Whites and yellows

[carlo giovanni]

To paint white and yellow is very hard. Do Someone has a tip to have a good white and yellow paintup?

[moon_knight1971]

Whites & yellows are hard. What I've been doing with white is masking off all parts not white & spraying it with Duplicolor white primer 1st. I then spray 2 or 3 light coats of whatever white I am using. Not as easy with the yellow. I usually will dry brush a thick yellow paint like Cermacoat as the base a few times then spray it with whatever yellow I am using 2 or 3 times. If somebody has better methods I'm all ears.....

[ickwinzs]

For white I have been using freestyles pure white, this stuff covers awesome right over black. For painting yellows, I prime with white, then cover it with yellow ochre and then spray my top coat. This works very well.
Thanks for Danno on passing this info to me.

[Vince-Vell]

Depending on the look of what i am going for, say a bright white or yellow i mix into my colors Liquitex Acrylic Gesso. If you dont know what Gesso is, its a form of primer for Canvas painting.

Like for my Magus custom, he was primed black. So i used a purple white gesso mix to make sure it went evenly over the back primer. Then did a coat of the main color on top of that.


So when ever i use flat whites or yellows, i like to throw some gesso into it for that super opaque paint over dark colors.


Also Tamiya's flat yellows and whites seem to work nicely with a few coats.

[endsongjen]

i use tamiya lemon yellow few coats and im good.

nice tips on the whites! thanks, gesso. hmmm nvr thought of that.

[DanPerezStudios]

Those are definitely the hardest two colors to paint. I think yellow is harder than white, personally.

Yellow performs better if you basecoat with white (for really bright yellows) or very light gray. You can get good results by airbrushing a coat, then blow-drying it, then airbrushing another coat. Repeat as necessary until it looks like you want it to.