright colored paint pens.

    I’ve had a lot of people write, asking if I was going to get  Tan Poscas on our website.  Poscas don’t come in Tan.  But here’s a great solution to getting a good flesh tone color for skin: 

    The pens are made in Japan, and until recently, the labels have been written in Japanese, so the color I had been using all along for flesh tones, I thought was Tan.  Now that the pens come in English, I realize that what I thought was Tan was really Light Orange!

    So, for flesh tones you can use Light Orange , it is really like a tan-peachy color.  Blend it with Brown and it works great. Sometimes I add White, and even a little Pink, to get just the right shade.  I hope this helps…..

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