JonAtron
Member
Esteemed painters and hobbyists,
Can we talk vanishing and your opinions on it for effect rather than to protect the model. i.e gloss for shiny metal, satin for dull metal to accentuate its painted effect / qualities?
Now, sure I could just go slap it on and find out, but I've spent literally days painting something and I'm not risking it if its going to undo it all. I've also noticed in the past that a matt varnish really seemed to reduce the contrast and lovely gradient of blending as opposed to if I had just left it unvarnished. This might be for a painting for a competition, maybe the golden gobbos
Can we talk vanishing and your opinions on it for effect rather than to protect the model. i.e gloss for shiny metal, satin for dull metal to accentuate its painted effect / qualities?
Now, sure I could just go slap it on and find out, but I've spent literally days painting something and I'm not risking it if its going to undo it all. I've also noticed in the past that a matt varnish really seemed to reduce the contrast and lovely gradient of blending as opposed to if I had just left it unvarnished. This might be for a painting for a competition, maybe the golden gobbos