Kate Charles told me the paint thinner, I was using, Mona Lisa is not good for doing AA babies. She gave me the name of 2 thinners. Told me to try one of them. She said check at Michael’s or hobby lobby. I googled hobby lobby and discovered we do have them in ohio. I was excited. I had my husband take me this morning. I got one of the thinners she recommended. She said I will see a big difference. Unfortunately, I have to wait 2 weeks to try it. I’m at the airport as I type this. Can’t wait to get back home n try this thinner by Bob Ross.
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What was it?
Bob Ross paint thinner.
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Hmm I’m using Mona Lisa as well. Let me know how it works!
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Ok, but it will be 2 weeks before I get to try it.
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Ive used bob ross when i first started out. Its expensive but works nicely. I stopped using mona lisa because of the chalkyness it causes on AA babies. Now I use Gamsol. It works great!
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Yes it is, but so is the Gamsol. When I get back home I’m gonna buy some Gamsol too. That was the other thinner she recommended.
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It does cause chalkiness. I thought it was normal. I’m glad I know now. I have a whole unopened bottle. Gonna take it back to Michaels.
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If I am going for a darker shade I will also add a few drops of refined linseed oil.
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Thank you
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I have always used Mona Lisa & no problems with it on my AA babies. The key to me is very thin layers and I only 6-10 layers even on my darkest reborns, 12 at most. I use to use linseed but I did away with it because I do large batches of paint just putting a lid & reusing it later. Linseed clumps the paint up over the time and it waste a lot of paint.
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You welcome.
You welcome.
I brought some a few weeks ago, but haven’t used it.
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A lot use Gamsol. You get chalkiness when using Mona Lisa or Linseed Oil? If you are getting chalkiness with the thinner, your paint may be too thick.
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It wasn’t to thick. It is always runny like milk. I was doing thin layers as well. I did 4 layers on an. AA doll and wasn’t at the color it should have beenbe. I was told my mixture was a lil too watery.
I would get chalkyness from mona lisa. If i added linseed oil it would help to prevent it from getting chalky. My paint is always thin but i do paint many layers of flesh tones. After switching to gamsol I dont have an issue with chalky.
Strange, there should not be so much difference between different brands of thinners. I only get chalkiness from white, which is in flesh and some other pale premixed colours, and as I never use any of them on my AA, I have never had any issues with chalkiness on darker skin babies.
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Me either. The only chalkiness I ever had was with matte varnish so I started mixing satin and matte together.
I’ve noticed sometimes too if my paint is too diluted or too much slo-dri I’ll get a chalky residue…