Painting Dots
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Permalink Reply by Karen Terry on -
Make a stencil? with a hole punch? Or use a dowel, they come in different sizes. Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Brian on -
i would make a stencil, doesn't need to be entirely accurate either. One way to go is to get some card stock for your home printer, make a bunch of equal spaced dots on a graphic that would cover the whole page and then with your cutting tools (box cutter, exacto blade, etc) cut out the circles and poof ... instant template ... if you wanted the hand brush effect, just hold it up to the spot you want the circle and paint freely ... also you can roll the paint out if you have rollers and of course ... there is always spray paint.
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Permalink Reply by Heather Grace Earnhart on -
Use an old toothbrush and splatter it on. That will give lots of small spray, so it may not work for this particular piece, but I just thought I would share since you asked....hope you find what you are looking for!
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Permalink Reply by Wendy Johnson on -
I had this very same problem once and I tried the end of a pencil too. That worked for a while but not so great. What you could do is go to the dollar store and look for a rubber matt (like a dish drying matt) that has holes in it and then spray paint the dots on. Another good place to find a "dot stencil" is at the hardware store. They sell wood board with small holes in it for hanging hooks to hold tools in a workshop. Check the bits and ends section by the cutting centre, there is usually odd bits of it there for real cheap. I got a pretty large piece for two bucks.
Good luck
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Permalink Reply by Danielle Evans on -
I don't know how many you need to do but I happen to know how to do dots lol
Depending on the size of dot required you need to pick your tool.
Small dots can be done with a stylus/embossing tool. Larger dots can be done with the end of a paintbrush with a pointed end. Larger dot can be made with larger paintbrushes perhaps with less of a pointed end but more of a rounded one.
I use liquid arcryllics for this but you could experiment with other paint. But the liquid will give you uniformed dots.
Make a puddle of paint on you pallette. Dip the end of the tool into the paint. Touch the paint onto the paper but DO NOT touch the paper. Touching the paper will leave you with a donut or a stamp effect. Pencil erasers will leave marks like a stamp.
Touch once for the largest dot, touch down again and the next dot will be smaller the next dot will be smaller agian. You now have 3 different size dots. In groupings of 3 this can look good. If you want all of your dots the same you will have to reload your tool with paint every dot. But don't forget to wipe of any buildup of paint now and again.
If you have alot of paint on your tool you can get nice proud dots when they dry. They will still have some dimension to them.
Here's an extra tip...
Put two large dots down together side by side as close as you can get without the paint touching. Then with a teensy paintbrush draw down a little paint to make a heart. Just take enough paint from the middle to make the pointy bottom of the heart. This leave most of the paint at the top so when it dries the tops of the dots are still proud and looks like Dolly Parton's cleavage. Thus these are called Dolly Parton Hearts.
I hope this helps.
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Permalink Reply by Danielle Evans on
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Here's an example of what I mean.
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Permalink Reply by Wendy Johnson on
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Nice dots Dan!!!!
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Permalink Reply by heather noye on -
how 'bout using punchinella? that's what i used on my painting with dots for skin tone.
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Permalink Reply by Emilie Montgomery on -
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I am going to try all of these while I am recooping from eye surgery. I have to be face down for 10 days to 2 weeks. I will get to do a lot of practicing on small pieces, so I am lining up all my supplies and getting them in a place where I can work. Thanks to all, Peace be with you.
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Permalink Reply by Darlene Prater on -
if you go to the scrapbook department in Hobby Lobby or any craft supply place, they have scrapbook pages that are cutout, kinda like a stencil. I found one with holes all over it. They also have flowers, hearts, paisley, etc. If you spray them good on both sides with some clear acrylic spray, you can wipe them off and use them over and over.
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Permalink Reply by Tee Thompson on -
Qtips... you can rubber band 'em together and stamp paint on with 'em. Easy Peasy
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Permalink Reply by Danielle Evans on
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I've use Qtips too but never thought of banding them together! Cool.
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