Painting Dots

I am working on a piece and I need to paint a lot of dots.  I am having trouble getting them to be the same size.  Does anybody have a technique I could use or is there a particular brush that you use to get them to be the same size.  I have tried the wooden end of a paint brush, a template brush and they just don't come out the same.  Or do I just need to practice A LOT!!!!  Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by Bronwyn Palmer on July 11, 2011 at 12:12pm
I hope you recover from your surgery quickly and can go back to painting upright!
Permalink Reply by Emilie Montgomery on July 11, 2011 at 11:52pm
I had to practice A LOT.  I used a paper clip... unfold and dip.  you have to watch the amount of paint you pit on.    I also used the head of a straight pin.  But it all boiled down to practice.  Maybe a paint pen. Jerry's Atrarama has a paint pen you can put any color of paint in.  Hopr this help
Permalink Reply by Patrik Andersson on July 26, 2011 at 12:13am

I found some cheap chopsticks that I use for dots. Next time you're in a sushi restaurant, try to get a few extra sticks. However, sometimes the sticks are not exactly round. As long as you get rid of the excess paint once in a while, the dots stay the same size.

 

Permalink Reply by Wendy Johnson on July 27, 2011 at 12:00am
I've used the flat end of a pencil, but again you have to be careful about the amount of paint you load on to it.
Permalink Reply by Palma Rea on October 17, 2012 at 8:17am

Ah! Those dots haunt me! Especially when i need to do them  by hand.

The only thing that I can add is to make sure that you have the right consistensy of paint if that is what you are using.

I have a bad habit of using it straight from the tube.

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