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I had trouble painting the scallops on the Tesia. I then painted several birds in the ball.
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Not impressed with my bird ball, couldn't get the feathers going right.
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I love your little scalloped hatches!
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We are having problems with our pens leaking too much water and we end up with puddles of paint instead of the consistency we wanted. And as we paint more water keeps coming out without squeezing that dilutes and makes fine marks impossible. Does anyone have a solution?
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I am finding my pens leak water really fast also, even with the most delicate handling. The only thing I have found so far is to try to keep the pen vertical as much as possible until I turn it to use it. That helps a bit. Also, less water comes out when I try to mix the colors with the pen more horizontal, and then the paints don't get as diluted and runny as well.
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@Debbie Hi Debbie ! I am a 90 year old guy who is LOVING this course !! I wood carve birds and am quite good at that aspect. I also paint them and am self taught so Jane's approach to painting will definitely improve my painting technique ( Liquitex/regular bristle brushes) which I would rate at good but nothing like her approach to texture/washes/blending etc. I love it but have not been successful in handling the paint consistency ( especially the small round) except for the washes/glazes. Questions: I have never used these Pental brushes and find that I get too much water diluting my paints as I mix them ?? I don't know what to do about this. It has me at a standstill ?? I will try your suggestions and see how that pans out. Any other suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated !!
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Jane, I painted the bird in a ball but could not get my colors right. I realized this was because my palette was very wet. I noticed that you put a dry piece of Sta Wet palette paper over your wet sponge. I wet down the paper like the directions on the paper package said to do. Should I just put a dry piece of paper over the sponge? Thank you, Amy
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I have the same question re the wet vs dry palette paper…
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@Mary I have exact same question about wet pallets and paint being too wet on the brush
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@Shachar Based on my experience, if you soak the paper, then you want your sponge to be damp but not saturated, which is how I've used these in the past. It does seem that you can just add the dry paper to the saturated sponge and it works out reasonably well. I've also run into issues with the paints getting very thin and runny. The brushes sometimes get quite wet and I think I'm giving them light squeezes when I don't mean to, ending up with a much wetter mix than I wanted. I've been running the brush over the back of my hand to double check that it isn't too wet before I start with a new color and that seems to help. The wet palate + water brush combo is certainly a new challenge for water management!
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@Dominique I had the same issue especially when using the small water pen. Everything was too wet so my hashes and scallops were very pale on my bird ball. I think I may go back to Jane's method of wet sponge and dry paper.
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Phew! This one challenged me but was a great way to study brush stokes and creating shape. I’ll need to do a few more to feel like I really understand the direction and placement of feathers in the orb.
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Awesome job Ria! Love the fine feather brush strokes so much!
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I found the stippling in the top left section very hard. Looks more like hair than feathers :(
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This was challenging for me, I am relatively new to acrylics! I feel quite rushed because of the quick drying time, despite using the sta wet pallette box. Getting a nice even cover initially was difficult, it was quite splotchy, but it didn't look too bad once the layers came in on top. Tried my hand at a few of the different birds, I liked the House Sparrow best!
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Your Northern Cardinal bird-in-a-ball shows a lot of depth, with a wide range from shadows to highlights. Very nice! all of them :)
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I found this to be a challenging exercise, requiring a mid-video brain break :) Also a helpful practice, getting to know the paints and the brushes.
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@Sandy Sandy! This is amazing it looks so great! I really struggled with mine, will need much more practice. I love the highlights and shadows of yours, it looks very close to the video! Well done! Alisha
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Not impressed with my bird ball, couldn't get the feathers going right. 
Phew! This one challenged me but was a great way to study brush stokes and creating shape. I’ll need to do a few more to feel like I really understand the direction and placement of feathers in the orb. 
I found the stippling in the top left section very hard. Looks more like hair than feathers :( 
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