1. Using Acrylic Paint
Regalado Maximus

2. What You Need Project Brushes Water Paint Folk Apple Barrel
Ceramic Coat
NOT Craft

3. Paint Brushes Don’t spend a lot of money! This pack has:
Chip brushes for texture
Large chip brush for a “Poormans Airbrush”
Big brushes for coverage
Small brushes for details.
Sponge brushes for sculpting
For under $6
Look for a coupon! Good ones on smart phone apps.

4. Base Coat (Basic Paint)
Cover the whole project in one color

5. DON”T WASTE PAINT
Because you are adding water to the paint you do not have to use large amounts. Start with a small amount of paint and add more if the job requires you to do so.

6. Get it all
Make sure you get all of the project. Before you call it done look at all angles.

7. Paint The Eyes

8. This paint job is very basic.
It is great for a cartoon look
It is simple and one dimensional

9. Making it More Believable
Using a darker color than your base coat (not black) paint a wash over dark crevasses. Such areas you may want to focus on are inside ears, up in the nostrils, wrinkles and maybe under and around the eyes. By taking a dark color such as blue, brown, purple or green paint in all of the crevices By taking a dark color such as blue, brown, purple or green paint in all of the crevices

10. Now using a a old toothbrush or a chip brush that has been cut down
Now using a a old toothbrush or a chip brush that has been cut down. Splatter one of your lighter colors all over your project. DO NOT HURRY. Make sure to get an even coat over the whole sculpture.

11. This part takes some experimentation
This part takes some experimentation. Go back and forth between the colors you have chosen until you start to get colors that begin to look like the natural skin. For whatever you are designing.

12. Dry Brush Painting
Taking a paint brush unload your paint on a piece of paper.
As you paint using the dry brush it will show the other layers of paint and bring out the high points of the project
THIS TAKES PRACTICE TO MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT.

13. This same technique can be used to distinguish different parts of your project. In this it’s the under belly of the dragon

14. Painting the Eyes
Paint the eyeballs with coats of white. It may take 2 or 3 coats to cover all of the splatter from the skin.

15. Compare for Yourself

16. When painting be careful and protect your hard work

17. Differences