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« on: March 09, 2011, 04:34:40 PM »
I'm new in all if this.  My hubby is learning taxidermy and I want to do the habitat part of this.  I am currently working on my first habitat.  I have 6 rocks that I made from foam and a paper mâché clay.  They look good but I'm afraid of the painting part.  I want each to look a bit different.  Reddish, greenish etc.  Please help!  I don't wanna screw them up.  I've read so many techniques I'm even more afraid to try!  Any help would be appreciated!
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2011, 05:22:54 PM »
i use latex house paints (flat) and jim kimball and breda duval tought me to do the dry brush technique. just get a little bit of paint on the bristles brush it off on a peice of cardboard do the majority of it is off (so its not thick) then paint the rock. this way you basiclly paint it in shades. and slowly darken or lighten it. so just keep doing that till it looks the way you want it to.
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2011, 08:12:13 AM »
Tutorial here...
http://www.knuthart.com/joshua/blog/?p=38
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 08:38:21 AM »
Quote from: bullwhipcracker on March 20, 2011, 08:12:13 AM
Tutorial here...
http://www.knuthart.com/joshua/blog/?p=38

Any tutorial presented by Joshua is worth its weight in gold.
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 10:22:14 AM »
AAANNNND HOW!
Love Josh's blog.
Sadly nothing new in over a year  Cry
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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2011, 07:59:47 PM »
wow........that is good stuff
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2011, 09:22:30 PM »
Theres a hundred techniques & they all work. Have fun with it.
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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2011, 09:27:59 PM »
Oils are fun too.
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How beautiful the river flows the and the birds they sing
But you and I we're messier things
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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2011, 07:17:29 PM »
Hey guys,

I'm glad it helped out.
Ill be up dating the blog really soon with some new content. I keep forgetting its even there. lol
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